Yukon

Buck and My Father Being put into a new environment can cause you to persevere through hard times, and make new adaptations to your life. In The Call of the Wild Buck a southern dog is lacerated from his owners hands and sent north to the Yukon being required to persevere through advanced adaptations and struggles. On the contrary my Father had to adapt by changing his struggles from his old life and importing them into his newly found college life. Both my Father and Buck were forced to…

it shows how life was in the old day. How dogs had to fight for their lives. Also how people would use dogs as transportation. The novel The Call of the Wild takes place in the Yukon territory, which is between Alaska and Canada. The Klondike gold diggers kidnapped dogs and used them as sled dogs to travel around Yukon territory. The setting affects the story because it is in winter, the dogs get cold easily, and they often don’t give them food. When the dogs do receive food, it isn’t at all…

The unfortunate story of this man traveling alone in the Yukon shows our undying desire to trek through ill terrain without the need for assistance. The man who went aside from the main Yukon trail obviously did not listen to the wisdom of a native Alaskan who has seen these parts of the woods for many years. The arrogance that the man displayed as he constantly mumbled to himself about his mistake progressively instills the short values that revolves around the need for wisdom when preparing…

natural disasters, violent weather, and extreme temperature. People are the true victims and nature the real villain. Jack London depicts nature as the antagonist in his short story "To Build a Fire", which follows a man's trek through the frigid Yukon. A struggle for survival immediately replaces the man’s original mission for lumber. Throughout the text, London's describes…

The Snowball Effect of Poor Decision Making Throughout life, we fall into circumstances where we had an outside influence from others stating what to do, and we decided not to adhere to the advice given to us. No matter how hard one tries to get something done on their own, in certain circumstances, it is a necessity to trust the wisdom and the words of others. Different experiences within life may guide us towards gaining wisdom. We cannot base every situation that we encountered with…

In Jack London sets for the story, "To Build a Fire," it is set in the Yukon, which is a freezing land in Canada. I feel his setting was developed in a very anticipating way in the story. Jack London used the character's dog's instincts to show that there are dangers. The author uses descriptive language to describe the weather of the land in order to develop the plot. The man in the story is unaware of the full danger of the weather and doesn't change his journey even after he is warned of the…

husky named Pepper are passing through Klondike Yukon.The man and the dog are traveling in the Yukon to get back to camp. On the way there the man builds a fire every few feet they travel back to camp. The man faces a few obstacles but he still manages to try and make his way back to camp.Jack London created a story called ‘’To Built a Fire’’ he made the story about a man and his husky passing through the Yukon to get back to camp.The setting in to build a fire has an impact on several parts of…

short story that is about a man that goes out into the freezing cold Yukon, Alaska. Jack uses many literary tools throughout his story. The best ones that he used throughout his story is setting, imagery, and point-of-view. “London emphasizes the existential theme in “To Build a Fire” in several ways, the most important of which is his selection of the setting in which the story takes place.” (lonestar.edu). The story is set in Yukon, Alaska, one of the coldest places in North America.…

dynamic. In the story, the main character is a protagonist. The cold “did not worry the man. He was used to the lack of sun,” (London 80). He had walked and camped out in the snowy weather before. Out in the cold, the worst problem in the dangerous Yukon is freezing to death. While walking suddenly,” the man broke the thin ice and fell through. It was not deep.” Unfortunately he “wet himself halfway to the knees,” (London…

White Fang is a novel detailing the life of a wolf cub who faces many trials throughout his life. This book was written by Jack London. It is set in the Yukon territory of Canada in the 1880s. This story is fictional and told in third person point of view. This point of view helps the reader understand not only the thoughts of White Fang, but others around him. The protagonist of this story is White Fang. There are many antagonists in this book. One of these antagonists is White Fang himself.…