Yukon

“Buck stood and looked on, the successful champion, the dominant primordial beast who has made his kill and found it good”(London, 43). Buck a St. Bernard and Scotch-Shepherd struggled in Yukon Alaska, with a past of numerous amount of masters. Each character exhibits different traits and treats dogs differently. In the book “The Call of The Wild” by Jack London, Buck who is the most valuable character, shows many ways that he loves his last master, John Thornton while John loves him back.…

have broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the Yukon trail and climbed the edge of the high earth-bank, where a big and little traveled trail led eastwards through the fat spruce timberland”. That was what an example the story uses literary elements like imagery in the story “To Build a Fire by Jack London”. This story is told about this man was walking on the Yukon trail in Alaska. It was very cold outside like -75 degrees. He is walking on the trail…

In this classic tale of adventure a man goes into the Yukon without any natural instincts. An old man warns the man not to take this adventure today but the man doesn't realize the weather conditions. He travels on soon to realize he should’ve listened. London brings together lack of experience, regret and over confidence into the story which can help teenagers to realize the consequences of not listening. One of the things uses to illustrate those consequences is lack of experience . The man…

in the wilderness is developed through the man’s responsibility of his own fate by making instinctive decisions and by underestimating nature’s power. When the man starts his journey, he makes INSTINCITIVE DECISIONS to travel light through the cold Yukon weather. The man plans to travel a nine hour trip with only his dog, to which he has no relationship with, light clothing, and biscuits. “That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country.” He…

The Klondike gold rush is about prospectors mining for gold in 1896-1899.It was in the region of Yukon in north western Canada. They lived in wooden little homes. They ate berries and other foods. They had sled dogs so they can get around easier because they had to walk in the deep snow. It was below zero degrees so they had to wear very heavy gear…

Author Jack London wrote "To Build a Fire," the tragic tale of a man's struggle to overcome nature in the most extreme conditions. In it an unnamed man and his dog encounter many unfortunate mishaps on their journey through the Yukon Wilderness. However, it quickly turns out that this story is not only about a man’s journey with his dog, but rather it becomes more of a battle between instinct and intellect. The traveler’s arrogant disregard of nature and lack of instincts ultimately lead to his…

Analysis of London’s work demonstrates how the story is a teaching for survival and understanding man’s failures with underlying themes about the human psyche. In brief, London’s story is about an unnamed man attempting to traverse a part of the Yukon to get to a mining camp. He is alone, except for a dog. The temperature is frigid.“It was seventy-five below zero” (London 102). The extremeness…

The American classic that I have chosen to read and write a report about was The Call of The Wild written by Jack London. My passion for dogs motivated me to read this American classic. I have two dogs—a Chihuahua and a Golden Retriever. Therefore, I thought it would be interesting to read a book about dogs. The story shows the perspective of the main character, who is a dog named Buck. In addition, I thought I could learn some things about the behavior of dogs and the way they think. Also…

The short story, “To Build a Fire”, is about a man who is traveling through the Yukon to meet his boys at the camp on Henderson Creek. The man decides to ignore a local man’s advice about not traveling alone during the harsh winter, and his ignorance cost him his life. Personally, I strongly dislike the main character because he is extremely bland and overconfident. The main character doesn’t show any emotion about what he is feeling or what is actually going through his mind. I guess this could…

For the man in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” fire is the key for survival. Fire primarily provides warmth for the man and dog, as well as reassurance that there is hope of survival in the subzero Yukon winter. Survival of the fittest is a prominent theme in London’s works, as well as human judgment versus nature. The man in this story is intent on making it back to camp without a human partner, and the dog is set on following the man for the fire he creates. The dog in London’s “To Build a…