Log Paper
Michelle Rabicheva
Professor Kathleen Haley
English 1012
17 September 2014
John Muir, “Stickeen” “Stickeen”, by John Muir is a very descriptive essay on how the author forms a bond with a dog. The author goes on an adventure to explore Alaska’s glaciers. I found this essay to be touching and nostalgic. The author shows throughout the essay how his relationship has changed with Stickeen and how inspiring Stickeen was to him through their journey. Toward the end of the story the author and the dog are both changed. They are forever bonded at the end of their expedition. At the beginning of this essay what captured my attention was how the men were going to take such a small dog on the expedition to the Alaskan glaciers with them and how this dog would survive. John Muir and his crew began their journey in the fall of 1879. They were on a mission to explore the icy region of Southeastern Alaska. They began their adventure sailing week after week through long channels, numerous amounts of islands and mountains. They stopped to explore Sundum and Tahkoo fiords and their glaciers. They eventually made a discovery of water called “Taylor Bay” and that is where the crew decided to camp for the night near a large glacier. Stickeen was a small dog. He was short legged, and bunchy-bodied. He had smooth hair that was long and silky and slighty waved. He also had a find tail, thin sensitive ears, and sharp eyes with tan spots above them. According to Muir, “This sly, soft, gliding motions and gestures he brought the fox to mind,” (30). Stickeen turned out to be no ordinary dog. When he met danger and hardships he showed no signs of fear. He never obeyed an order and the hunter who Stickeen belonged to could not make him do anything he did not want to do, such as fetch the birds the hunter had shot. The night Muir goes on an adventure to explore a large glacier, Stickeen abandoned his own master to follow
Professor Kathleen Haley
English 1012
17 September 2014
John Muir, “Stickeen” “Stickeen”, by John Muir is a very descriptive essay on how the author forms a bond with a dog. The author goes on an adventure to explore Alaska’s glaciers. I found this essay to be touching and nostalgic. The author shows throughout the essay how his relationship has changed with Stickeen and how inspiring Stickeen was to him through their journey. Toward the end of the story the author and the dog are both changed. They are forever bonded at the end of their expedition. At the beginning of this essay what captured my attention was how the men were going to take such a small dog on the expedition to the Alaskan glaciers with them and how this dog would survive. John Muir and his crew began their journey in the fall of 1879. They were on a mission to explore the icy region of Southeastern Alaska. They began their adventure sailing week after week through long channels, numerous amounts of islands and mountains. They stopped to explore Sundum and Tahkoo fiords and their glaciers. They eventually made a discovery of water called “Taylor Bay” and that is where the crew decided to camp for the night near a large glacier. Stickeen was a small dog. He was short legged, and bunchy-bodied. He had smooth hair that was long and silky and slighty waved. He also had a find tail, thin sensitive ears, and sharp eyes with tan spots above them. According to Muir, “This sly, soft, gliding motions and gestures he brought the fox to mind,” (30). Stickeen turned out to be no ordinary dog. When he met danger and hardships he showed no signs of fear. He never obeyed an order and the hunter who Stickeen belonged to could not make him do anything he did not want to do, such as fetch the birds the hunter had shot. The night Muir goes on an adventure to explore a large glacier, Stickeen abandoned his own master to follow