characters and plot in this wild and adventurous story actually seem credible. This story is about a 14 year old boy named Walt Masters who lives Mazy May Creek in the Klondike during the gold rush. Walt was raised in the Yukon wilderness and he was rugged having great survival skills. Walt and his father owned a gold claim there and he was also guarding the claim next to his which belonged to Loren Hall. Loren was traveling 70 miles away to the city of Dawson to officially record this claim so that
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Jack London wrote White Fang during the era of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1887. Inspirations for the book highlight many of London’s adventures and experiences during the Alaskan rush. London applies Realism in his novels the most. In brief‚ White Fang features the rigors of a wolf-dog born wild but who becomes docile gradually after Grey Beaver domesticates him. White Fang grows up unloved and rabid. Other dogs bully him profusely‚ and his queue of masters transfer from being brutal to savage. It
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death dilemma‚ he desperately attempts to build a fire as his faculties begin to leave him. The setting in the story is paramount in the effect it has on the reader. London used his own personal experience from his time in the Klondike during the gold rush to enable the reader to fully appreciate the challenges the environment has presented to the man. London’s expert use of imagery causes the reader to feel like they are freezing right along with the man and the wolf dog. Jack London was born
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master’s home‚ Judge Miller‚ in the Santa Clara valley. John London describes a particular gold rush that transpired in 1897 and it was named the Klondike gold rush. Very early in the story line‚ Buck is kidnapped by Manuel‚ one of the gardener’s helpers‚ who’s major weakness was gambling. Buck was sold to two men named Francois and Perrault. Buck was shipped to Alaska to serve as a sled dog during the Klondike gold rush. One of my favorite lines in the book is where John London writes; "Buck’s first day
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writing about treacherous journeys‚ especially in cold and depressing climates. Did you know that over 100‚000 gold prospectors left their home and moved to the Yukon territory or Alaska? All of those people moved for the famous Klondike Gold Rush. Many of those people lost their lives during their dangerous journey. London’s famous short story “The Love of Life” depicts a journey looking for gold with 2 men who are looking for it. One of the men remains unnamed throughout the story and is injured and
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a sled dog to help men pursue gold in the gold rush of 1897. Buck‚ is the name of this sled dog who experiences his primitive life style for the first time after many forays through Canada and Alaska. Due to the events in Buck’s life‚ he transforms from a domesticated‚ family pet to a primordial‚ wild beast. To begin with‚ before living in northern Canada and Alaska‚ Buck lived a pampered‚ luxurious life on Judge Miller’s estate in Santa Clara Valley‚ California. Although there were numerous
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of the Wild is a story of a dog trying to survive the Alaskan gold rush. To Build a Fire follows a similar storyline yet it is about a man instead of a dog. Although the two books have many similarities such as where the book took place and the the style of writing they also have many differences such as the ending and the main character. Both books touched on taking place in the heart of Alaska presumable during the Alaskan gold rush and the main similarity is the climate. One piece of evidence
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point of view is third person limited‚ and we have the point of view of Buck a dog who “broke the mold”. The third person helps tell the story by telling some things about other people or things in the story. The setting takes place in the Klondike gold rush in Alaska in about 1896. The protagonist of the story is Buck‚ and one of the major antagonists is Spitz. Spitz is one of the dogs who helped turn Buck into what he was meant to be. They fought to the death‚ and Buck won. Buck then became leader
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gardener. He goes through a series of events such as‚ struggle for mastery‚ survival of the fittest‚ and power of primitive that change him to a killing monster. Jack London showed a lot of stereotypes and greed that there was during the klondike gold rush. Survival of the fittest is presented by Buck as he tries to survive in the cold Yukon. Buck introduces survival of the fittest as he travels to the yukon. “This first theft marked Buck as fit to survive in the hostile Northland environment” (London
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White Fang‚ written by Jack London‚ is a wonderful adventure novel that vividly depicts the life of a wolf by the name of White Fang. Throughout the course of the novel‚ White Fang goes through numerous learning experiences as he interacts with humans and other wolves from Alaska around the turn of the century. Jack London uses the events that transpire during White Fang’s life to illustrate that only the cunning‚ intelligent‚ and strong will be able to survive. The ideas of Darwinism and
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