Dear headmaster‚ My choir and I left Britain‚ to get away from the nuclear war. Unfortunately‚ our plane crashed on some deserted island. The only survivors we’re me‚ my choir‚ and also these other boys named Ralph and Piggy. Our time here has been a disaster‚ due to Ralph’s leadership skills.Knowing me‚ I am a perfect leader. I have the.strongest and bravest qualities. I know how to lead and take initiative‚ like i have done with our choir. Although the leadership role was given to Ralph. Instead
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Jacks McNamara had a hard life from the start. Growing up tangled in a web of abuse and alcohol she was forced out of a childlike purity to face the harsh world at a young age which likely triggered many of her struggles with mental illness. And‚ though the circumstances that pushed her down a path towards insanity would be bitter and rough for any child‚ she did not think of the insanity they thrust on her as a punishment or burden. Despite her admitted struggles with mental illness she thought
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The Yukon is known for it’s brutal winter weather‚ but can also hold great beauty. In the two short stories‚ “To Build a Fire” and “Up the Slide” by Jack London‚ the main characters are The Man and Clay. Clay is an advanced outdoorsman and knows how to get through the harsh Yukon environment. The Man is a chechaquo‚ or a newcomer‚ and is less familiar with the territory of the Yukon. In these stories‚ both men share similar yet different personalities; they longed to survive‚ though they took different
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I chose to read the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. The story talks about a man traveling alone in a wild region during a harsh winter with his dog. He has to face many difficulties dealing with nature and his endurance was not too enough to be able to survive. He found after trying many times to build a fire that‚ he was loose because he did not consider the counsel of an old man‚ who told him a long time ago‚ that is dangerous to travel alone. The story describes a man reaching the
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My opponent is Jack Harty. The Idea that I specially disagree with is the airplane crash happened because of the mechanical problems that happened to airplane engines. I disagree with this idea because not every plane which have problem with its engine crashed or damaged. Thesis statement: B) Harty claims that some airplane crashes are happening due to technical problem s which happens to airplane engines ‚but they are happening because the pilots or co-pilots intentionally damage the plane while
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“To Build A Fire” Essay Imagine traveling 60 miles in the cold and not being well prepared. Jack London’s story “To Build a Fire” explains exactly how it feels. The story is about the man who set out on a journey with his dog in the tough conditions of weather. There are many cliffhanging event cause by the the setting of the story. The setting in “ To Build a Fire” has an impact on the story. One of the first ways the setting has an impact involves the characters. For example‚ early in his trip
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Throughout Jack London’s life he worked in many different areas and gained many different experiences that most other authors only heard about. He was an active participant in the socialist party. He had his own brand of socialism by combining the thoughts of survival of the fittest with the inevitable triumph of the working class. These ideals were evident in some of his stories. His idea of survival of the fittest came out in "The Law of Life." The story starts off with the narrator talking about
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Yellow jacks‚ paper wasp‚ and hornets have to work in colonies to protect their nest and there own kind. Each has a job to protect their own and have to do it or they can die. Every time they see a person they don’t attack unless you do something to them if you don’t do anything they won’t attack you. If you don’t bother you won’t be attacked. So people should work together to keep eachother safe know matter how they look to you or if there different you still should care for them. People usually
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shed light on the characters. Perhaps the most important of these would be between the two main characters Jack and Ralph‚ however relationships between other characters including Ralph and Piggy’s relationship and Jack and Rodgers relationship are equally as important and help provide evidence of the behaviours of the children. The relationship between the two main characters Ralph and Jack at the beginning of the novel is an indication for how different the boys truly are. When the boys crash and
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In Jack London’s to Build a Fire‚ an unnamed man travels through the cold winter in Yukon. He is a newcomer to Yukon and does not care about how terribly cold it is. He is not bothered by the freezing weather or the fact that there is no sunshine. An old-timer warns him about traveling alone especially while it’s fifty degrees below zero however‚ the man shrugs off his warning and calls him womanish for saying this to him. The man’s careless decision unfortunately costs him his life. After dismissing
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