air that shimmered eover the mass of coifs‚ hats and fists. A greyish haze rose‚ separating Rosy from the sweating mob‚ like ground fog rising on a winter’s day. But this was the height of summer‚ and this mist travelled on the stinking fumes of the fire. It blocked the sight‚ but not the sound‚ and sent fingers of searing heat towards the heavens where swallows cavorted in the summer skies. Their sapphire blue was mocking her. Not for her the freedom. Not for her the escape. The
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The Call of the Wild Literacy Analysis “Buck shot past him‚ the axe crashed down upon mad Dolly’s head” (London 71). This quote from The Call of the Wild by Jack London is one of many examples of how London incorporates life and death situations into the novel. The novel is about a dog named Buck dealing with these life or death situations in the Yukon and Buck coming to a fully domestic dog to a fully wild animal.The novel test Bucks strength for survival in the Yukon. One event that took place
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was there the search parties were labouring. Luckily the fuse department head not gone double turn‚ and the night shift in the machine shop was not a full one. The fuse department was a roaring furnace‚ and repeated calls had brought in most of the fire companies of the city. Running back and forth in the light of the flames were the firemen and such volunteer rescuers as had been allowed through the police cordon. Outside that line of ropes and men were gathered a tragic crowd‚ begging‚ imploring
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This film is about the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008. It shows the dilemmas and decisions that were made and how it affected every one of the actors of the US economy From the analysis of this film‚ a great ethical dilemma arises during the development of the plot: is it possible to do something outside the law for the common good of society? In the world of finance it is not only necessary to have a code of ethics to show the rightful path‚ but also a moral code that makes one take the
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This essay attempts to compare‚ analyse and contrast two texts. Text A being an adaptation of a dairy entry of Samuel Pepys about the Great Fire of London in 1666‚ text B being a news article on a fire that devastated Tasmania a few year ago. Do the texts have similarities? Despite there being about a 300-year difference between the two articles written there are actually quite a few similarities. Firstly‚ both the texts are written in first person and in a personal way. They use the same pronouns
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In “To Build a Fire‚” Jack London chronicles the journey of an overconfident man who travels accompanied by only a dog throughout the Alaskan wilderness during a cold snap. As the text ensues the main character attempts to fight the cold that envelops him; nature however has already decided the fate of this man. The theme of this text presents itself as a struggle for survival against the unyielding methodical elements. The theme also delves into what the better survival tactic is‚ confidence or
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To Build a Fire: Man’s Intelligence is Foolish How many times have you seen birds flying south for the winter? They do not read somewhere or use some computer to know that they must fly to survive. In Jack London’s "To Build a Fire"‚ we see how that mans intelligence is sometimes foolish. The man‚ who is walking in seventy-five degrees below zero weather‚ lets his learned behavior override his instinct. Therefore‚ he dies. London’s theme is that no matter how intelligent society becomes‚ we
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Levi was pissed. It didn’t seem fair‚ he had just damn near died yet Cain was still insisting that he replace the firewood he stole. Ya think he could give a guy a couple of days to heal up‚ but noooooo. A brisk northeasterly wind froze his face‚ shelter from the Enchanted Forest a welcome windbreak. And now I have to ask these damn trees which one of them is going to let me cut it down. Weary‚ watery‚ wind burnt eyes scanned the woods‚ eventually seizing on a tree about the right size needing
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zero (London 78). He never realized until body parts were numb that the cold was dangerous. Also‚ he had ignored the advice from an old-timer he had met at Sulfur Creek: “No man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below‚” (London 85). The man‚ instead of going with someone‚ idiotically left his group of friends to see if he could profit from logging in the Yukon (London 78). Finally‚ after not seeing any harbingers of springs for half an hour‚ he suddenly falls in a hole (London 83). Perhaps
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Where did she go? Where could she have gone? Oh‚ no. Oh‚ no… Laura fondles about the rugged forest terrain‚ cautiously edging from root to tree trunk by her mangled knees. Her grasp begged for the small‚ fluffy coat of her cat‚ Jupiter‚ who scampered off into the Douglas fir forest’s abyss a forgotten length of time ago. There is nothing beyond what she can immediately sense around her. The world returns when her hand meets the surface or she detects a tiny‚ secluded meow among the trees‚ and disappears
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