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    that were distinct to him and his experiences. His short stories‚ "Love of Life" and "To Build a Fire"‚ display some of London’s distinctive style. London’s naturalist and determinist writings were shaped by his time in the Yukon during the Alaskan Gold Rush. London’s stories also featured strong thematic meanings. Jack London’s deliberate style was affected by his time in the Yukon‚ along with his use of literary movements such as naturalism and determinism‚ and his powerful thematic meanings. Jack

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    mark on literature in America and achieved worldwide acclaim. It’s a story of a dog named Buck‚ who was snatched from his luxurious home in Santa Clara‚ California‚ and transported to the Yukon Territory to work as a labor dog during the Klondike gold rush in 1897. Buck assimilates to survive among abusive men and vicious dogs‚ and in the process he discovers the urge to revert to his primordial state and return to the Wild. In 1906‚ London published his novel White Fang‚ this book about a wolf‚ called

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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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    regionalism is expressed in “The Outcast of Poker Flat” is the fact that the town is full of gamblers. In the 1850’s there was a huge gold rush in California so gambling skyrocketed. This is shown in “The Outcast of Poker Flat” and it is very important because gambling is why Mr. Oakhurst is kicked out of town. If this story didn’t take place in California then the gold rush wouldn’t have been a factor so gambling wouldn’t have been so prominent and Mr. Oakhurst wouldn’t have been kicked out of town. “The

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    write a thesis statement‚ I learned how to properly write a business letter‚ I also learned that everything you write you must supporting detail. 5. If I had the choice to research any topic and write on it I would research about the california gold rush and how it changed america. I would choose to research this because of how revolutionary that event was‚ that event created the pants I wear today‚ it changed american economy for years to come. nnjkjj kkj j mnj j j klj ljj jjjdfknlkfnbvlkxnlj lj

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    moved west they noticed that the central United States was a great place to allow cattle to graze. The land was very flat‚ the cattle liked flat ground‚ and this made it much easier for the settlers to watch them. Gold was one of the main reasons for moving west. The gold rush sent settlers to California to “strike rich”. They faced many troubles and hardships on their journey west. It was a very long journey with mountains and deserts to cross. The Rocky Mountains proved to be the most trouble

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    in the west coast of the United States. The gold rush became the most important event of the era. Thousands of people fled to the west coast in search of instant wealth. With this increase of people migrating to the west‚ towns began to pop up in the vicinity of mines to facilitate the influx of people. These towns were known as boomtowns and usually became a bust as quick as they were started. The majority of these towns fell right after all the gold was mined out of that area. While the majority

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    Jack London Analysis

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    Realism is shown throughout both stories‚ in "Love of Life" the most realistic point was that it was based off of the gold rush; furthermore‚ in both stories the men both think‚ behave‚ then react as an ordinary person would. Multiple elements of determinism are shown‚ in "Love of Life" it was predetermined that Bill would die since he was being greedy‚ only caring about the gold instead of survival. The man in "To Build a Fire" was predetermined to die because he didn’t have any experience about

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    The book i read was Call of the Wild. It is an awesome book. The main character is a dog named Buck. He is stolen and taken to be a sled dog in the Yukon territory. It is set during the time of the Klondike gold rush. I encourage people to read it. In the book Buck is a half breed that lived in Santa Clara‚California. He was taken from his home one night by a man named Manuel. He was then put on a train and sent to the Yukon territory in Canada. For a while he was a sled dog on a mail team

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    Darwin’s Struggle for Survival and Bergson’s Creative Evolution Jack London was born in San Francisco California in 1876 and died in Glen Ellen California in 1916. Jack London died from gastrointestinal uremic poisoning‚ which is another term for food poisoning. He did not have much of an education‚ but he did study at Berkeley‚ but was unable to graduate because of the financial circumstances. Jack London is characterized as a talented‚ imperative and powerful man‚ for he completes more than fifty

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