Jack London‚the famous american writer insisted on writing political essays in his times. He was among the most influential figures of his days‚who understood how to create a public person and use the media to market his self created image of poor -boy -turned -success. One of his most remarkable works named "the call of the wild" (1903)‚ is now accepted as a classic of world literature ‚one of the most widely translated and published books by an american writer. The stduy of Jack London’s work
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The Trek Few people anticipate an arduous trek in life. In fact‚ many people try to avoid difficulties in life. But in Jack London’s‚ To Build a Fire‚ the main character has to trek through the Yukon and and hopefully survive. In order to better display his journey‚ London uses indirect characterization and external conflict to show that when man has a lack of respect and experience in the environment he may encounter near-death situations. London creates a situation that an experienced outdoorsman
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The journey undertaken by the characters in Playing Beatie Bow brings them home to the same old world but with a renewed sense of reality. “Playing Beatie Bow‚” by the Australian author‚ Ruth Park‚ is not only set in 1973‚ but also 1873‚ a century earlier. The main character‚ Miss Abigail Kirk‚ finds herself travelling back in time through a bizarre incident that ties her family to the Orkney Islands. Abigail finds herself in the emerging Colony of New South Wales. Abigail lives with the Bow
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Facts: The negligent act of Ruth in the fact that she did not properly park her car caused a series of accidents that resulted in knocked down power lines‚ grass fires‚ a gas station explosion‚ and an injured motorist. These accidents originated with Ruth’s in-action to not properly observe the securing of her vehicle which resulted in the damages suffered by the plaintiff Jim. Issue: The defendant Ruth owed a duty of care by her actions to protect the plaintiff Jim from harm. In the fact that she
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Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” is a story about knowing your surroundings‚ and listening to your instincts‚ just as the dog in this story did. London’s human character‚ who is nameless in the story‚ is more like a foil; with the main character being the harsh landscape of the Yukon‚ where the story takes place amid -75 below temperatures. The man shows how arrogant and inexperienced he is when he travels to the Yukon Territory without proper clothing‚ the use of a sled‚ or companions. He has no
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Ruth Pierce was an American citizen who found herself in Kiev during the time of the Soviet Union. In her book Trapped in “Black Russia” Pierce collected the diary entries and letters she wrote to her parents‚ between the time of June 30‚ 1915 to sometime in November 1915. Though her stay in Kiev she was arrested for espionage‚ forcing her to delay her travels in the fight to get her passport back. In these letters and diary entries she explains what is going on in Kiev‚ other parts of Europe‚ the
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The short story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London holds the major principal concept of giving admiration to nature through having an authoritative understanding of the signs to warn that it provides. The story utilizes a setting that plays a major role in understanding development. London utilizes particular techniques in establishing the surroundings as well as the tone of the story. Through introducing the general readers to the story‚ the author prepares them for a tone that provokes fear as
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Jack London’s Naturalism: The Example of The Call of the Wild by Earl J. Wilcox BOTH JACK LONDON’S intentions and his accomplishments in The Call of the Wild account for the artistic success of the book. For the story which London intended to write—about a dog who merely reverts to the wild—developed into a full‚ 32‚000 word novel. And the simplicity intended in the implicit atavism in the dog’s reversion also became a more complex discussion than London apparently bargained for. But a fortuitous
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Winning by Jack Welch The book Winning by Jack Welch was written in 2004. It is a straight forward book that goes into all aspects of running a business and becoming a successful leader. The author was the CEO of General Electric for over 20 years. Welch retired in 2001 and spends his time traveling around the world giving speeches‚ answering questions and giving advice about how to be able to run a successful business. After a couple of years of touring and giving advice he decided to put it
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The literary function of a text within a text(intertextuality) in Ruth Ozeki’s ‘A Tale for the Time Being’ Ruth Ozeki is known for incorporating the topic of the jeopardising reality of our generation’s consumption of foul foods through her fictional characters in a form of a tale in her first novel My Year of Meats and her second novel All Over Creation‚ where she is critiqued as ‘isolating what must be one of the most strangest literary niches ever’1. She is also known for cohering two shores-
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