South of the slot‚ by Jack London The slot is a metaphor of the "class cleavage of society". There was a contrast between the North and South of the Slot in terms of building types: in the North were the higher-class centers of diversion‚ lodging‚ and business; and in the South were the lower-class centers of lodging‚ unskilled work/business. The buildings are figures of two contrasting classes that were segregated (?). In order to study the southern people (the working class) a sociology professor
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On April 18‚1906 ‚ San Francisco was wrecked by a powerful earthquake and for the next few days was consumed by fires that destroyed a large portion of the city. Jack London writes a hair-raising description of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The earthquake destroyed many buildings and also started fires. The fires spread quickly throughout the city. The fires lasted two days‚ Wednesday morning until Thursday night. The fires destroyed almost all of the buildings‚ hotels‚ stores‚ and houses
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The excerpt from The Red Badge of Courage‚ shows realism in a unique way that related and reminded me of‚ "To Build a Fire"‚ by Jack London. Both of these passages represent realism in actual situations that could happen. Often times in adventurous stories like both of these the end of the story is always fantasized and turned into a long fantasy moment; whereas in these stories the ending of the story‚ ends just the way it would end in a realistic world. In /To Build a Fire/‚ the author could have
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History Research Paper Mrs. Mittelman February 7‚ 2012 Social Darwinism: The Best Approach? During and after the Gilded Age‚ because of the great changes of Industrialization‚ the American government’s involvement in regulating the business world was a hotbed of controversial debate. Some felt that the way to achieve greater economic and social growth and to fix society’s problems was through Social Darwinism and Individualism. Social Darwinism was a theory‚ that what a man worked for was all he deserved
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Human Nature in Literature A piece of literature I have read was To Build a Fire by Jack London. This story conveys survival in human nature. This reminds me of the movie The Grey. It’s about eight Alaskan oil refinery workers flying home for a vacation when brutal storm cause their plane to crash in the frozen wilderness‚ meanwhile there are wolves trying to eat them. The human nature in this story is survival. In this situation it is character vs. nature. To Build a Fire is about this man who
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Background Call of the wild written by Jack London was set during the Yukon gold rush in the frigid klondike. The reader is introduced to the main character Buck who was taken from his owner Judge Miller who lived in California. The man who took Buck manuel‚ was the judges gardener. Buck was kidnapped because his breed of dog is used in the Klondike to pull sleds and haul freight. Along Buck’s journey to the klondike he meets a mysterious man only know to the reader as “The Man In The Red Sweater
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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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times I fell down and got back up again.” He is verifying the many people of this world to live life with grit‚ and to understand everyone’s own failures turned successes. It’s good advice that everyone should follow. It’s also the main idea of the Jack London short story “To Build a Fire.” In the story an unnamed man needs (not wants) to make it to his friends. The reason he needs to make it to his friends‚ is that the man is traversing a creek in Yukon‚ Canada. That sounds vague‚ how about the fact
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Human Nature One thing that most people have is the natural instinct to sense danger‚ and the need for survival. As you grow up and watch others you will pick up on certain things here and there‚ but for the most part instinct comes from the drive to survive under any circumstances. If you are put in a situation where you become desperate‚ you will do things you would not usually do otherwise. Say you get thrown into a pool and you have no idea how to swim‚ your first instinct will be to scream
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In many of Jack London’s stories‚ he displays the constant struggle between man and nature. In the short fiction‚ “To Build a Fire‚” London demonstrates the human race’s inability to listen to nature when needed. The opening of “To Build a Fire” uses vivid imagery‚ giving you a strong idea of the cold and harsh weather. “There was no sun nor hint of sun‚ though there was not a cloud in the sky.” this sentence alone could set chills to the reader. (London 127-137) The imagery is meant to bring
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