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    Who Is Jack London?

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    Many writers during the naturalist period used a diverse set of styles. Jack London was a good example of an extremely numerically focused author that used short sentences to create a larger impact on the reader. London used many movements of literature in his writing‚ along with very meaningful themes. He had a symbolic and repetitive style that was present throughout all of his stories. Jack London was not always the rich and famous author pictured in many young students’ minds. Born

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    Week Dates Assignments 1 Jan. 13 First day of class; review syllabus Jan. 15 What is Literature? Discuss; read “Gravity” by Lee Herrick; exchange names and contact information with several classmates. Response #1: Give me a paragraph minimum detailing your relationship to literature. Jan. 17 Read Intro. Reading a Story pp. 2-17; Read “A & P” pp. 17-22. Response : in a detailed paragraph‚ say what we know about Sammy in this story‚ who he is. Read also pp. 22-23 on John Updike.

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    You are your worst enemy In this story Jack London described the extreme cold and beauty of Alaska. It tells us how this unusual man handles his first winter since he moved in to the Yukon‚ apparently the cold was not an inconvenience for him. The six feet of ice and snow did not frighten him. He continued his trip and left the place believing that he will be completely fine even if people around him knew that this times were not in any way safe to be traveling. And even less to travel alone

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    Jack London and Nature

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    Francisco in 1876‚ he was abandoned shortly after birth by his father. Therefore‚ London took the name of his stepfather‚ John London. Forced to leave school at the age of fourteen and find work because of his family’s poor financial situation‚ he joined the Klondike gold rush of 1898‚ returning to San Francisco broke‚ but with an abundance of memories and ideas. During his travels to the Klondike regions‚ Jack London pondered the importance of humanity. He realized‚ as important as humans thing they

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    Jack London’s short story To Build A Fire narrates the tale of one adventurer’s experience freezing to death in the Klondike‚ a result of his missteps and failure to adhere to the words of more experienced adventurers. Upon realization of his slim chances of survival‚ the main character frantically looks for means to survive. Unfortunately‚ the adventurer’s last-ditch efforts to remain alive prove to be futile‚ and before long the adventurer encounters the icy embrace of death. On the surface‚ one

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    Jack London Survival

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    know what they were getting into. Jack London is a well-known author who based a couple of his stories in the Yukon near Alaska. The main theme in both stories is man’s struggle for survival. In “Love of Life” and “To Build a Fire”‚ both men are lost in the Yukon wilderness. London’s style is a steraight-forward; he describes the men’s circumstances in lifelike detail. The vividness of these details sets London apart from other authors in this time period. Jack London’s life was more like one of

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    even the cold of Alaska‚ stories of man fighting the dangers of the wild have been recorded. In Jack London’s short story‚ To Build a Fire‚ he tells a tale of an unnamed man and his dog fighting through the barren Alaskan wilderness. The man‚ unexpecting of the power of the cold‚ ignoring the warnings he has received‚ brutes his way through the wilderness to meet up with his companions at camp. London‚ typical to other works of his‚ demonstrates to the reader the conflict between man and nature‚

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    Ice collects. Death is near. In the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London‚ the man in the story is in quite a predicament. He is freezing to death travelling along the Yukon while trying to get to the boys at the camp. While he tries his best to make it to camp‚ the cold gets the best of him‚ and he dies from the cold. Since he does not survive the trip‚ a question arises. What led him to that fate? There are several mistakes that led to his demise. The three worst mistakes that led to the man’s

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    Deepak Chopra once said‚ “The masculine energy was about survival. The male was the hunter who risked his life and had to be in the fight-flight mode.” When pertaining to survival‚ the main character in “To Build a Fire” by Jack London failed to follow three main steps in Laurence Gonzales’ nonfiction trade book‚ “Deep Survival.” The main character failed to stay calm‚ to think‚ analyze‚ and plan‚ and to never give up during his trek through the pure‚ untrampled white snow. One reason the main character

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    To Build a Fire The bone-chilling cold in To Build a Fire effects the main character‚ an unnamed man‚ and inevitably kills him. The unnamed man takes his chances in the wilderness by himself‚ with a half wild dog‚ even when told not to by an old prospector. The extremely cold temperature effects the basic motor function of his extremities. At 50 degrees below zero your hands will start to get frost bite and start to become nonfunctional. The man was taking his gloves off every once in a while

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