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    Ami built the evening fire to a roaring inferno‚ and as the bright orange flames filled the summit‚ licking with vigour at the darkening sky‚ the shadows danced like nymphs on the stone walls in a frenetic display. Soon‚ the fires would recede‚ leaving behind a bed of molten-red embers. Their invitingly warm glow would safeguard against the savage chill of the Arthe night. Her father and Umonakalisi had not strayed from the summit since their earlier discussion‚ and it seemed they would not be returning

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    make a story. These are the things that impact how a character would act in the story. One short story where a character was impacted is in the short story “To Build a Fire”‚ written by Jack London. The setting of the story was set in the Klondike of the Yukon Territory of 1896. The day was cold and dark‚ the trail was mysterious‚ strange‚ and weird. This causes the Man in the story to face many problems. Settings of a story can impact a character physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally. The short

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    Just then‚ just as I had devised‚ the snake pursued after me when next thing I heard was the sound of massive eruptions. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Whirling around‚ I saw that snake was gone. It had clumsily coasted over the bronze tiles‚ exploding it into a giant cloud of ashes. My heart hammered in my chest. I couldn’t believe it had worked. We were free! When all of a sudden‚ I felt the searing heat of the flames inching near my back. “Jared the second lever‚ it’s unlocked!” Gemma cried. I stared back

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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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    the wild? In the story of To Build a Fire‚ the author mentioned about a green hand entering the cold region in Canada. Because of his self-conceit‚ he died. In another story‚ the protagonist accept a challenge from a general. He had to hide in an island for three days without letting the general to find him out‚ and he hide successfully for three days and won the game. While both To Build a Fire and The Most Dangerous Game represent a surviving story‚ the main character in The Most Dangerous Game behaved

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    universe. The conflict in naturalistic novels is often "man against nature" or "man against himself" as characters struggle to retain a "veneer of civilization" despite external pressures that threaten to release the "brute within.’" Discuss how this idea is evident in Crane’s “ The Open Boat” or in his poems OR how it is evident in Jack London’s "To Build a Fire." In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire‚” the man in the story finds himself in a battle against nature and an indifferent and deterministic

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    actions may appear cruel to some readers‚ the speaker choice to push the dead pregnant doe off the cliff was the best decision because it prevented human casualties and saved the unborn fawn from unnecessary suffering. Furthermore‚ the speaker saved the unborn fawn from unnecessary suffering As he

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    The Locket is a short story written by Kate Chopin‚ she was a young woman who married a man named Oscar Chapin‚ together they settled down in Louisiana‚ where it’s culture influenced Kate Chopin’s novels. Her husband Oscar Chapin died in 1883‚ and Kate Chapin started to write numerous short stories and novels that were printed in magazines. It was due to Oscar Chapin’s death that Kate Chopin’s novels all had a similar theme of loss and suffering.which brings us to the short story‚ The Locket‚ was

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    In the short story ‚“To Build a Fire‚” by Jack London the main character “the man” was unable to stay alive in the wilderness because he was overconfident that he would stay alive‚ he did not take the advice from the old timer ‚and he did not stay calm. “ the man” was alone in the wilderness in a 50 degree below temperature and did not have any help except a husky. He thought that he could handle himself and eventually he freezes to death but the dog was alive. For the most part‚ “the man” was

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    The concept of suffering is not something new to society. It is something that humans have struggled to explain their entire existence. From natural disasters to personal turmoil‚ everyone experiences some degree of pain and difficulty throughout life. In recent news‚ the outbreak of Ebola has caused worldwide panic due to low survival rate in certain countries. This is thought to be the largest epidemic of Ebola in history. Disease is just one example of suffering that it difficult‚ if not impossible

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