Part One of the novel shows two men, Henry and Bill, struggling to bring the corpse of Lord Alfred back to civilization. It is a time of famine, and they are low on food; also, they have little ammunition. Thus, they are in a desperate situation because they are being pursued by a pack of famished wolves. As the novel begins, they have six sled dogs, but one night, they notice that there are seven dogs to be fed. Strangely, the next morning, there are only five dogs to be fed. As a result, they become suspicious, and finally they notice a she-wolf who comes to the camp at night and lures the dogs away. When the men have only two dogs left, Bill decides to shoot the she-wolf, but he is killed himself by the famished wolf pack. Thus Henry is left alone—with only two dogs and no ammunition—and after days of traveling, covering only a short distance each day, he is forced to build a fire to surround himself and protect himself from the wolves. When he awakens in the morning, he realizes immediately that his supply of wood is gone, and he cannot go out and search for some more. He resigns himself, therefore, to the inevitable, but he is finally rescued by a group of men who are also out in the wild. Part Two of the novel shifts the narrative perspective to that of the she-wolf. After the famine is over, the wolf pack separates, and the she-wolf and three males travel together, until one of the wolves, “One Eye,” kills the other two. The she-wolf and One Eye travel together, then, until it is time for her to settle down to give birth to her cubs. Another famine comes upon the land when the cubs are still young, and all of the cubs die—except one: a gray wolf cub. This gray wolf is the strongest and the most adventuresome of all the litter. Yet early in his life, he learns how to snare food and along with this ability, he learns the lesson of the wilderness—that is, “eat or be eaten, kill or be killed.” In Part Three, the cub and its mother wander into an Indian camp, where the mother is recognized by an Indian named Gray Beaver; she answers immediately to the call of “Kiche,” and the little gray cub is promptly named White Fang.
In the case of the “Wolf Lies Down”, it illustrates a situation between him and his friend. A friend who left his bow and arrow as a sign that he has taken Wolf’s horse, however, a year later, Wolf expect the horse to be back to him, unfortunately, his friend did not show up. So Wolf decided to visit the Elk soldier chief to explain what happened. The Elk soldier chiefs in his society decided to send someone to fetch wolf’s friend. Although Wolf’s friend was aware of the course, he went to the fourth chiefs of the community and the situation between the two was solved. After the conflict was
Henrik Ibsen’s controversial and influential play, entitled HeddaGabler, is divided into four acts, and, as any good piece of literature ought to be, much of what would later on become crucial to the plot is introduced, hinted at, and foreshadowed in the first act. In this case, the character interactions are most significant, especially that of the titular protagonist, Hedda, whose ultimate destiny in the play is to be trapped in her own crafty machinations and manipulations. A close look on the actions and motivations of the characters in Act I reveal much about their innermost wishes, and considering the complications these desires face, the eventful and explosive conclusion could almost be seen from the first scenes of the play.
Was James' novel an allegory for corruption of the innocent, or a straight forward ghost story?
“It’s a unique phenomenon when a male becomes a man so late in life–probably because if he never truly became a man when most do, he likely never will. He certainly won’t seek out someone to father him like his own father failed to do, and if one such person appears on the scene he will likely avoid the man in a mechanism of defense.” (Christine Weber) When readers first encounter Humphrey Van Weyden, he measures up to almost no man. Throughout the novel The Sea Wolf, “Hump” as he’s nicknamed by Wolf Larsen transforms into much more than a man, Hump becomes his own Superman. His profound transformation into Humphrey Van Weyden-- man, can be credited to his experiences aboard Ghost and interactions with the crew.
I read the book Lonesome Howl, which is a drama book and a love story. The book was about two main character whose names are Jake and Lucy. They lived with their family in two different farms, but in the same community besides a mountain covered in a big wicked forest where many rumors took place. The farmers around the place lost many sheep’s since a feral beast. It was a quite small community and a lot of tales was told about it to make it even more interesting. Lucy was 16 years old and lived with her strict father and a coward of mom who didn’t dare to stand up for her daughter when she were being mistreated and slapped around by her father. Lucy was a retired and quite teenager because of that. She had a younger brother whose name was Peter. Peter was being bullied in school and couldn’t read since the education of Peter was different compare too Lucy’s. She helped him in school and stood up for the mean bullies, although all she got in return was him talking bullshit about her with their cruel dad which resulted with her getting thrash.
In “My Pen Writes in Blue and White,” Vincent Cremona suggests that his exposure to informal and formal speech in his household has allowed him to communicate effortlessly with a variety of individuals from all walks of life. Cremona is capable of writing in different styles such as blue collar, white collar, and a combination of both collars. The author uses his “basic, bold, and workman-like” blue collar language when speaking with construction workers that work directly under him (195). In contrast, when the author communicates with “. . . assorted managers and executives,” he uses white collar language, specifically “long-winded terms used by . . . professor[s] and textbooks” (197). In other words, Cremona is an expert in using simple
“To Build a Fire” written by Jack London in 1908, is a story of a man, who, left unnamed, sets out to traverse a dangerous trail in the Yukon territory near the end of nineteenth century. Accompanied only by a dog, t¬¬he man travels across the trail, risking his life with every step on the snow-laden path full of frozen ice-water traps. He falls into a trap and wets his feet, incurring the possibility of frostbite. The man manages to build a fire, but it is shortly extinguished by snow that falls from a tree. After another failed attempt and a loss of supplies, the man succumbs to the cold and accepts his death. The story is written about a decade after the onset of the Yukon Gold Rush of 1898, when thousands of prospective fortune-finders rushed to dig up gold with little regard for the environment of the region. Although London does not mention the event in the context of the story itself, the setting and plot of the story is too similar to what an expectant miner may have enc¬ountered during the Yukon Gold Rush for this to be a mere coincidence. During the Earle Labor, a reputable biographer, suggests that London’s main motive behind writing “To Build a Fire” was to alert men to the dangers of nature (Labor). Without much respect for nature, prospectors had been rushing to amass a fortune during the gold rush, but they often neglected the dangers posed by nature. Men were facing the same fate as the man in London’s story because they did not understand the extent of nature’s power due to their arrogance or inexperience. Jack London wrote “To Build a Fire” with the intent to educate men to know and respect the dangers of nature after his first-hand experience in the Yukon Gold Rush.
Overall whether the reader had interpreted it into this or took it as a group of wolves that had to adapt in order to survive. The same message is shown through. The fact that the story is about growing up and adapting to our surrounding environments. As things slowly begin to change. This displays the theme of survival of the fittest or in
One day he is and cruelly trained and abused by the man in the red sweater. At this time, he is introduced to the cold and rough climate of Alaska. Next, he is sold to Francois and Perrault, and while working as a sled dog, he develops a rivalry with Spitz the lead sled dog. As time goes on, Buck gets sold to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes, these owners are amateurs and continue to abuse Buck and the other sled dogs. Thankfully, John Thornton saves Buck from Hal and takes him into his own care. Buck and John form a bond with each other, but Buck is also being pulled toward the wild. Buck ventures into the wild for several days with his wolf brother. When he returns back to camp, he finds John Thornton dead. He retaliates by killing many of the Yeehats. Finally, Buck joins his wolf brother in the wild and is set
Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” is about the struggles of a man in the harsh winter conditions of the Yukon. The man was purposely not given a name to demonstrate the severe environment that is more important than his individuality. In the tale he had been in a constant search for “the boys” who could potentially provide shelter, food, and warmth. However, the man totally disregards the advice from the wise old-timer, which puts him in real danger. Throughout his journey a dog that instinctively understands the severity of the extreme temperature accompanies him.
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Buck was in the north land for the first time and saw Curly, a dog he had traveled with, be fought and killed by a pack of wolf-like dogs and learned an important lesson. “Once down, that was the end of you. Well, he would see to it that he never went down,” (London, Ch. 2). In order to survive, Buck had to learn the rules of the wild, what and what not to do. He had to change his way of thinking and acting. He had to adapt and develop to this new place. When Buck first started pulling the sled he did not know what to do and had to learn quickly before being hurt. “Francois was stern, demanding instant obedience, and by virtue of his whip receiving instant obedience; while Dave, who was an experienced wheeler, nipped Buck's hindquarters
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The title of the book is "The Call Of The Wild" by Jack London, it is a fiction type of book, I chose to Read this Book because I saw that it was about a dog who was kidnapped so I wanted to know more about what happened, I would rate my reading progress a 7 so far, i still have 4 chapters to read out of the 7 , the deadline I put myself to finish the book is to finish in this following week. So far I‘ve read that Buck is the dog of the Judges family in Southland but he is kidnapped by Manuel the gardner of the Judge, he is taken to a man in a red sweater who teaches him to respect the man with the club buck is beaten by this man, later he is bought by a man named Perrault who works with Francois , he then is introduced to several dogs along
Big Fish is the story of a person name Edward bloom that plays a role of a father, husband and a friend. Edward tells exaggerated stories of his life to his son. As the film starts, Edward Bloom is telling his son Will a story about catching the biggest catfish in the world. Edward bloom always told exaggerated stories to become a “big fish”. The term big fish defines someone who tries to be a bigger person in his community or in his life. Which means Edward bloom told stories that weren’t half true, to become an important person to his family and community. His son never believed in the stories that his father (Edward bloom) told because he knew the actions in the stories that were told weren’t possibly true. Some examples in the movie where Edward was trying to be a “big fish” are in the following stories he told: the Korean War, catching a big fish and winning his wife’s heart.