Compare And Contrast Klondike Fever Book And Movie

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Aaron Hiles We read the story “ Klondike Fever, the Famous Gold Rush of 1898”, by Michael Cooper and watched a movie, “ Klondike Fever”, based on Jack London’s adventures. There, were many differences with the characters,the plot,the climax,and resolution. There were a few similarities in the settings. The movie was more entertaining than the informational text. Most of the characters were different when we compared the movie and the text, however, the setting was similar. The setting of the movie is mostly outside of Dawson, while the text, the setting takes place in the Klondike region. While the only character that was the same in both was the head of the North West Mounted Police, Samuel B Steel. The characters in both the text and the movie went to the Klondike region to get rich. In both, some people went to the area to mine gold, and in the meantime, some went to profit from the miners by selling the miners goods. In the text, the characters seemed to share food, cabins and gold strike locations; however, the characters seemed greedy and …show more content…

In the movie, there was a scene with a man brutally training sled dogs, however in the text the author only mentioned the price of the dogs rocketing up from fifty dollars to several hundred dollars. In the movie, prospectors were gambling, but in the text the author mentioned them buying food and supplies in Dawson, nothing about gambling. In the movie, characters built the boat from the trees they cut down in the forest, so they could travel on the river. However, in the text, the only boats mentioned, were the steamboats that travelers used to get to the Klondike gold town. In the movie, Jack London’s friend, Sloper was shot and killed; meanwhile in the text, none of the characters were killed. In conclusion, the movie and the text were very different probably because the movie was somewhat fictional to make it more entertaining, while the text was

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