Hot Spots Chapter Summary

Throughout Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild, there are many details that help give the reader a deeper, more profound, meaning of the book 's intended purpose. Krakauer is one of the most renowned American writers, publishing many books specifically focused on nature, and people’s struggles with nature. Through much of the book, Krakauer incorporates many literary techniques, such as connotation, diction, ethos, pathos, logos, imagery, and syntax, to help each reader grasp the essence of the book. These aspects are utilized many times throughout each chapter in his book. By using a wide range of literary techniques, Krakauer is able to communicate the events that transpired during the book, in a way that pertains to each

I believe that the writer of this book wanted to let the reader know how important smart rats are. How important the things that they do are. The writer just seems well connected with the smart rats. To him the smart rats just seem to be like his pets, and well they do treat them like there pets. The smart rants do seam like a creative solution to an existing problem. And like it was said in the article the writer dose say “they’re too light to set off land mines” so that would make thing was easer for humans and the article also said “they don’t need body armor”. But one thing that did stand out to me was the last sentence in the article the writer says “ can’t kill rats now” “But my wife can,” he adde, explaining that he pleads with his wife

Chris McCandless story truly begins when he enters the wild. In my opinion the novel grapples with how to provide oneself with true self fulfillment. Chris enters the wild to find himself and his own inner happiness and place in the world surrounding him. He does this by isolating himself from society and loved ones. In the novel a central theme is finding your true self through adventure and hardship. In chapters four, seven, and eight the author introduces epigraphs throughout each chapter to highlight what Chris is trying to accomplish.

The book “The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change” written by Tim Flanner pertains to predicting the global warming consequence on earth and species. In chapter 9, the unraveling world, the author talks about global warming and how it can have a long-lasting and far-reaching impact on our lives. He points out the substantial and rapid change of the climate and its connection with the effects of El Nino and La Nina are also uncovered. Climate change can be a major contributor as to where species live and how they interact. The changes can also be observed by the changing migration patterns of these species. Moreover, the unexpected changes in climate can also bring about a shift in the behaviour of species such as insects, butterflies, birds, caterpillars, frogs and possums. The author illustrates an example of how in northern Mexico and southern California the increased temperature has caused the plant on which caterpillars feed to wilt earlier which eventually cause larvae to starve.

In this passage from Last child in the Woods, an extremely discouraged Richard Louv shows the separation of nature to both parents and children. By showing imagery through car rides in the present vs. car rides in the past he shows an extraordinary change. By his use of rhetorical devices such as pathos, ethos, and imagery Louv produces a captivating argument to fire up the modern generation.

Risks are a possibility of loss or injury; all humans at least once in their lifetime have to do something risky. If life has no risks, you’re not really living it, since we humans do not grow as a species (or society) if there is no challenge in life. People in this world must have challenge and struggle to overcome an obstacle in their life to discover the real world. This way a person will grow physically and most importantly, mentally, to never do something adventurous or take the easy way out is on them. Krakauer, Emerson and Thoreau all have their own ideas on risk, but they all have in common is that risk can change a person for the good or bad.

Richard Louv, a novelist, in Last Child in the Woods (2008) illustrates the separation between humans and nature. His purpose to the general audience involves exposing how the separation of man from nature is consequential. Louv adopts a sentimental tone throughout the rhetorical piece to elaborate on the growing separation in modern times. Louv utilizes pathos, ethos and logos to argue that the separation between man and nature is detrimental.

Gary Paulsen 74, was born on May 17th, 1939 in Minneapolis Minnesota, to parents that Paulsen could not tolerate in which made him runaway at the age of fourteen (www.FamousAuthors.org). As a child to drunken parents who fought daily Paulsen learned how to take care of himself at a very young age, at the age of seven Paulsen had learned how to iron and fed himself. Gary is a firm believer in the fact that “things can change, that you are not defined by who or what you did as a child.” -Gary Paulsen (Inspire,”Q & A with Gary Paulsen”).

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice” (Dyer). Dyer speaks about how whatever happens in our society depends on an individual’s choice and action. It is an individual’s choice to either be happy or miserable. “The Most Dangerous Game” written by Richard Connell, General Zaroff and Rainsford choices affect how they will live the rest of their life. As General Zaroff and Rainsford approach the obstacles in their life, their choices to overcoming them affect their ensure.

In his passage from “Last Child in the Woods,” Richard Louv uses various rhetorical strategies in order to make his audience more supportive of his argument. The passage discusses the connection, or really the separation, between people and nature. On this subject, Louv argues the necessity for people to redevelop their connection with nature. His use of tone, anecdotes, rhetorical questions, and factual examples all help develop the pathos and logos of his piece.

The Heat                  Hi room 29, the book I will be writing about is called The Heat.In this realistic fiction book The Heat by Mike Lupica, Manny has a hard time controlling his temper. To, back up my opinion, I will state evidence from the story, why Manny has a hard time controlling his temper.

Allusions can bring history into many types of literature. They compare and illustrate situations, people, and many other parts of a story to better the audience’s understanding of the connotation being presented. For example, the book The Hot Zone, portrays many examples of allusion. In this novel, scientists from all over the world research to find the natural host and the end to the Ebola virus and its sister, the Marburg virus. Many people and events in history are used to describe the way the Ebola virus behaves in humans and monkeys. Richard Preston uses allusion in his book, The Hot Zone.

The way Krakauer organizes Into the Wild helps support his argument towards Christopher McCandless and to the responses received by the article Krakauer had written earlier on McCandless and about his trip. Krakauer gives the readers background information for most of the book, along with excerpts from McCandless’s journal he seldom kept. McCandless’s journal entries include statements such as, “MOOSE!” on June 6th when he shot a moose instead of squirrels, and different types of birds which he had been eating since he got to the bus (Krakauer 166). McCandless’s last writing reads, “ I have had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all,” which he wrote on the back of a poem by Robinson Jeffers, "Wise Men in Their Bad Hours,"

Interesting non-fiction science novels are few and far between, but amongst those select few, “The Hot Zone” by Richard Preston stands tall. Richard Preston has made his career as an author writing about infectious disease and bioterrorism. It is a unique niche and one that seems to suit him well. It is important to remember however, that he is not a scientist nor is he a doctor. He is an author with a book to sell. “The Hot Zone,” is an engaging and carefully written read that will do it’s best to make the Ebola virus scare the living daylights out of you.

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