Whitehorse Essays

In the short story “To Build a Fire”, Jack London uses naturalism and determinism to develop the plot. Naturalism pits the protagonist against the harsh conditions of the natural world that cares so little for humans. Determinism in this short story expresses that all outcomes result from a predetermined fate that the protagonist is bound to. The unnamed protagonist needed to have specific skills to be able to survive in these harsh conditions, but this protagonist had too many weaknesses and not

In “To Build A Fire” the author Jack London is basically, pardon the unprofessional language, telling us to check ourselves before we wreak ourselves. It uses humanity's arrogance and carelessness, as well as nature’s indifference and power as well as consequences to our actions. Over and over we see instances where mistakes come back to haunt the man in his hour of need, even as he makes more. Jack London as a prospector no doubt saw many deaths like these. Men who thought the rules didn’t apply

Jack London’s “The call of the wild” has a prominent place in the canon of American literature. Even though the novel is primarily the story of a dog named Buck, the book distinguishes itself from other animal adventures in its display of philosophical depth. An analysis through an eco-critical lens, narrowing it down to wilderness, the paper attempts to explore the portrayal of wilderness and the influence of wilderness on the lives of both the human and non- human beings in the novel. Buck, uprooted

Human Nature Human nature is what keeps us alive and not dead before our time. Some people want to go against what is natural for humans but they seem to die before long and they are not killed by other humans but by nature itself. This can be very simple or very difficult to understand, human nature that is. Heat and cold, water and everything can kill you if you go against what human nature tells you to do and it does not tell you like how we are talking now but has feeling that only that one

the darkness creeps in. Dark thoughts steep in every corner of his mind. Strange, but not unwelcome. He has to do something about it, because even hollow men need their sleep. When it’s all over the Melting Man will take her on a joyride to Whitehorse. During the height of summer the stench is unbearable. He’ll quickly shuffle her out of the boot and roll her down a mound of black garbage bags, towards a plain of refuse where ibis pick at food scraps.

worry. We packed our bags and got our stuff together. I told my parents that we were going to go skiing over at some local ski hill for the weekend so they wouldn 't worry. The reason why we want to go Yellowknife instead of the local hill here in Whitehorse is because of how busy and small the ski hill were and that we would have a better time in

is no moisture or precipitation, which only a few types of plants of animals can survive in. The Yukon, known for its gold rush between 1896-1899, and sites such as Mount Logan. Most of the population of Yukon lives in the province’s capital of Whitehorse. The Northwest Territories are known for sites such as Nahanni National Park Reserve and Virginia Falls. Most of its population resides in the capital city of Yellowknife. Nunavut, the largest of the territories, is known for notable historic

A friend of mine tells me that Tom Wopat, the heroic family-man protagonist in this Sci-Fi Channel original movie, was once the hunky Bo Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard. This seems appropriate since Meteorites is an instance of what I call the The Dukes of Hazzard Phenomenon: to wit, a cultural event-be it a film fad, a television show, or a famous scandal-enjoys massive popular attention even though any particular person will tell you he or she has no interest in it whatsoever. In my experience,

Introduction In North America, higher levels of education can lead to higher levels of income. As income rises so does the ability to choose more leisure aspirations. Income is a main barrier in accessing leisure for low income individuals. With access to education and higher income perhaps leisure satisfaction can increase for previous low income populations. Low income families who are do not have access to education or higher income though, still deserve access to leisure. The question being

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