He is a newcomer to the Yukon Trail and underestimates the severity of the weather. The man believes that he can handle it at the beginning, but realizes later that it is too cold: “Once in a while the thought reiterated itself that it was very cold and that he had never experienced such cold” (714). The “old timer from Sulphur Creek” tried to warn him about the weather, but instead of heeding the warning, he laughs at the old man: “That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he had laughed at him at the time” (716). If he had listened to the “old timer” and stayed until the weather warmed a little he would have made it through the trail.
Buck has never had to endure the vicious North. While at Judge Miller's, Buck never worries about his next meal or shelter; yet while in the frozen Klondike he has death at his heels. “A chill wind was blowing that nipped him sharply and bit with especial venom into his wounded shoulder. He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet. Miserable and disconsolate, he wandered about among the many tents, only to find that one place was as cold as another.
In the concentration camp hospital, Eliezer’s neighbor remarks he has lost faith in everything except what? (A) God (B) Death (C) Hitler (D) Eliezer 22. During the long run after Buna, what does Eliezer say was the only thing that kept him from giving up? (A) His faith in God (B) His desire for justice (C) His father’s presence (D) A sense of pride 23. In the shed, taking a brief break from the run, what does Eliezer pray for?
Even the dog—who is half-wild and thus closer to nature—feels “depressed” by the cold. Thanks to its natural instincts and its dense winter coat, the dog survives the extreme temperature long enough to head for camp; where it knows it will find food and warmth. Without fur or instinct, The Man is too frail on his own to withstand nature— or “the cold of space”—as it presents itself in the Klondike: “The cold of space smote the unprotected tip of the planet, and he, being on that unprotected tip, received the full force of the blow. (Milne
Just like the barking dogs, it is hard not to shout for joy when you accomplish something great. After careful observation of nature, I realized the striking similarities between what I had seen and what I had felt. Nature it seems mimics life’s emotions. For example, the blanket of snow on a winter day chilled my heart and soul and reminded me of times when I felt lost and alone. However, time marches on and so too do the emotions of my life.
Alex swung his ice picks and managed to pierce the crevice, but not enough, the icepick slipped out. The great explorer was plummeting into the crevice. Alex was so frightened, he blacked out. As his eyes opened up, regaining consciousness something stood before
In the excerpt from Johnny Got His Gun, the author demonstrates the distancing relationship between a father and his son by using point of view, selection of detail and syntax. The point of view in the except is Third-Person Limited with a hint of second person in the beginning, “When you slept inside the tent it seemed always raining outside because the needles from the pine kept falling.” Turns into “Each summer they came to this place which was nine thousand feet high and covered with pine trees and dotted with lakes.” The switch helps the reader feel what the father and son experience while still holding on to the outside perspective. The Third-Person point of view helps to give off a sort of mystery to the story. We only seem to know the son’s mental anguish over telling his father that he wants to ‘hang out’ with someone else. The uses of selection of detail in the story suggests that this period of time is when things are changing.
Siddhartha is puzzled by his father because he does not understand how his father is content. 9. What does Siddhartha conclude about finding peace? Why does he fear that he will not find it prescribed in religious teachings? a.
Rip Van Winkle was known to be the man who slept for 20 years. Rip’s sleep caused him to miss the Revolutionary War and America’s transition from colony to nation. When he awakens he finds out that everything and everyone has changed. During his 20 year sleep Rip misses events such as the Revolutionary War in which some of his friends fought and died for. Rip also missed out on America’s transition from colony to nation, so that when he enters the village and yells “I am a poor quiet man, a native of the place, and a loyal subject of the King, God bless him!” (2317).
That is my job” (74). The two depend on each other. At first when the son would ask if “they were going to die” the father would say “sometime. Not now” but throughout the end of the book, when the father starts to get ill and deteriorates, he begins to realize that the son should live on and be a survivor to carry the