...Build a Fire’ and The Grey both cover identical topics such as survival and perseverance. But the main theme shown in both is "in the wild, there are many factors which determine one's chances of survival." The two main characters go through similar events in their respective stories. The two men go through conflict of man vs. nature and are in comparable settings. In TFB an unidentified main character travels through extremely cold weather in order to make to his camp site. The grey also takes place in the north, a terrible storm causes their plane to crash in the frozen wilderness. It is significantly cold in TFB: “Fifty degrees below zero meant 80 degrees of frost. Such facts told him that it was cold and uncomfortable, and that was all.” Both males understand what such cold weather can do, although one shows it more than the other. Another problem with nature they encounter is the animals they must deal with. Ottway (Liam Neeson) and the other men encounter wolves multiple times while in TFB he knows killing the dog will provide him with warmth. They all show perseverance even with the many conflicts they must deal with. The men must endure the extreme cold temperature in order to survive. Snow was one of the main parts of the settings. With both stories set in the frozen wilderness the men acknowledge how to use their surroundings in order to survive. For example in TBF he realizes he could use the dog in order to help him stay in warm until he can build a fire. In The...
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...your discussion along with your assessments, graphic organizers, or materials that you completed in your unit. When you are ready, contact your instructor to schedule an appointment or to complete your discussion assignment with them over the phone. Unit 1 DBA (Lesson 1.11) - Review the radio version and the written version of War of the Worlds. - Review the plot of The Cold Equations. - When he sensed the girl he said come out I the rising acion. - The control room description is the exposition. - Sending her away is the falling action - “Her haunting the ship” the ship was at a cold equation and all he heard was I didn’t do anything; denouncement. - Conversation with her brother is climax - Review both internal and external conflict types and be prepared to discuss them and provide examples. | The other kind of conflict comes from within, and it is known as internal conflict. | Man vs self. External conflicts occur outside of a person. External Conflict These are problems that can come from other people or from things in the environment. Man vs. Man | Man vs. Nature | Man vs. Society - Review Paraphrase and Summary. | A paraphrase is a rewording of something another author wrote. This does not make it your own work (always put your work cited).\/ A summary is a breakdown of the important things that happened in a story. Brief one-two sentence or even more about the main points. If you read a book this will be important to write to help stufy off...
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...Arizona vs Matthew Gibson And Arizona vs Jodie Arias When individuals with mental issues commit crimes they act before thinking and they run from their actions. In some cases like the two mentioned both ran from there crime they committed yet one years later turned themselves in. these two cases are similar in ways and yet different as well. Both of which are being prosecuted by the state of Arizona as this is where the crimes were committed. There are many different ways to look at both cases but mental illness seems to be an outline in which they both are connected. Arizona has the death penalty and which one of the cases were to still be determined if the individual was to be put on death row or just life in prison. In Arizona vs Matthew Gibon this case is based on insanity and yet took years to close. Matthew Gibson had committed murder and ran from the crime scene back in 1997. Matthew had informed that he was the one that had murdered this girl and why he did what he did. The victim of the crime was getting load and Matthew had asked the lady to leave. When refusing to leave he struck the women in the head and killed her with the force of the flashlight. Matthew then dumped her body and took of out of town. The case turned cold due to not many leads in the case of this murder that had accrued. In Arizona vs Jodi Arias was as well a murder case but in a different form. Jodi had killed her ex-boyfriend by stabbing him slitting his throat and shooting...
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...we think about how an individual is molded into who they are. Or is an individual born with these qualities? Are cold blooded killers naturally born as killers? The environment where you grew in may have a great effect on you. It influences the way you behave and respond to situations. What shapes us and how we...
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...Frankenstein in several different ways. Person vs. Person When Dr. Frankenstein is preparing to encounter the monster at his wedding night, a person vs. person conflict takes place between Frankenstein and his monster. “Well, be it so; a deadly struggle would then assuredly take place, in which if he were victorious I should be at peace and his power over me be at an end. If he were vanquished, I should be a free man. Alas! What freedom?” (Pg. 204) The quote shows a person vs. person conflict because it shows how two characters go into a struggle against each other. Another example of a person vs. person conflict throughout the book is described in a single quote, “Know that, one by one, my friends were snatched away: I was left...
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...survival and pride. Although the main theme of man against nature is very clear to the reader, it is through the eyes of the traveler and the thoughts of the dog traveling that with him that we begin to see just how frail humans are. The newcomer to the Yukon is ill prepared for what lays before him. Never Travel Alone Jack London “To Build a Fire” There is a thin line between life and death. Our own fate truly lies in our own hands. We can choose to close our eyes and blindly push forward or open our eyes and see the dangers that lie ahead. Our traveler in this story blindly pushed forward. A newcomer to the Yukon, he was headed to a camp about ten hours away by foot to meet the “boys”. “Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray” (p. 518). This was the first warning our traveler ignored. A foreshadowing of what is to come. In the deep of the winter where the days are extremely cold, an old-timer to the Yukon warned the man, never travel alone and to never travel when the temperature was fifty degrees below zero. The man thinking he knew more than the old-timer chose to ignore the danger, his mind empty of all but one thought - reaching the camp by 6pm. Spitting into the air his spittle froze and cracked before hitting the ground, a clear sign that the temperature was much colder than fifty degrees below zero. The husky like dog traveling with him on the other hand was reluctant to do as the man said, going purely on instinct it knew this...
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...London’s “To Build a Fire” portray the man vs. nature theme. These two pieces are alike and different in many ways. I can agree and disagree on the survival methods used by both authors, although Crane’s methods seemed a bit more questionable. While nature seemed to toy with the crew of the boat in “The Open Boat”, the old man in “To Build a Fire” seems to toy with nature by ignoring its signs to stop and to relinquish his failing journey. In the following paragraphs I’d like to get into the trenches of these two adventure stories. These two authors share similar traits when it comes to connections and reasons for writing these stories. Stephen Crane wrote “The Open Boat” based on a real life experience he went through. It was on December 31, 1896 when Crane left the Florida panhandle en-route for Cuba. His mission was to cover the war as a correspondent. On January 2, his ship sank and he and the other three crew members were forced to make the rest of the 30 hour trip in a small dinghy back to the United States (SN). This real life experience compares to Jack London’s real life journey through the Yukon Territory in 1897, around the same time as Crane’s sea adventure. London scavenged the area with others around that time in search for gold (Rees). While the gold rush was ultimately not as successful as he had hoped, London took many stories and experiences from the search (Rees). Initially, while these two stories both show the man vs. nature theme, they are different in...
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...The Space Race Modern American History: 1950 to the 21st Century John Carpenter The Space Race On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile launched Sputnik (Russian for “traveler”), the world’s first artificial satellite and the first man-made object to be placed into the Earth’s orbit. (www.history.com/topics/space-race) The race for space has official begun and the United States of America were losing. American’s thought that outer space was the new frontier and did not feel too comfortable knowing that the suppose enemy were the first to accomplish the mission. On the government side, knowing the Soviets’ had the capability to launch a missile into outer space, they had to have the same ability to launch a nuclear weapon. The competition became more than just getting to space; it also became a security issue to protect the US and other nations as well. After the Soviet R-7 went up in 1957, a month later the Russians sent up Sputnik 2, but this time was carrying a passenger “Rocky” the rocket dog. This proved that a living species could survive space travel. To have the Russians making all the “first” in space missions did not sit well with Americans and began to push the government into overtime to do the same. On January 1958 the U.S. launched their very own satellite called Explorer 1, designed by the US Army under the direction of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. In the same year President Dwight Eisenhower signed a public order to...
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...When it comes to film, there is are some things that may be added to a film which may give viewers a different take on how they may view the original novel. I will analyze the novel, and film and I will discuss how I viewed the film vs the novel of No Country for an Old Man, and compare the two together....
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...This is one topic that has been in debate over a decade. The fundamental difference if put it simply, science is based on evidence and religion is based on faith. Certain people believe that God exists and miracles do happen and we all have faith in God for what he does. On the contrary, certain people believe that man has evolved through science and according to science, many factors could not have had an explanation as to how it has happened and hence cannot be believed, as science gives an explanation to every events occurring. When an individual has faith in something, he does not require an evidence to prove what is happening and this is opposed by a scientific mind-set. People analyse a situation through various thinking and it could based on either religious believes or on scientific thinking and this is where the confusion arise. A beautiful debate is being illustrated between Albert Einstein and his student at one of his class sessions. Einstein was an atheist and hence he believed that there is no God and only science existed. In one of his classes a debate accidentally starts related to the topic God vs. Science. He asks one of his students, who are a firm believer in God to answer to his questions. His questions were simple initially and he wanted to make sure that the student was a strong believer in God. He started the conversation by asking whether God was good or bad and what would the student do if he had the powers to heal a sick and dying...
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...“The Interlopers”: The short story “The Interlopers” by Saki demonstrates the ironic aura of man vs. nature, and man vs. man. Hector Hugh Munro, pen named Saki, was one of the most popular short story writers during the pre-World War I British literature era. He wrote many stories and is often referred to as a highly under rated author for British literature. His war experiences were apparent in the novellas that he wrote, and often gave readers a gloomy, disturbed feeling. Other stories by Saki include: “Gabriel-Ernest”, “The Toys of Peace”, and “The Storyteller”. These short stories specifically illustrate horror, and the advantage of living life outside of the box. The three predominant literary techniques in Saki’s “The Interlopers” are setting, conflict, and, irony. Having a rough childhood, and unpredictable health; Saki was homeschooled until the age of 14. By the age of 16 he had moved to London to pursue a writing career. Finding a home in the British Museum reading room; he read and did many reports; some of which were published in newspapers and several books. “According to his sister’s memoir, he was much happier surrounded by literature.”( Langguth, par. 1). During this period he also grew highly fond of studying history and war. After World War I broke out Saki enlisted into Calvary, but found that life to be too vigorous and transferred into an Infantry unit. He witnessed gruesome acts that inspired various stories that he would eventually write in...
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...then struggled in the years to come with getting his writing career off the ground. * Also wrote Animal Farm, a novel attacking Stalinism. * Once graduating from the university he became very interest in political matters, which led him the writing of 1984. Step 2: What is the significance of the novel’s title? Orwell originally envisioned the title to be "The Last Man in Europe." But his editor, Frederic Warburg told Orwell he should change it. Therefore it became 1984, as we know it today. But there is much speculation as to where 1984 came from. There are two ideas I learned about. 1. Orwell, in 1948, may have thought a simple, two-digit end switcheroo would be a good title. 2. Or named it after his wife’s poem, "End of the Century, 1984." What is the novel’s setting in time and place? Does setting influence characters or actions? How much time is covered in the story? * Setting Time & Place: “Airstrip One” now known as London. 1984. * The setting is the whole issue for the characters due to the fact it shows the aftermath of WWII and the impending Cold War. And the ideas of Communism were forced into the minds of all the Americans along with the secret police and the figurehead Big Brother. * “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human...
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...Lord of the Ring – Democracy vs Dictatorship Skrevet af Jakob Dalgaard Wissing In the year of 1892 was a man named John Ronald Reuel Tolkien born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. In 1915, graduated Tolkien from Oxford with a bachelor in the English language and literature. However, as the First World War ravaged through Europe it became clear to Tolkien that he had to go to France and participate in the war. Here did Tolkien experience death firsthand as many of his friends died in the trenches. Tolkien himself caught the trench fever, which resulted in him getting send back to a hospital in England. This event probably saved his life. While Tolkien was in the hospital, did he begin writing fantasy. It was here the first drafts of the “Lord of The Rings” universe was created. The lord of the rings trilogy was written during a span covering the days during the First World War until 10 years after the Second World War. This horrible era in history left its mark on the whole world for generations to come, and it most certainly made Tolkien the man he was. Many serious themes that were actual at the time is in fact described in Tolkien’s universe though most of them is hidden behind a layer of fantasy. One of these actual serious themes is “Democracy vs Dictatorship”. These two forms of government defined the world in the lifetime of Tolkien and were the cause of many conflicts including “World War II” and “The Cold War”. The reason why these two forms of government is the reason...
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...I had three participants in my interview about the Cold War. They varied in age and gender. Jane Doe is a 40 year old mother who completed high school. Jim Johnson is an 18 year old male who just began his Associates degree. James Black is a 52 year old man who finished high school. Each had similar and differing answers depending on the question asked. To get a basic understanding of their knowledge of the Cold War I asked, “Did you ever study the Cold War in school? If so, what are some aspects of the Cold War that you remember?” Responses to this question seemed to change according to age. James, being the oldest of the interviewed subjects stated that he honestly did not know if they learned about it in school. He stated with a chuckle, “That was a long time ago, but I think the Berlin wall was involved.” He stated that everyone seemed to be anti-communism. Jane, also felt that school was so long ago that she was unsure. She did state that she felt fairly certain that she did learn about this subject while in school. Jim, the freshest out of school was much more confident in his answer. Jim stated, “Yes, the Cuban missile crisis was the peak of the Cold War. It was a time when Soviet Russia set up a missile base in Cuba, which was the closest to America. It caused great distress.” When I asked the subjects, “What words or phrases come to mind when you think of the term Cold War”, the answers were similar. James’s answer was the most basic stating, “Russia and nuclear war...
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...Romantic authors lived through a time of revolution, the American Revolution and the French Revolution. Each of these rebellions was rooted in the idea that the common man deserved and was owed certain inalienable rights. They became more interested in the individual and in gaining self-knowledge. This self-knowledge led to an interest in psychology and psychological disorders. Romantic writers initiated a revolution of their own. They revolted against the ideals and themes of the Enlightenment era, instead of reason and science they turned to feelings and an oneness with nature in their works. In addition to revolution, there were reforms, expansionism, and other changes within society that affected the writing of these authors in a deep...
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