Monday, April 23, 2012

review of call of the wild

The call of the wild by author Jack London, is a intriguing book of an outdoor adventure with buck, and several  other characters. Buck starts off at Judge Millers farm, then after being kidnapped, he is stuck in the Yukon where he comes to have several new owners. Starting off with François and Perrault, these are the men that teach buck the ways of the Yukon, and the ways of the trace and trail. Then after defeating Spitz, Buck becomes head dog, even though his team falls apart. After being with Hal, Mercedes, and Frank ran ragged to the bone, he is saved by John Thornton before his team falls through the ice. Then Buck becomes a necessity to John, after earning him sixteen hundred dollars, and allowing him a trip to a gold wonderland, that hasn't been mined before, but most people do not come back from this trip. Can they survive? Does Buck finally answer the Call of the wild? Read to find out.

essay summary of what does it mean to be human?

What does it mean to be human? It means being created in the image of God, and to have a soul. It means to be able think and infer, and to be able to love with soul-like qualities. We see these examples straight from text, and evidence, for example Genesis 1:26 says "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." An example of the thinking and inferring, is in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. When Victor created the monster, he was able to think mathematically and with science to do it, and he could infer once the monster started killing his family that his decision to create it was bad. 

Anthropomorphism

Anthropomorphism; giving human attributions to an animal. We see this is in call of the wild. Buck is put into a human character, and given human attributes by the point of view Jack London uses. Another example of anthropomorphism is the apes in the wild, when they take the spears (sharp sticks they have made) and hunt the bush babies, like a human.

Cost of life or zeal for survival?

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton

  Victor and Robert are very differential, but happen try to achieve an impossible goal.
     Victor and Robert both tried to get something they could not achieve. Robert against nature and Victor against the monster he created. 
     Victor would never give up, he was too messed up in the mind. Victor told his story to Robert, then after Victor died Robert turned around and headed back. He knew that he was going to die to in the harsh goal chasing this crazy dream, and so he went back home to save himself, and his crew members.