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An Analysis of the Use of Personification in Illustrating the Dogs Viewpoint in Jack London’s Book (967 words, 2 pages)

In 1903, Jack London wrote his best selling novel, concerning the life of a sled dog that travels throughout Alaska, the Yukon, and the Klondike. Throughout this book Jack London uses personification to illustrate the dogs viewpoint. London describes what adventures the dog encounters after being kidnapped from his Santa ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Broken Ground by Jack Hodgins (1355 words, 2 pages)

In Jack Hodgins latest novel, Broken Ground, the inhabitants of the small forest community of Portuguese Creek are deeply affected by its extreme conditions. Matthew Pearson, a local farmer and former soldier, has his life utterly transformed from living in Portuguese Creek. For Tanner Pearson, Matthew's ten year old son, ... Read More

The Escape of Jack Burden from Responsibility in All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren (1399 words, 2 pages)

Jack Burden Escapes Responsibility Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men explores the idea of the relationship between the actions of individuals. Jack Burden does not understand this element, resulting in his escaping responsibility and lacking direction and ambition. Jack, when needing to accept responsibility and face the relationship of ... Read More

The Theory of Kurt Godel (437 words, 1 pages)

In 1931, logician Kurt Godel developed a proof. It stated that to prove every conceivable statement about numbers within a system by going outside the system in order to come up with new rules and axioms...by doing so youll only create a larger system with its own unprovable statements. Godels ... Read More

An Analysis of Foreshadowing in the Short Story to Build a Fire by Jack London (382 words, 1 pages)

In To Build a Fire Jack London writes about a mans travels through Yukon, Canada. The story starts off with displaying the setting we know that he is climbing the snowy, freezing trail in Yukon with his dog. They were climbing the trail through about -60 (or more) degrees, it ... Read More

A Comparison Between Jack and Ralph in Lord of the Flies (481 words, 1 pages)

Never judge a book by its cover. To really understand how someone feels one must be in his or her shoes. I think that the boys in Lord of the Flies by William Golding changed a lot throughout their whole life on the island. Most probably, if I were on ... Read More

An Analysis of the Transformation of Buck in the Novel The Call of the Wild by Jack London (919 words, 3 pages)

By Jack LondenThroughout the novel The Call of the Wild, we follow a dog named Buckthrough his journey through the Klondike. We experience a transformationin him, as he adapts to the cold, harsh land where he is forced to toil inthe snow, just to help men find a shiny metal. ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Call of the Wild by Jack London (575 words, 1 pages)

The Call of the Wild by Jack London shows the effect that the environment can have on ones reactions. The main character is a dog named Buck who changes through the course of the novel in reaction to his environment. The harshness of the climate and the weather contribute to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Ideas of Darwinism in Jack London’s The Call of the Wild (1149 words, 2 pages)

They were all terribly footsore. No spring or rebound was left in them. Their feet fell heavily on the trail, jarring their bodies and doubling the fatigue of a day's travel. There was nothing the matter with them except that they were dead tired. It was not the dead tiredness ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of the Story of Brother Jack (1337 words, 2 pages)

"I shivered, looking toward the street, where up the alley through the tunneling dark, three mounted policemen loomed beneath the circular, snow-sparkling beam of the street lamp, grasping their horses by their bridles, the heads of both men and animals bent close, as though plotting the leather of saddles and ... Read More

An Analysis of Solo, a Novel by Jack Higgins (869 words, 3 pages)

This book, in my opinion, is a very good example of a serialkiller, and his ironic demise. The book begins with an example of serialkilling, where a powerful, influential man is killed by an assassin. Thebook, after the killing, follows the killer to an unusual place-a concerthall. There it is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Main Character in Shane, a Book by Jack Schaefer (752 words, 1 pages)

Shane, from Jack Schaefers Book Shane, is no ordinary man and his gun was not either. It is hardly a gun it is a part of Shane, he handles it like another arm or leg. This essay will look at how Shane modified a quite average gun to be unique, ... Read More

An Analysis of The Sea-Wolf, a novel by Jack London (573 words, 2 pages)

Wolf Larsen was a character in the book who never made it all the waythrough the book, but he tried very hard. He was a very strong, brutal manwith almost no respect for human life. With all the people in the world,one dead person meant nothing to him. He was ... Read More

An Analysis of the Book Solo by Jack Higgins (871 words, 3 pages)

This book, in my opinion, is a very good example of a serial killer,and his ironic demise. The book begins with an example of serial killing,where a powerful, influential man is killed by an assassin. The book,after the killing, follows the killer to an unusual place-a concert hall.There it is ... Read More

A Summary of the Novel, On the Road by Jack Kerovac (274 words, 1 pages)

The novel is based on one mans true stories about his craziest adventures through the United States and Mexico. This is one of the greatest novels of all time and nothing I have read so far seems so realistic. Jack Kerovac, who is the author of the book, places himself ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Shane by Jack Schaefer (792 words, 1 pages)

In Jack Schaefer's novel Shane, Jack Schaefer states his oppinion on peoples ability to change. Shane says to Bob, "A man is what he is, Bob, and there's no breaking the mold." Jack Scaefer supports this quote by making Shane return to his old method of dealing with problems. When ... Read More

Comparing Jack, Ralph, Piggy and Simon with Freud’s Theory in “Lord of the Flies” (842 words, 3 pages)

When young boys are abandoned on an uninhabited island withoutadults, even they are capable of murder. This is the scenario depicted inthe British author, William Goldings novel, Lord of the Flies, written andpublished in 1954 during World War 2. Comparing the characters of Jack,Ralph, Piggy and Simon with Freud's theory ... Read More

A Comparison of the Characters Ralph and Jack in the Story of Lord of the Flies (845 words, 2 pages)

Lord of the Flies Ralph vs. JackLord of the Flies has many meanings to it, which are defined through the characters involved in the story and through the items found in the island or carried by the characters. Many of these characters differ from each other a lot but they ... Read More

A Focus on the Characters Ralph and Jack in the Story of Lord of the Flies (1302 words, 4 pages)

In the story Lord of the Flies Ralph, the democratic character, and Jack,the dictator are the most important main characters. Ralph is the voice of hopeon the island, and without that, the boys would have turned to savagery muchfaster, and under the control of Jack. William Golding uses Ralph and ... Read More

An Analysis of Ralph and Jack’s Actions in Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” (649 words, 2 pages)

In a society complete cooperation by all members must occur for anyprogress and construction to take place. When stuck on a deserted island inGolding's Lord of the Flies, Ralph, Piggy, and the rest of the choirboyshave no choice open to them but to eke out a living and to attempt ... Read More

An Argument That Jack Is a Devil in Golding’s Lord of the Flies (393 words, 2 pages)

Jack, leader of a group of choirboys and ultimately chief of thehunters, is Ralph's principal antagonist. Described as having a full headof red hair, wearing a black cloak and bullying his way through the boys,his role as a villain is fairly clear from the beginning. Jack isdestined to be the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Allegorical Characters Jack and Roger in Lord of the Flies (640 words, 2 pages)

Jack and Roger are two allegorical characters in the story "Lord of theFlies" by William Golding. They are both characterized as killers but they arevery different from one another. The two young boys start off with the sameintentions but as the story progresses we begin to see the differences in ... Read More

A Focus on the Character of Jack in the Novel Lord of Flies (877 words, 1 pages)

In the novel Lord of the Flies, Jack is the character that goes through the most change of anyone throughout the story. He begins the novel as a somewhat arrogant choir boy, who we actually see cry when he is not elected leader of the island. Golding describes Jack's physical ... Read More

A Look at Jack and the Beast in the Story of Lord of the Rings (1902 words, 4 pages)

Jack and the beastJack created the idea of a mysterious beast that no one has seen in order to make the members of his gang fearful. By instilling fear, Jack tries to make himself out to be a better leader than Ralph by offering his gang protection from the beast. ... Read More

An Analysis of Jack London Intertwining of Struggles in the Stories White Fang, The Call of the Wild and To Build a Fire (1464 words, 2 pages)

In history, many extraordinary authors have written about struggles among two or more forces. Even in the earliest times, Homer, one of historys greatest writer and philosophers, has written such pieces as The Odyssey, the fable of a common man who challenges elements he has no control over, and successfully ... Read More

A Description of a Short Summary of the Novel White Fang by Jack London (437 words, 1 pages)

"White Fang" starts out with 2 men and a group of 6 sled dogs travelingacross the Arctic with a dead man in a coffin. This group was followed by apack of famished wolves. Each night a female half wolf half dog would seduce adog away and allow the pack to ... Read More

An Analysis of Ralph and Jack in Lord of the Flies, a Novel by William Golding (996 words, 2 pages)

ph and JackRalph and Jack are both powerful and meaningful characters in William Golding's classic novel, Lord of the Flies. Ralph is an excellent leader responsible, and stands for all that is good. Jack is a destructive hunter, selfish, and represents evil. These two main characters can be compared by ... Read More

An Overview of the Comparison of Ralph and Jack in Lord of the Flies Novel by William Golding (1409 words, 2 pages)

Comparison of Ralph and Jack in the Lord of the FliesCivilized man does not always act civilized. In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, we see the characters Ralph and Jack change into different people the longer they are stranded on the island. When Jack and Ralph ... Read More

An Analysis of the Two of Jack London’s Stories The Call of the Wild and White Fang (1157 words, 4 pages)

Two of Jack London's most famous stories were The Call of the Wild andWhite Fang. Though they are completely unrelated stories they have manysimilarities that I found unique. Along with many similarities in the plotthere were many similarities in the characters, human and animal, whichmake these two stories the topic ... Read More

A Focus on Jack Burden in All the King’s Men (1631 words, 2 pages)

Willie Stark is the most powerful, the most dominating character in the novel, and it seems to be, primarily, his story that Jack Burden tells. Willie's character goes through many changes, his beliefs change etc., as his political career progresses. Willie's success and ultimate loss of power can be viewed ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013