Significance of the Dog in To Build a Fire
With regard to Jack London's, "To Build a Fire", I will attempt to analyze
the significance of the dog, however in doing so I will need to discuss not
only the dog, but the man and nature as well, because they all impact one
another with equal significance. It is my opinion that throughout most of
the story the dog is to represent a living creatures innate instincts
(although I was lead to question this at the end), the man represents desire
and sheer will (although he also shows many signs of repressed instinct),
and nature represents the force which triggers instinctual behavior (perhaps
a temporary barrier if obeyed, or potentially a life ending blow if
disrespected).
At the beginning of the story the man takes a moment to reflect upon the
many miles of vast bleak desolation that he had traveled, not to consider
his insignificance in the world, nor to contemplate his luck in overcoming
the terrain, but to merely look back at his conquest. He made himself aware
of the tremendous cold as he spat in the air, "before it could fall to the
snow, the spittle crackled". By performing this action he realized that it
must be much colder than fifty below likewise he was aware of the possible
dangers involved when one travels in this type of cold, however he had a
goal in mind and these warnings of nature went unanswered.
The dog, "a big native husky, the proper wolf-dog, gray-coated and without
any visible or temperamental difference from its brother, the wild wolf",
was hindered by the severe cold. Even though it was naturally equipped to
survive the intolerab...
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...or the powerful, but realizing that they are
a means to an end. In other words if they don't step out of line and do
what is required of them, they will be afforded food and shelter, however if
they do step out of line they will be struck down for their disobedience.
Perhaps London's' view of the dog represented his hopes for the Socialist
Party, just as in the end of the story, when the man died (powerful
corporations), the dog lived to see another day (the working class), and in
this scenario nature would stand for justice (or perhaps God), allowing the
meek to inherit the earth. As I said I can't be certain what the true
significance of the dog would be, but after taking a great deal of time to
consider the meaning of the story I appreciate it a great deal more, and I
am intrigued to learn more about Mr. London.
Issue of whether to keep Mascots in schools or not, started in late 1970’s and from then this debate is going on. Most of the schools have Indian Mascots in place for half a century and suddenly it become problem to use Indian Mascots. Over 500 Native American organizations also announced their support for the removal of those mascots and over 1200 schools across the United States have changed the name of their sports teams and some school refused to play with those schools using Indian mascots. But some school still think that using mascots are just paying homage to the Native peoples and it’s just another group claiming to be offended. Sports teams used those mascots to promote their team’s athletic powers, like wolf, lion and eagle etc. How portrait of an Indain wearing hat with feather or headdress can be offensive or racist? One thing which never be done up to now that is to view our history from Native eyes. First of all, learn about their culture and their living style from their new perspective not the one which is given in our history books. From last hundred years we taught our generations that this is our country and we had a very long war with Indians which won. We also tell different kind of stories like burning of Fort Pequot Indians because they had trade relationship with British company. Can stories like this possibly be related to mascot issue? Using mascots are really a problem or just a political incorrectness.
Calixta is a woman who seems to be searching for pleasure; men aren’t the only humans that deserve pleasure. She loves her husband but seeks to explore pleasure elsewhere. Alcee was an old flame who seemed to still be in love with Calixta, and she probably still felt an attraction towards him. There are many assumptions that can be made about her future actions. She could feel guilty and realize what she did was wrong and disgraceful towards Bobinot and confess her actions to him. Calixta could completely ignore Alcee, never invite him back into her home, and never tell Bobinot, because she doesn’t want to cause trouble in her home. Telling Bobinot what happened could cause a separation, but not telling him is morally wrong. Calixta may keep her actions a secret and only invite Alcee into her home when her husband and child are gone. I feel that Calixta will continually invite Alcee into her home, whether her husband and son are home or not home, and not tell Bobinot what happened. She will probably keep him close, as a friend and as a secret lover, so she will have someone to confide in other than her husband and have a lover to give her pleasure whenever she desires.
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In the past, cloning always seemed like a faraway scientific fantasy that could never really happen, but sometimes reality catches up to human ingenuity and people discover that a fictional science is all too real. Such was the fate of cloning when Dolly, a cloned sheep, came into existence during 1997, as Beth Baker explains (Baker 45). In addition to opening the eyes of millions of people, the breakthrough raised many questions about the morality of cloning humans. The greatest moral question is, when considering the pros against the cons, if human cloning is an ethical practice. There are two different types of cloning and both entail completely different processes and both are completely justifiable at the end of the day.
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