Jack London The Story Of An Eyewitness Analysis

“Jack London is King” this was carved in to a block of wood found at the bus where Chris McCandless’s body was found. Chris McCandless admired Jack London as a man and a writer. Chris went into the wild’s of Alaska to prove that he could live off the land, with no modern conveniences, and no human contact. Jack London wrote stories about men and animals experiences against the environment, and survival against hardships, which were written from his own life. His works included individualism and the study of the laws of nature. Chris wanted to explore his own individualism, who he was, and how he was to live the rest of his life.

One way that helps make London’s poem relatable, is due to the imagery. For example, one of the many lines that contain good imagery is, “Oceans of adolescents come here to receive lessons, but never learn to swim. Part like the Red Sea when the bell rings.” This makes you picture a large group of high school kids that are sitting in class, then suddenly, they all get up and disperse like the unexpected waves of

Emma Burke’s point of view of the earthquake in “Comprehending the Calamity” was that it was violent, and hard to understand. She states that “No one can comprehend the calamity to San Francisco in its entirety…” (Burke, 1). This explains to us that the damage caused by the earthquake must have been devastating.. She also describes the extreme force of the earthquake, saying “The shock came, and hurled my bed against an opposite wall… It grew constantly worse, the noise deafening; the crash of dishes… the groaning and straining of the building itself” (1). By describing the enormous event in detail, we can get a sense of just how bad every building was shaking and crumbling.

George Heinrich Crist, a resident of Kentucky, was settled with his family in a well-built house when the New Madrid Earthquake of 1811 came across their path, unlike a storm this “thing” had no warnings. He chose to share his account of this quake, or quakes. This was part of his life and also a part of history in the making so that is why I believe he shared his personal essay. It’s not an argumentative account but rather short entries from 5 months from his life. Kentucky wasn’t the only state that was hurt, 6 other states were involved. The term “New Madrid Earthquake” refers to portions of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. This was the biggest earthquake (series of earthquakes) as it changed the course of the Mississippi river.

A well-known Gilded Age author of satirical pieces, Mark Twain, in his text “Dreams Dissipated”, argues the elite and other influential groups he despises, should not be idolized by the public. Twain’s purpose is to reveal the true intentions and behavior of these groups at the face of tragedy in order to stop the public from aspiring to be like them or seek guidance from them. He adopts a connotative tone for his audience who may be unaware of the immoral behavior the elite display during the “great” earthquake in San Francisco. Twain supports this claim by first referring to a tragic event using connotative diction to hint at the animal-like behavior of these groups, then he illustrates a chaotic scene and the ill-fitted reactions of the

The Author is trying to recall and deal with the tragic affects that the Vancouver Island earthquake had in 1946. The story’s narrator is just an everyday seven year old boy who is trying to live his life. The boy looks back on the event of the earthquake, as if he was talking to other people who survived the earthquake. The narrative technique is really pressing and brings the details up close, in the terms of the psychological impact the earthquake had. He also talks about the long term affect that this earthquake had on the area and the people. The long term affects that the earthquake had on people is knowledgeable. The boy has many thoughts on the earthquake. He had thought that the earth was a solid, stable mass but after the earthquake he was unsure about that. After the earthquake his world views had changed a lot, because this was a major event in the boy’s life. What was once the town and home of many including the boy, became nothing in the blind of an eye. It changed the boys outlook on the world forever. The theme of the story is impermanence. Life is as it is now. It isn’t in the future. Or in the goals that we have in life. It is in the moment. The boy is stressing that life is lived and experienced “in the

“All of a sudden, there was the shift of an earthquake. People ask, "Did you hear a boom?" No. The way I can best describe it is that every joint in the building jolted.. We all got knocked off balance. One guy burst out of a stall buttoning up his pants, saying, "What the f*?" The flex caused the marble walls in the bathroom to crack.”

The tea cups that began to shatter were enough to wake Rose M. Quinn from her bed in the early morning hours of April 18, 1906. The earthquake that lasted just one minute was estimated to be close to 8.0 on the richter scale and was large enough to destroy 30,000 buildings, including her own home, in what was determined to be one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in U.S history. And while Ms.Quinn held out hope that her “City of the Golden West” would restore its nearly 400 million dollars worth of damage (10.8 billion dollars today), an even stronger and largely unknown earthquake rocked the United States just 100 years prior.

They were woken by the earthquake within half an hour him and his wife were on horseback making their way to San Francisco. Upon arrival the couple was distraught by the destruction they encountered. He said to his wife he will never be able to write about this for anybody. However Shortly after the earthquake Collier’s Magazine asked him to write a report of what he saw in San Francisco. They would pay him 25 cents a word.

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She uses a story from an American that has seen the dangerous effects of an earthquake in Japan. She also explains the terrible things that will happen. She doesn’t just use facts and statistics of what could happen. She also has many predictions of what will happen.

The San Francisco earthquake hit on October 17, 1989. It has been the strongest earthquake recorded since 1906. The earthquake “also called Loma Prieta earthquake… struck the San Francisco bay area” (“San Francisco - Oakland Earthquake” 1). Numerous areas were affected by the earthquake, but San Francisco was hit the hardest. The earthquake “struck just after 5:00 PM and lasted about 15 seconds with a 6.9 magnitude. At the time of the earthquake the third game of the world series had just begun.” (“San Francisco - Oakland Earthquake” 2). The earthquake had temporarily cut off all television and radio broadcast. The situation was extremely dangerous for the fans within the stadium. As the ground shook the press boxes began to shake and later the power went out. The stadium was able to endure the earthquake and no one inside was injured. Unfortunately it was not the same on the outside, “67 people were dead, and roads, bridges, and buildings had collapsed (Teitelbaum 26). The collapse of “the Cypress Street Viaduct (Nimitz Freeway) caused the most deaths (San Francisco-Oakland earthquake 3). The aftermath was devastating majority of the transportation systems within the City had been destroyed and shut down. The earthquake “was triggered by a slip along the San Andreas Fault. Its epicentre was

This essay is about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and how An American woman's point of view is different from an 12 year old Chinese boy. The 1906 earthquake is about the destruction of the city and how it affected some people. But this essay is about what Emma Burke's point of view is and. What Moonshadow point of view is about the earthquake. Because they had different purposes for writing Emma Burke’s point of view of the 1906 earthquake was to inform, while Moon Shadow’s point of view was to entertain.

Emma Burke’s perspective is obviously more light-hearted, whereas Fred Hewitt sees life more pessimistically. It proves that although the earthquake was a tragedy for all, Emma sees the positives of the event and Fred chooses to see the negatives. The earthquake permanently changed the residents and the city of San Francisco.

400-700 People died in the 1906 San-Francisco earthquake. The mass destruction, was unpreventable, and was also chaotic, obliterating over 25,000 buildings. Emma Burke, and Fred Hewitt were the author’s of one of the few Eyewitness novels that wrote about the quake. Would you like to be in that town? Would you like to have your house get destroyed? I hope not!