'Klondike Gold Rush And A Woman Who Went To Alaska'

During the 1800’s, lives changed for many people. The Klondike Gold Rush began. In the article Klondike Gold Rush written by the Public Domain, the passage from A Women Who Went to Alaska written by May Kellogg Sullivan, and the video City of Gold made by the National Film Board of Canada and narrated Pierre Berton, the points of view of each show the miners’ lives. Each piece has a point of view, which helps the reader understand the miners’ lives through the word choice, and the tone

The Klondike Gold Rush had begun on August 16, 1869, when Yukon area Indians had found gold in Rabbit Creek, near a town named Dawson in Canada. Word of the discovery of gold in the Klondike hadn’t reached other regions in the world till July 17, 1897, when gold-rushers finally set off to go to the vast Yukon territory. According to estimation, there was around 100,000 gold-seekers who decided to test their luck on acquiring some of the valuable gold, which had been literally coming in by the tons! In the end, only 30,000 gold-seekers had successfully reached the Yukon territory. Unfortunately, many of these gold-seekers whom tried to reach the Yukon territory had faced many complications, which

The Klondike Gold Rush took place in 1896-1899 in a tributary of the Klondike River in the Yukon territory of Canada. It took about a year for the news of the gold to reach North America but quickly a stampede of people began their journeys to what they hoped would lead to riches. 100,000 people set out for gold but only about 30,000 people made it to the destination that they were headed for. Many died as well as people who turned back and journeyed home. There was murder, suicides, diseases, malnutrition, and deaths from hypothermia all over at this time It took about a year for the news of the gold to reach North America but quickly a stampede of people began their journeys to what they hoped would lead to riches. 100,000 people set out for gold but only about 30,000 people made it to the destination that they were headed for. Many died as well as people who turned back and journeyed home. There were murders, suicides, diseases, malnutrition, and deaths from hypothermia. Additionally not only the people that had headed out for the gold dies but also the dogs that they brought with them. Over 3,000 animals died on this journey for gold. The White Pass Trail was the cause of much of these deaths. The animals were overloaded and beat until they dropped. The harsh cold climate ranged from a -20 degrees F to the -50 degrees F that were not unheard of. This bitter cold took many animals and people's lives during this gold rush. The lack of food was another great

2.) America’s Library. “Purchase of Alaska: March 30, 1867” America’s Stories. 9 July 2004. Web 16 Sept. 2010. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/recon/jb_recon_alaska_1.html

In A Woman Who Went to Alaska, it takes a differnt perspective of teh Klondike gold rush as to focusing on

Contextual information about the Klondike gold rush helps readers understand Jack London’s story and his purpose in the excerpt from “To Build a Fire”,by setting a good background for the reader to place the character and his story in. Without the contextual information provided, the story would seem rather disconnected and empty. It would not make sense. For instance, if the author had not provided information about the temperature, why the protagonist needed to start a fire, or why he was running around, it would make the story quite confusing. However when detailed information about just how the frigid temperatures affected the protagonist and his surroundings, the plot of the story become much clearer.

Narrative point of view refers to the position of the narrator in relation to the story that one is narrating. As such, when evaluating the point of view of the narrator, one focuses on the relationship between the narrator and the characters in the story. There are three major points of view that narrators can adopt while narrating a story. These are first-person, second-person, and third-person point of views. Either of the foregoing points of views have different effect on the understanding and believability of the characters or the story being told, as is evident from O Pioneers! and As I Lay Dying novels.

In 1925 a diphtheria epidemic broke out in the small Alaskan town of Nome. With the town at the risk of death they urgently needed an antiserum. So twenty dogs sled teams relayed the serum from the town of Nenana to Nome. The hardships of the dogs and mushers went through along with the hero dogs, and teams of mushers and dogs will forever be alive in Alaskan history.This journey is a gratifying accomplishment and a proud moment in Alaskan history.

2. The author’s point of view is from a first-person point of view. An example of this would be when she writes “I have to confess: I was suckered by the trailer for American Sniper” because she wants the public to know that before she really knew who Chris Kyle was, she too saw him as this great American hero and that she gradually saw him as less than the American hero that she and everyone else saw him as, but as more of a person who was just killing because it was fun.

Wars were one example of conflict. Some wars were the French and Indian war of 1754, the war of 1812, WW1 and WW2, rebellions, and the Gold Rush in Klondike.

“Gold!! Gold!! Gold!!” I heard a newsboy crying out the Seattle Post- Intelligencer morning’s headline at the Puget Sound area on July 17, 1897.The Puget Sounds residents gathering at the small waterfront were been attracted by the tempting title. The message had sent shock waves across the entire North America. Within days, I saw thousand of fortune seekers were gave the risks of their lives and times steps on to the unknown adventures of finding “Gold”. The stampeders were eagerly to bought the supplies and then boarded ships bound for the wild unknown of Alaska and Canada. As a lumber worker, I did not have much interest on gold as those fortune seekers did. As far as I know, the cry of “Klondike gold rush” had become the first impression of then world’s imagination to thought of Seattle. From my understanding, the frenzy activity had ensured Seattle position

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be a miner during the gold rush? Or have you ever thought about the conditions they had to go through to even get to the location of the gold? In “Klondike Gold Rush ~ Yukon Territory 1897,” the reader learns about difficult tasks and horrid events that the miners had to withstand in order to mine gold. In “A Woman Who Went to Alaska,” by May Kellogg Sullivan the narrator expresses how they feel the Canadian Dominion government is unfair and how the miners go through more just to get to the mines then it's worth. In both pieces, the authors both heavily feel that the conditions are terrible for the miners and how much gold they collect was cruel for how much work they put in. In both passages, the author was

The Alaskan Gold Rush (Klondike Gold Rush) was a migration of an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike Region in search of gold. Gold was discovered by local miners in August of 1896 which caused the prospectors to travel in. The gold rush ended in 1899 with very few people actually striking it rich.

Can you imagine moving to a different country and trying to raise a family in a country that is not your homeland? Many people make this decision on a daily basis. However, which traditions and values would you choose to teach your children? Would you teach your children their homeland traditions or their new country traditions? In the book, On Gold Mountain by Lisa See, Fong See struggled in being accepted publicly as a member of American Society and he also struggled with trying to keep his Chinese traditions and values with his families. In his second marriage, he succeeded in being accepted by the American society, but was not as successful with his Chinese traditions. However, in his third marriage, he was successful in maintaining

In the text Klondike Gold Rush the author uses third person view. In the text, the author doesn’t talk as anyone. The author just explains what happens. The author makes everything he says interesting.