The Imagination Is Man 's Power Over Nature

For many, Fresh Kills conjures up images of the “World’s Largest Landfill” - bulldozers pushing mountains of trash, flocks of seagulls fighting over table scraps, and plastic bags fluttering in the wind. After the closure of the landfill, many hope that this image will be replaced by Fresh Kills as a public park. The international design competition, Fresh Kills: Landfill to Landscape was the first step in transforming this image. Six finalists suggested six different visions of how Fresh Kills could be re-imagined. The winner of the competition, Lifescape by the landscape architecture firm Field Operations, proposes a design that focuses on nature not only as the antithesis of landfill, but as an agent of cultural change. James Corner, founder and director of Field Operations, first asked how might landscape architecture be a force that enriches and informs people’s perception of nature in his 1997 essay Ecology and Landscape as Agents of Creativity. Through Lifescape, Corner proposes an answer to his own question, and the resulting design responds to Fresh Kills landfill past, and it’s post-industrial future as a park.

They put them in the desert down in Arizona or someplace and they had to live for a week. They had to find food and water for a week. For water they had made a sheet of plastic into a dew-gathering device...´´ This quote shows how much he has changed through the heartbreaking time in the wilderness. In the beginning he was to scared to do anything and was not trying new things so he started to panic, and as he progressed through his time there he started to get curious and found all kinds of ways to survive. However he learns from his mistakes and he learns that if you are not curious, then it will have deadly consequences. If he did not relize that he needed to do something and did not find those berries when he did, there was going to be an increasing chance that he would not have been able to survive or live as long as he did. Although he made bad choices in the past, he learned from them and made the smart choice to not hide behind walls because he has changed from when he first got

Both Ethan Frome and “To Build a Fire” emphasize humankind’s lack of free will as individuals are affected both physically and mentally by the unyielding cold, unfortunate heredities, and the indifference of fate.

The man was certain for an ancient claim on the left fork of Yukon. The man is a new towards this territory. Still his attitude is a little too Confident. He treats his journey as a kind of competition with nature. In the early phases of the trip he grins at his little errors or faults and does not notice the warnings of the cold. The man imitates on what the old-timer had directed him but thinks that he can quickly overcome the man's advice rather than taking it to heart. As his errors or faults get more numerous like wet feet or no fire, the man becomes more and more anxious. Lastly his only friend left, the dog, turns out not to like him that much after all and really doesn't want to be turned into a dead sleeping bag either. The man freezes

The illusion of free will is prevalent in this story because the man feels he can force his hand with nature, while the dog warns the man of the possible dangers ahead. Moreover, the dog in “To Build a Fire” is more in touch with reality than the man, as it signals to the man to stop and set up camp, “The dog was disappointed and yearned back toward the fire…...it was time to lie snug in a hole in the snow and wait for a curtain of cloud to be drawn across…... so the dog made no effort its apprehension to the man” (1051-1052). However, the man full of ego decides to push ahead and ultimately fails. Furthermore, as the man nears his end, he tries to use the dog to survive by killing it and using its body heat for his survival, “the sight of the dog put a wild idea into his head……He would kill the dog and bury his hands in the warm body until the numbness went out of them…...his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal” (1055). However, the dog sees through his trick and stays away from the man. Moreover, the man thinks he is brave for making the trek but it changes when the young man’s fire is put out by snow falling from a tree, “It was his own fault or, rather, his mistake…...It grew like an avalanche, and it descended without warning upon the man and the fire, and the fire was blotted out!” (1053). Thus, due to the freezing cold weather, the man succumbs

Childhood innocence and imagination are powerful elements and can shape a child’s life. Although, to fully experience life, one must grow out of childhood imagination and mature into adulthood. The narrator of “Zolaria” starts her tale as a young, wide-eyed girl and ends still naïve but as an adult. However, the narrator tries unsuccessfully to be part of the real world by ditching her friend Hanna-at a time Hanna needed her most- and making new friends with the popular kids.

Before days, people were as tall as mountains. They walked on everything they come across. But one day there was a hero named Wu Long. He had killed lots of villains and has saved the people in the country. He had control of two powers that had been pasted to him by his family. One is the “fire eternal flame”. That could kill anyone if you’re the target. Also the other power he had is o He had two types of secret weapon in his pockets. One is the hand bladed, is a spearheaded shaped knives, complete with a handle and a hole. It doubles as a light weight throwing knife and close combat melee weapon. The hole may be attached to string or wires. Due to the

Character development in the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London One of the most famous and favorite writers of American and world readers is Jack London. His unusual ability to combine adventures with narration and tell the stories of the personal growth of people, developed in severe circumstances, attracts readers' attention worldwide. The present paper is devoted to the discussion of the work To Build a Fire, written by London in 1902, and the way London develops the personality of the principal character during his adventures. Jack London spent a considerable amount of time in the Yukon searching for gold, so this was the period when London was inspired to write his classic story To Build a Fire.

One day when he was checking a trap for a family of rabbits, he was visited by the wood nymphs and told the story of his true origins. Of course the man was torn up inside and all kinds of colors of confused. He went to his parents and asked the man he had called father all his life about what the wood nymphs were talking about. In that he found that he would have to go looking for his true mother and ask her where to find his father. He went on and on walking and hunting and found there was precious little to be found anywhere on earth outside his precious Alaska and yearned for

“Imagination is the instrument of survival.” Quoted by Rogier van der Heide relates to the story because a majority of the 12 traits named in “Deep Survival”, written by Laurence Gonzales, were mental or you needed to use your imagination. In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” the protagonist does not follow many of Laurence’s traits, for example, staying calm, taking correct decisive action, or counting your blessings. Therefore we can assume that since London’s protagonist did not follow Gonzales’ actions it led to his untimely death.

“To Build a Fire” by Jack London, is about a man who is unnamed, who travels from the Yukon trail on a deathly cold morning with a wolf-dog to meet up with his friends at a camp at Henderson Creek. The man is advised by a wise old man to not travel alone in such weather when it is extremely cold. But the man doesn’t pay attention to the little things and disregards the warnings and continues his journey. The central idea suggests a broad theme of man versus nature. Jackson shows this idea through intellectual (traveler) versus instinctive (wolf-dog). The travelers lack of recognition for instinctive decisions leads him on the path of self-destruction and death.

The two main characters in the story is the man and his wolf-dog. The man is newcomer to the Yukon trail, where he believes its 50 degrees below zero, yet he travels alone. Despite being told not to travel alone during such temperatures by older men, he thinks that the men are “rather womanish” and that “Any man who was a man could travel alone.” This man is travelling through Alaska for the first time, alone, in the middle of winter, yet he dismisses the advice of his elders who probably have more experience than he does. His dog even realizes the folly of his actions, “It knew that this was no time

The man was just as cold on the inside as he was on the outside. He kept his mind clear by staying focused and observant, “Empty as the man’s mind was of thoughts, he was keenly observant, and he noticed the changes in the creeks, the curves and bends and timber jams, and always he sharply noted where he placed his feet” (London 304). By staying focused and observant the man did not have time to think about the dangerous of his journey.

Jack London’s short story titled, “To Build A Fire” is one of the most symbolically brilliant stories that has contributed to the development of our American literature.  It is too easy to go on and on about the hidden teachings that Jack wanted his readers to learn from and ponder over.  So, get ready to read.

Oh the stories that can be told and the memories shared. Stories of perilous journeys and portions of everyday livelihood, from days encompassed with the rush of adrenaline to calm nights of romance, stories are filled with wonder. Every utterance of every tale has imagery trailing behind, whether abounding or scarce. Words of a crescent moonlit evening with sounds of the ever so rising and descending tide just outside your window, or even description of the feeling of soft covers beaten by the sun's rays protruding through your window, as the smell of crisp Applewood bacon flows into your nose. Powerful imagery is crucial in creating a sense of relation between the reader and author.