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    How To Survive

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    now, building shelter paragraph, getting food paragraph, building fire paragraph and for a little extra some mistakes that we did as a group also do not forget the conclusion. Building a Shelter: Building a shelter is hard. We had to have Mr.Dejong help us with that shelter at first to try to find a good place to start building it but once we started it was hard to stop. What we did is we got a long, long dead branch and put it next to a tall tree branch so it was kind of in a diagonal it was more

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    Epilogue About Fire

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    it. I said, “did you drop it in the fire?” laughing a little. Dan replied with, “No, do you really think that I’m that stupid”. We sat there wondering where it was while sitting by the lake around the fire, it was a chilly night so I scooted my chair a foot away from the fire. Little did I know what was going to happen next. I had goosebumps on my arms and there was fog on the lake without a boat in sight. Dan said, “ I’m going to put more wood on the fire” and got up and went over to the tractor

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    Dog Contest Essay

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    led her dog back to the house. Jane was a tall girl, with thick glasses and long, brown hair, which kept getting in her way as she bathed her dog, Jewl, a small golden retriever. The next day, Jane trained her dog for the dog contest, which was going to be a fire contest. The dogs had to jump through a ring of fire, get an object on the other side, and carry

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    M4 Rifle Research Paper

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    Loud weapon fire, noise, the amount of fire and bigger projectiles do not kill. Hitting what you’re aiming at stops the threat. But, just as important as accuracy is suppressive fire. Just like the iconic 1930’s era Thompson submachine gun the X-Products 50 round drum skeleton and hexagon shows a difference in carrying capacity between a box and a drum. Both single and double drum designs have the advantage of storing more ammunition. In the military I, could use a 50-round drum attached to my M4

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    Fire is undoubtedly the most important mini-threshold of Unit 6. It plays a big part in the idea of collective learning, and is one of the first discoveries of early humans that led to the life we lead today. It was initially discovered by humans a couple million years ago, but the use of it didn’t become routine until 650,000 years later. The unearthing of fire led to cooking of food, tool-making shelter, protection, warmth, light, and many other essential attributes that a more comfortable life

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    The Lost Island I waked up and I looked to my left to see my parents were watching the sunrise on our boat room balcony. I rubbed my hand against my eyes to make sure I was awake. My parents came next to me and my mom said with a soft voice " were going to get breakfast be back in a few minutes." "Ok I'll be ready by then," I said. My parents left the room a heard the room door shut. I sat up and thought to myself what should I wear looking through my suitcase. I picked out some

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    magnitude, the earthquake caused fires to break out. Many water lines were broken. The fires and broken water lines did more damage than the earthquake. It remains a source of interest because of its effects on modern life. Many homes in San Francisco were damaged based on location and some were destroyed leaving thousands homeless. In the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, buildings that were located on soft mud land that was reclaimed from the San Francisco bay suffered four times more damage and ground shaking

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    Once upon a time long ago there was a dragon slayer by the name of roman. This particular slayer stood out from all the other dragon slayers in his town. Roman was nineteen years old and lived in a town by the name of Mesh. He lived alone, left alone to take care of himself and look out for himself. His parents died a while back when the fire breathing dragon brought fire to the town of Mesh. Destroying all land crops and materials to grow crops for families that owned farms and had to hunt for their

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    and 2012, 5.4 million people died due to cold - 20 times the amount of heat-related deaths. This is exactly what happened to the man in Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire.” In the story, a nameless man hikes along the Yukon trail, with only a dog for a companion. This man is ill-experienced, and ultimately dies on his trek from one camp to another. Three things led to the character’s death, which were all his own decisions: building a fire under a tree, traveling alone, and ignoring valuable

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    To Build A Fire Essay

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    destroyed, it does what it does because it simply doesn't care. Like in the story right after the man had fallen in the water, as if he wasn't cold enough already nature goes and drops the temperature even more. In the naturalist story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London the theme is that nature doesn’t care who you are, this is shown by the use of the elements of plot, imagery, setting & mood, and finally the conflict of the story. First element used to show theme is the plot of the story. For example

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