Jack London and Stephen Crane
any two of the four questions below:
1) The word "niche" (pronounced "neesh" or "nitch"; either is acceptable) means a place, an employment, a status, or an activity for which a person or thing is best fitted. Niche also means a habitat supplying the features necessary for the existence of an organism or species. Demonstrate that you read and explain how the term "niche" applies to both "To Build a Fire" and "The Open Boat" of the stories for today.
2 Traditionally, "The Open Boat" has been read as a Naturalist text (be sure to review my video here: XXXX to be able to answer this question). Name one way in which "Boat" differs from "To Build a Fire". Name one way in which the stories are alike.
3) Discussion the depiction of human agency (in other words, the ability of a person to act in the world and chose how to live in the world, to make a life for himself or herself) in both of these stories.
4) Compare the dog (from "Fire") and the Billie the Oiler (from "Boat"). Based on such a comparison, if Jack London were brought in the rewrite the end of "The Open" boat, how would things change for Billie the Oiler? Why would they change?