All of these are informed by London's adventurous life, which included stints as a sailor and as a gold prospector in the Klondike region of Alaska, where there was a Gold Rush in the 1890s: the setting of ''Up the Slide''.
We know a few important things about the main character, Clay Dilham: he's young (seventeen) and arrogant. He's traveling with a man named Swanson to the village of Dawson to pick up mail. They've camped for the night when Clay boasts he'll be able to return with a sled full of firewood in just 30 minutes. This young whippersnapper is quite proud that he noticed a dead tree other travelers had overlooked. The only problem? It's high up on Moosehead Mountain, on a steep slide, or rock face, covered in snow.
No biggie, Clay thinks to himself. He knows the frozen river is below the tree and thinks that if he chops it down so it falls on the ice, the trunk will shatter into pieces: firewood ready-to-go. The older, more experienced Swanson just laughs at Clay's boldness. We have the sneaking suspicion that the opening of the story is a sign things won't turn out as planned, that this foreshadows, warning or indication, challenges to come.
Conflict: Man vs. Nature
As soon as Clay begins making his way up the slide, he realizes it's much steeper than he thought, and he regrets wearing slick-soled walrus-skin moccasins instead of more rugged footwear. He reaches a patch of snow-covered grass and keeps slipping on it. The only way he can make it through is by digging his bare hand into the snow and frozen dirt to slowly pull himself up. Finally, he makes it up to his tree, and chopping it down turns out to be the easiest part of the whole ordeal.
Clay looks at the way he came up the slide and realizes he'll just keep slipping and falling if he tries to climb back down. He starts to feel tired, but realizes if he stops moving, he'll freeze in the 30-below weather. Clay has underestimated some of the challenges nature can present and overestimated his ability to handle them. This makes ''Up the Slide'' a classic example of the literary conflict called man vs. nature.
Answer:
The writer uses creativity and humor to engage the reader.
Laurie was misbehaving at home. Jackson learned that there was in fact no Charles and that Laurie had been the one pulling the pranks that he blamed on "Charles"
A protective equipment which protects workers who are passing by from stray sparks or metal while another worker is welding is: E. Welding Screens.
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Who is Wielder?</h3>
A wielder is defined as the person who have a burden of various responsibility of joining more than two metals together by wielding.
A protective equipment refers to as the equipment that protects the wielder and other employees who are indulge in the working of metal. The PPE is required in this case include: Eye, face and head etc. body protection sheets.
Moreover, during the process of wielding, firstly, sparks and minute metallic objects are produced, which are normally dangerous to both the wielder and other workers within the vicinity.
Therefore, the protective equipment are meant to be worn or used directly by a wielder (worker) who is wielding:Visors, Protective clothing and Dark walls.
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Here are the correct options:
A. Visors
B. Goggles
C. Protective Clothing
D. Dark Walls
E. Welding Screens
This could mean that William's father lived his life 'inside his shell', or isolated from others.
