and there Buck encounters something entirely new: he discovers "white stuff that was falling through the air." This is his first encounter with snow. At first, it puzzles him, but when some onlookers laugh at him, he feels ashamed. Here is another example of London's use of anthropomorphism: Buck is endowed with the human qualities of shame and embarrassment. Furthermore, the snow represents Buck's first encounter with an element of nature that he will have to contend with for the rest of his life.

In general, then, this chapter has taken Buck from the ease and comfort of civilization through his first encounter with the law of the primitive, when he was being beaten with a club, to his arrival somewhere in the Far North, and his true geographicalinvestigation’s outcome.

A tragedy playing out in Ferguson, Missouri. A community of 21,000, mostly middle-class Americans who work hard, want their children to be educated, for their children to grow up and reach their potential in life. A community that was started in 1894 by a Mr. William B. Ferguson, as a train station for the Wabash Railroad. In 1904, a streetcar line was installed that led from Ferguson to the city of St. Louis and this helped the train station town expand, becoming one of the first suburbs in St. Louis County. A usually peaceful community, known for a really nice Farmer’s Market, some great parks, Victorian houses, and now known for utter violence and chaos.

I got onto facebook last night and the posts from friends who live