- Loving Language Arts

“On Wednesday morning at a quarter past five came the earthquake.”

“All the cunning adjustments of a twentieth century city had been smashed by the earthquake.”

“The heated air rising made an enormous suck. Thus did the fire of itself build its own colossal chimney through the atmosphere.”

“All the shrewd contrivances and safeguards of man had been thrown out of gear by thirty seconds' twitching of the earth-crust.”

“There was no organization, no communication.”

**Jack London uses a common literary theme to report on an event, which is the conflict between man and nature. Select two details from the text that help develop this theme in the text.**