From the passage, it can be inferred that "Men were unprepared for the dangers of nature and learned to face them the hard way." Jack London emphasizes the struggles and hardships experienced by many men on their journey to Dawson. The mention of those who "fell by the way," were "frozen," or became "worn out and disheartened" suggests that the men faced significant challenges and dangers they were not fully equipped to handle. This ultimately led to a harsh learning experience in the wilderness.
Read the passage from "Through the Rapids on the Way to the Klondike." Jack London describes what happened to many men on their way to Dawson in search of gold.
Naturally, some fell by the way, others were frozen in from one end of the river to the other, thousands, worn out and disheartened, turned back from the passes; but our party was numbered among the lucky. And this, by showing how great was the understanding and how pressing the necessity, having once started, of going through, brings me to the narrative proper—the running of the Box Canyon and the White Horse Rapids.
What can be inferred from this passage?
Through the Rapids on the Way to the Klondike
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Men did not have to sacrifice many things while moving through the wilderness.
Men did not have to sacrifice many things while moving through the wilderness.
Men were unaware of their strengths until nature challenged them.
Men were unaware of their strengths until nature challenged them.
Men were unprepared for the dangers of nature and learned to face them the hard way.
Men were unprepared for the dangers of nature and learned to face them the hard way.
Men found their time in the wilderness to be peaceful.
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