The Klondike Gold rush was an immensely important piece of American history. In the three sources, “The Klondike Gold rush”, “A Woman Who When to Alaska” and “The narrator of city of gold”. All of the pieces of text and videos show a different perspectives of people who experienced the effects of the gold rush. In the first article “ The Klondike Gold Rush”” the reader is given hard facts about this sudden uprise of Gold out west. The text describes how most of the men coming into work knew little to nothing. However this lack of information and reliability still drove men with the possibility of gold in the west. “ Soon, miners of all shapes and sizes, called “ Stampeders”, were on their way into the goldfields.” ( 2, territory) The article describes the means of transportation these men had. Moreover showing how desperate these men must have been. From a dangerous journey across the whole united states, to a ride by boat from the east to west coast. This article furthermore shows with no empathy or connection to the stampeders how difficult it was to be minder in their time. As shown in the text “ Those who survived the perilous journey mostly found disappointment once they reached Dawson City” ( 9, …show more content…
This piece focuses on the oppressive powers by the Canadian Government over mining. In addition the text wants the reader to feel sympathetic for the miners. Using emotional language to show the reader how poorly the daring miners were treated. “ … , a megger share was left for the daring miners who, by braving hardship and death, developed the mines and opened up the country” ( 4 , sullivan) The article give more examples of stick and needless laws. As well as giving the reader figures on some of the more successful miners who learned to cheat the system through trading claims and interest. Mainly this article shows us injustice within the gold