Arrogance In Jack London's To Build A Fire

Every year, stupidity wins an award. The Darwin Award is presented to the idiot who dies in the stupidest way possible. For the stupidest death In 1989, the winner tried to fight a lion because he believed he could win. Not surprisingly, he lost. Not to be outdone, the 1997 winner tried using homemade bungee jump cables which failed and caused him to fall to his death. Arrogance can be a big problem and cause people to make bad decisions that lead to death. In the short story “To Build a Fire” Jack London used symbolism to build the theme that arrogance can result in failure and sometimes death. A man was traveling in the Yukon with a dog. The man is grossly underprepared for the weather and terrain he is going to face on his journey. The old
When the traveler set out on his trip to go to the camp in which his friends were staying, it was 75 below zero, which is well below what the old man said not to travel in. His arrogant lack of preparation in this land could lead to a dome. Another example of arrogance shown by the traveler was indifference towards the temperature. The traveler acted as if you were not a true man if you couldn't deal with the weather outside. The traveler felt as if you were not tough enough if you could not deal with the weather “50 degrees below zero was to him nothing more than 50 degrees below zero” (London 65). The traveler is arrogant about the weather because he believes it will not affect him and that he is invincible and can't be touched by the weather. The traveler believed that the temperature did not matter to him and that it had no effect on him because he believes he is a true man. He shows respect for the weather because he believes it has no effect on him. Arrogance was also shown while he was fighting for his life, trying to build the fire after he fell into the