Comparing The Revenant And The Man
‘To Build a Fire’ and The Revenant
After looking at both The Revenant and ‘To Build a Fire’, Hugh Glass and The Man are easily comparable. Both men are put into similar situations that require survival skills and a bit more than common sense. Although their situations differ in a few small ways, Hugh is able to pull through in areas where The Man lacks. Throughout The Revenant Hugh proves to be more resourceful and imaginative than The Man.
As soon as Hugh finds himself alone, he immediately goes into survival mode. In The Revenant Hugh is left for dead by his men after being mauled by a bear and suffering serious injuries.
Unlike The Man, Hugh only does things if the outcome will …show more content…
He was quick and ready with the things in life, but only in the things, and not their meanings (65).” The man sets out on a trail in below -50 degree weather, planning to meet his friends for supper. Ill prepared, with only a sandwich, matches, and his dog, the man begins to realize that maybe he should’ve listened to the man warning him not to go, or dressed more appropriately for the weather. As The Man walks he wipes his running nose on the back of his mitten. The man realizes that this causes numbness, and probably isn’t the best idea, but continues to do it anyway. The man later decides to sit down and eat his lunch, but forgets to build a fire. Realizing his mistake, he decides to continue eating instead of correcting himself. When he finally decides to build a fire, he builds it under a snow covered pine tree, although he makes it clear that he knows he shouldn’t have. Attempting to build his second fire he drops the match and takes his mittens off to dig through the snow for it. Here it becomes increasingly obvious that The Man isn’t able to visualize what might be caused through his actions. As a sort of last ditch effort, The Man decides to kill his dog and use his insides for warmth. This has been his most resourceful plan, but in the end he doesn’t follow through with
After looking at both The Revenant and ‘To Build a Fire’, Hugh Glass and The Man are easily comparable. Both men are put into similar situations that require survival skills and a bit more than common sense. Although their situations differ in a few small ways, Hugh is able to pull through in areas where The Man lacks. Throughout The Revenant Hugh proves to be more resourceful and imaginative than The Man.
As soon as Hugh finds himself alone, he immediately goes into survival mode. In The Revenant Hugh is left for dead by his men after being mauled by a bear and suffering serious injuries.
Unlike The Man, Hugh only does things if the outcome will …show more content…
He was quick and ready with the things in life, but only in the things, and not their meanings (65).” The man sets out on a trail in below -50 degree weather, planning to meet his friends for supper. Ill prepared, with only a sandwich, matches, and his dog, the man begins to realize that maybe he should’ve listened to the man warning him not to go, or dressed more appropriately for the weather. As The Man walks he wipes his running nose on the back of his mitten. The man realizes that this causes numbness, and probably isn’t the best idea, but continues to do it anyway. The man later decides to sit down and eat his lunch, but forgets to build a fire. Realizing his mistake, he decides to continue eating instead of correcting himself. When he finally decides to build a fire, he builds it under a snow covered pine tree, although he makes it clear that he knows he shouldn’t have. Attempting to build his second fire he drops the match and takes his mittens off to dig through the snow for it. Here it becomes increasingly obvious that The Man isn’t able to visualize what might be caused through his actions. As a sort of last ditch effort, The Man decides to kill his dog and use his insides for warmth. This has been his most resourceful plan, but in the end he doesn’t follow through with