For the man in “To Build a Fire”, an active mind is a commodity he does not own. First, he has no imagination and fails to see the greater significances in minute details. As aforementioned, the cold was nothing but cold for the man; “That there should be anything more to it than that was a thought that never entered his head” (London 78). This here-and-now objectivity explains the surprise the man receives from the realization of his numb extremities. Furthermore, London implicitly states that the man had “never given much to thinking” and was even empty of thoughts (London 80). There are no examples of the man using any of the suggestions in Gonzalez’s article, such as singing a few tunes or reciting poetry (Gonzalez 97). Gonzalez would likely agree that if the man had given himself to the humanities, he would have a higher probability of beating the wicked Mother
For the man in “To Build a Fire”, an active mind is a commodity he does not own. First, he has no imagination and fails to see the greater significances in minute details. As aforementioned, the cold was nothing but cold for the man; “That there should be anything more to it than that was a thought that never entered his head” (London 78). This here-and-now objectivity explains the surprise the man receives from the realization of his numb extremities. Furthermore, London implicitly states that the man had “never given much to thinking” and was even empty of thoughts (London 80). There are no examples of the man using any of the suggestions in Gonzalez’s article, such as singing a few tunes or reciting poetry (Gonzalez 97). Gonzalez would likely agree that if the man had given himself to the humanities, he would have a higher probability of beating the wicked Mother