Jack London's To Build A Fire
For this discussion assignment I chose 'To Build a Fire' by the great writer Jack London to read and wrote.
I read summaries which were written by my fellow students last week. Their description encourages me to read this story, specially Reza Hosseini, when she wrote "Jack London also had a great interest in nature,animals and the ups and downs of human relations with them"(Hosseini, (2017,March 1), posted on discussion forum Unit5).
In this story, London told us about a journey made in freezing temperatures which was done by the main character and his dog. The man was determined to do this journey, althought the warnings from the old man in Sulphur Creek, who was experienced the real winter in this region. He began his journey to reach …show more content…
He walked on ice. But it was his misfortune to fall through the ice and get his legs wet under the knees.
Now he had to build a fire himself, to dry his moccasins and thick socks to warm himself. He admitted that "After 50 below zero, a man should travel with a companion."(London,2004,p.75).
He tried many times to build on fire,** he had struggling each time.
However in the end, he failed to build a fire and to obtain some warmth for his body which gradually froze.
The most savage part of the story; when he failed to build a fire, he decided to kill his dog as the man did in the old story, who faced the same conditions. The man killed his animal and went inside the carcass, so he protected himself from the cold and frosty air.
This quote hurt me so much "He spoke to the dog, calling it to him. But in his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal. It had never known the man to speak in such a tone before. Something was wrong and it sensed danger."(London,2004,p.76)
At the end of the story he admitted that "You were right, old fellow. You were right." and died.(London,2004,p79)
He was a very callous and selfish man. How could he think about killing this creature? I really cheered when the dog escaped from his grasp. I love animals and I feel sorry for
I read summaries which were written by my fellow students last week. Their description encourages me to read this story, specially Reza Hosseini, when she wrote "Jack London also had a great interest in nature,animals and the ups and downs of human relations with them"(Hosseini, (2017,March 1), posted on discussion forum Unit5).
In this story, London told us about a journey made in freezing temperatures which was done by the main character and his dog. The man was determined to do this journey, althought the warnings from the old man in Sulphur Creek, who was experienced the real winter in this region. He began his journey to reach …show more content…
He walked on ice. But it was his misfortune to fall through the ice and get his legs wet under the knees.
Now he had to build a fire himself, to dry his moccasins and thick socks to warm himself. He admitted that "After 50 below zero, a man should travel with a companion."(London,2004,p.75).
He tried many times to build on fire,** he had struggling each time.
However in the end, he failed to build a fire and to obtain some warmth for his body which gradually froze.
The most savage part of the story; when he failed to build a fire, he decided to kill his dog as the man did in the old story, who faced the same conditions. The man killed his animal and went inside the carcass, so he protected himself from the cold and frosty air.
This quote hurt me so much "He spoke to the dog, calling it to him. But in his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal. It had never known the man to speak in such a tone before. Something was wrong and it sensed danger."(London,2004,p.76)
At the end of the story he admitted that "You were right, old fellow. You were right." and died.(London,2004,p79)
He was a very callous and selfish man. How could he think about killing this creature? I really cheered when the dog escaped from his grasp. I love animals and I feel sorry for