To Build A Fire By Jack London

Human Nature in Literature A piece of literature I have read was To Build a Fire by Jack London. This story conveys survival in human nature. This reminds me of the movie The Grey. It’s about eight Alaskan oil refinery workers flying home for a vacation when brutal storm cause their plane to crash in the frozen wilderness, meanwhile there are wolves trying to eat them. The human nature in this story is survival. In this situation it is character vs. nature. To Build a Fire is about this man who goes out into the wilderness by the Yukon River. He is traveling alone with no sled but just one dog who is a husky who looks like a wolf. He has never been there and has no idea how cold it will be. The risks that these men take is very dangerous and they have no idea what will be thrown at them in these conditions. They have incredible stories to tell about how they survived or about how they died in these unpredictable journeys.
First off he is alone with only one dog. He only brings biscuits with him under his clothing and nothing else. He falls into ice water and is completely frozen. His hands end up freezing too leaving his fingers not being able to work. He struggles to make a fire. Then he builds a fire under a huge tree covered in snow which is an awful idea. Because the snow could just fall right onto the fire putting it out. He then drops his matches into the snow and is unable to get them to light. He is stupid for those main reasons. The flaw in human nature is pure cockiness. Thinking you know what you are getting yourself into but it turns out you are screwed and in need of help. Imagine you are in the middle of nowhere and have no one to turn to. Imagine you become lost and have no idea in what direction to go. That is pretty scary right? Well in these survival stories they talk about all those scary things that happen to