To Build A Fire Regionalism

Jack London is one of the greatest American authors of all time, and more specifically one of the greatest Regionalism literature. He short story “To Build a Fire” displays many of the characteristics of this subgenre of Realism. There is a strong emphasis on the harshness of nature to man and how man must fight to survive and the main character is of a lower class. Also there is a simple language that is realistic to the characters and setting. These characteristics combine to create one of the best works of Regionalism literature from American, and simply a great short story.

Primarily, Regionalism has a focus on the setting, as that is the most important part of this genre of literature (Anderson). “To Build a Fire” opens with a description