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    The short story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London is a short story about a man traveling along the Yukon River in the bitter winter weather.  While warned against traveling alone in the frigid cold‚ he travels out to meet his companions at a remote camp many miles away‚ with only his native Husky dog.  Overcome by mother nature‚ he eventually dies along the way‚ leaving his dog to complete the journey alone.  This story displays how the forces of nature can surprisingly overwhelm even the most confident

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    Midterm Expository Essay; "To Build a Fire" The powerful story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London‚ is about the struggles ’the man’ faces with nature. The man is supposed to be an average person‚ and although some people may hesitate they are as ignorant and arrogant as the man‚ many people do not understand the power of nature. The story is about the man traveling into the woods‚ armed with technology‚ but he just doesn’t understand how truely powerful nature can be to his survival. Nature has

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    that you shouldn’t believe a word those crazy cat lovers say because dogs make the world go round here are 10 reasons why dogs are better then cats. 1.  You can train a dog better than a cat. Have you ever seen a cat sit on command? Roll over on command? Stay? Neither have I. 2.  Dogs are smarter. Have you ever seen a dog fall into a fish tank? I haven’t either. 3.  A dog can protect your home much better than a cat. 4.   Dogs are better suited to lead you to a more active lifestyle. Have you ever

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    “To Build a Fire” Essay Humanity is just a part of nature; if it ceased to exist everything would go on as if it never did exist. Nature’s uncaring for humanity is displayed in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” with the man and nature not doing anything to help him survive. This is shown in “To Build a Fire” when the man fell in the ice‚ tried to start a fire for the second time‚ and when he freezes to death. Nature did not help the man when he fell in the ice‚ it simply did not freeze the water

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    The book “To Build a Fire” by Jack London is a short story that embodies the idea of naturalism. Naturalism utilizes the environment to show how apathetic this world can be.In the book it reveals that if you are not careful when you are making your decisions you will die and in addition to that London wrote it to also demonstrate on how humans can sometimes depend on nothing but themselves to survive. This short story took place in the Arctic. In the book‚ the newcomer decided to

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    How does "To Build a Fire" illustrate the elements of naturalistic literature? Paragraph 1: Introduction--what is Naturalism? brief overview of short story‚ thesis statement (connection between Naturalism and story) Paragraph 2: State the first element of Naturalism as outlined in web inquiry: Characters whose attempts to control their own lives are usually thwarted by outside forces. Give a few examples of how the character in To Build a Fire fits this description. Paragraph 3: Second

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    “To Build a Fire” Theme Analysis Behold‚ how great a matter a little fire kindleth! -New Testament: James 3:5 “To Build a Fire” is a short story written by Jack London. This story was originally published in 1902‚ with the famous version being published in 1908. When London was a student at the University of California‚ Berkeley‚ he had discovered the name of his biological father and wrote to him in an attempt to establish a relationship. His letter was returned with

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    more than likely‚ the dog did indeed descend from the gray wolf. Although the oldest fossils of a domesticated dog are from a 14‚000-year-old dog grave‚ DNA evidence suggests dogs diverged from wolves much earlier than that (with estimates ranging from 15‚000 to more than 100‚000 years ago) [source: Wade]. Regardless‚ historians agree that humans domesticated dogs before any other animal -- making dog man’s oldest friend‚ if not his best. Scientists can only guess how dogs and humans first became

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    To Build a Fire The bone-chilling cold in To Build a Fire effects the main character‚ an unnamed man‚ and inevitably kills him. The unnamed man takes his chances in the wilderness by himself‚ with a half wild dog‚ even when told not to by an old prospector. The extremely cold temperature effects the basic motor function of his extremities. At 50 degrees below zero your hands will start to get frost bite and start to become nonfunctional. The man was taking his gloves off every once in a while

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    To Build a Fire This story is by American author Jack London. The story is considered a prime example of the naturalist movement and of a Man vs. Nature conflict. It is also considered to be a reflection of his own life after his experiences in the Yukon Territory. This story demonstrates negative interactions because the man has not and does not prepare him for this journey. He is not respectful of the nature he can’t control‚ and he ignores the advice of those far more experienced than he.

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