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    Reaching one’s temptation is thought to be achieved through placing all cards on the table. In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”‚ the author conveys the humanistic theme that temptation hinders the practicality of decision making. While hiking in the Yukon‚ a man faces mother nature at its worst as he strives towards reaching his temptation of wealth and fortune. Despite the warnings of those who have had firsthand experience hiking in the Yukon‚ the newcomers oversight of consequence‚ as a result

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    “The Call of the Wild” is written by Jack London. It was first published in 1903. The book was focused in the area of Alaska‚ about a dog named buck; who was taken away from his home and beaten and worn down and became a member of a sled dog team. He went through a lot of hard times. From hunger to freezing‚ beaten‚ drowning. Buck learned a lot of things in these times‚ like how to dig a hole in the snow to keep warm‚ how to serve threw hunger pains and also hes natural intinsts kick in and help

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    Jack London’s Naturalism: The Example of The Call of the Wild by Earl J. Wilcox BOTH JACK LONDON’S intentions and his accomplishments in The Call of the Wild account for the artistic success of the book. For the story which London intended to write—about a dog who merely reverts to the wild—developed into a full‚ 32‚000 word novel. And the simplicity intended in the implicit atavism in the dog’s reversion also became a more complex discussion than London apparently bargained for. But a fortuitous

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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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    In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”‚ the man’s initial mistakes come‚ because he is too prideful and over confident in himself. In the end his lack of experience costs him‚ his life. Before the man sets off on his journey‚ he ignores the old timer on Sulphur Creek when he mentioned “how cold it got sometimes in the country”(6). Despite what the old timer said‚ the man still sets out on the journey‚ ill prepared for the harsh weather. In the beginning‚ the man “did not know cold” and refused to turn

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    Both Chris McCandless and Jack London left to go into the wilderness to find their true selves. They both also had serious family issues‚ with McCandless’ father having a secret other family‚ and London’s mother attempting to shoot themselves. It is a possibility that through this they learned that humans are unpredictable‚ and unreliable‚ and as a result‚ they preferred to be in solitude for long periods of time‚ so that they would no longer be subjected to the random whims of other people.

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    Man ’s Test of Strength To Build a Fire Nature is always pushing man to his limits. When man heeds the warning signs that nature has to offer and those warnings of other men‚ he is most likely to conquer nature. When he ignores these warnings‚ nature is sure to defeat man. To build a fire is a prime example of this scenario. In the short story‚ "To Build a Fire" by Jack London‚ an inexperienced traveler in the Yukon travels alone with his dog‚ even though it is ill advised to do so. The

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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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    In 1876‚ Jack London was born in the city of San Francisco. “He wrote passionately and prolifically about the great questions of life and death‚ the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity‚ and he wove these elemental ideas into stories of high adventure based on his own firsthand at sea‚ or in Alaska‚ or in the fields and factories in California.” In 1908‚ Jack London composed a short story‚ “To Build a Fire” about a man attempting to survive in his quest along the Yukon River

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    Jack London This writer is often called by an embodiment of an American dream. He created himself‚ counting only on the forces and the persistent work. Within 18 years he didn’t put down a notebook where wrote down all the thoughts and supervision which could be useful to him in work and that wouldn’t occur‚ daily created 5 pages of texts. Him called Jack London. He was born on 12th of January in 1876 in San Francisco where his parents - Flora Wellman‚ the daughter of the ruined wheaten magnate

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