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    realism in a unique way that related and reminded me of‚ "To Build a Fire"‚ by Jack London. Both of these passages represent realism in actual situations that could happen. Often times in adventurous stories like both of these the end of the story is always fantasized and turned into a long fantasy moment; whereas in these stories the ending of the story‚ ends just the way it would end in a realistic world. In /To Build a Fire/‚ the author could have either ended it with the man staying alive or

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    Jack London is known for creating stories with naturalism and realism. I will talk about these aspects throughout this paper. The story being discussed is To Build a Fire. Throughout this story we see an unidentified man being accompanied by a wolf dog. The story is created and told through the building of many fires. We will also discuss the man versus nature ideas. Throughout the story we see the traveler and his dog trek through the harsh natural setting and we see the man tested against nature

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    Campos 1  Bryan Campos  Mr. Fournier  American Literature  27 February‚ 2015    “To Build A Fire”‚ Naturalism Essay    When Jack London wrote "To Build a Fire" he embraced the idea of naturalism because it  mirrored the events of daily life​ .​  Naturalism displayed how humans had to be cautious at every  corner because at anytime death could be there‚ waiting for them to make a mistake and forfeit  their lives​ .​  He used naturalism‚ the most realistic literary movement‚ to show how violent and 

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    Assignment 5-second topic One of the themes that the short story “To Build a Fire”‚ by Jack London‚ is representing to us is the dominance that nature have on man‚ and their internal mutual struggle. In this struggle sometimes as winner is leaving man‚ but sometimes nature. In this story the nature starts the battle by striking first. From the beginning it is imposing its dominance over the man. The extreme coldness is her best weapon which the nature is using constantly‚ and is surprising

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    got back up again.” He is verifying the many people of this world to live life with grit‚ and to understand everyone’s own failures turned successes. It’s good advice that everyone should follow. It’s also the main idea of the Jack London short story “To Build a Fire.” In the story an unnamed man needs (not wants) to make it to his friends. The reason he needs to make it to his friends‚ is that the man is traversing a creek in Yukon‚ Canada. That sounds vague‚ how about the fact that the temperature

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    occupants are solely reliant‚ a feeling of confidence can switch to dubiousness. In To Build a Fire‚ author Jack London strengthens the effect of nature on a man when he develops traits of egotism and ascendancy. The Yukon‚ a territory in northwest Canada‚ is a wild and mountainous region that is sparsely populated. Though it doesn’t embrace human existence‚ the man thinks otherwise and proceeds through this

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    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

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    has not seen the sun in days. Jack London‚ the author of To Build A Fire‚ goes into immense detail throughout the story to draw his readers into the setting of the crisp winter chill. London’s vast description of the environment allows his readers to picture every single object throughout the mountains as if the reader was experiencing the exact situation. As the protagonist travels miles to reach his destination where his friends await him with food and fires‚ the setting intensifies the man’s conflicts

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    I chose to read the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. The story talks about a man traveling alone in a wild region during a harsh winter with his dog. He has to face many difficulties dealing with nature and his endurance was not too enough to be able to survive. He found after trying many times to build a fire that‚ he was loose because he did not consider the counsel of an old man‚ who told him a long time ago‚ that is dangerous to travel alone. The story describes a man reaching the

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    “To Build a Fire” is a story about one character‚ the man. This man throughout the story doesn’t say one word. He is pretty calm throughout the story. The main man or the only man for that matter seems to be a hard working man but is lacking in imagination. I believe this man has no imagination because he doesn’t think he needs one. Jack London writes about a man around his fifties or sixties for this story. The only other “character” in this story is the dog that the man runs into. Like the man

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