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    Francisco was wrecked by a powerful earthquake and for the next few days was consumed by fires that destroyed a large portion of the city. Jack London writes a hair-raising description of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The earthquake destroyed many buildings and also started fires. The fires spread quickly throughout the city. The fires lasted two days‚ Wednesday morning until Thursday night. The fires destroyed almost all of the buildings‚ hotels‚ stores‚ and houses in San Francisco. People

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    “To Build a Fire” Essay “To Build a Fire” demonstrates numerous examples of the philosophical theory of naturalism that “the universe is indifferent to human beings‚ and people are at the mercy of natural forces over which they have little control”. According to this statement‚ human life is very fragile. The fact that this story takes place in the Yukon region‚ one should know that the natural forces are at its strongest. This would cause an intelligent person to prepare‚ but not in this case

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    and if had known them better‚ he could of had a higher rate to survive. The man in the story To build a fire‚ did not have many skills to do and could have improved in many ways shown below… Survival skills is not something that the old man had and needed to improve on.The man could not strike a match because of how cold it was and he had injured his arms and feet because of not been able to build a fire. “Twenty times he scratched before he succeeded in lighting it. As it flamed he held it with his

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    Jack London is a well-renowned author with titles including White Fang and his most famous novel: The Call of the Wild. London gains his reputation with his style of writing which builds interest in the reader while relating what the characters are facing in the story. This style is also seen in his brilliant short story "To Build a Fire." In "To Build a Fire‚" London helps the reader to relate to the story by introducing themes that humanity must deal with at some point in its life; ignorance

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    Jack London: The Law of Life Culture is the expression of our nature on how we live‚ interact‚ believe‚ where we gain our knowledge‚ and it also distinguishes people from another in divergent societies. The culture of Native Americans is so history rich and storied cultured that it cannot be easily misinterpreted by anyone that is foreign of their way of life. In “The Law of Life‚” Jack London describes the culture of the Native Americans and their proclivity towards life as it revolves around

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    This excerpt from ”To Build A Fire” is about a man trekking through Yukon territory with his dog. The man has no supplies‚ is alone‚ and is trying to make it to a camp by sundown. Before the main character left‚ an old-timer from the trail told him it was bad to walk through alone after negative fifty degrees. The man ignores the advice the other man gave him. As a result of this‚ he walks the trail anyway in negative one-hundred degree weather and dies from hypothermia. The actions of this man show

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    To Build a Fire The short story "To build a Fire" by Jack London‚ tells about the relationship between man and nature. The story takes place in the Yukon during one of the long night. The main character who is unnamed travels with a dog along a small trail to a mining camp. The man leaves against the advice of a local and after a short time realizes that he should have waited. The temperature is extremely cold because the mans spit freezes before it hits the ground. The main obstacle of his journey

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    The story To Build a Fire demonstrates possible dangers of traveling in the Yukon under extreme cold. Through a young man‚ Jack London depicts the consequences of ignoring instinct and survival advice. The man travels with a dog‚ who can perceive the dangers of the freezing wilderness. The reader learns of the man’s personality through descriptive words and phrases while journeying through the story. At the beginning of the story the man turned aside from the main trail. He stopped at the top

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    Composition II 10/20/2010 Snow-blind In Jack London’s short story “To build a fire” a man sets out with his dog in extreme cold temperatures confident in arriving at their campsite where the man’s friends are waiting. London uses the element of foreshadowing to hint at the traveler’s impending doom. The first example of foreshadowing can be found where the man acknowledges that there certainly are risks that are included in the undertaking of his adventure. London writes “he knew that there were springs

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    Christopher “Jack London” McCandless                                            Anna Wilson  English III Honors  Petrulla  26 November 2014  Wilson 2    Two people in two generations so different‚ yet so alike. Jack London‚ an American  author‚ wrote books like ​ Call of The Wild​  and ​ White Fang​ . Both were about adventure and  discovering something and that is exactly what Christopher McCandless did. Christopher  McCandless was an adventurer and a seeker of himself. Christopher read London’s novels and 

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