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    Compare / Contrast (Quart. Test) To Build A Fire & The Law of Life To Build A Fire and The Law of Life are short stories written by American author Jack London. They both tell the stories of people in harsh environment‚ but they are not exactly the same. The author showed different ideas in these two stories. To Build A Fire is a story about an old man walked alone on the Yukon Trail in a extremely cold weather. He tried to build a fire twice and failed at last‚ it made he lost his hope of life

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    Call of the Wild and To Build a Fire were both exciting books about serving in the freezing cold attic yet they also have many differences. Call of the Wild is a story of a dog trying to survive the Alaskan gold rush. To Build a Fire follows a similar storyline yet it is about a man instead of a dog. Although the two books have many similarities such as where the book took place and the the style of writing they also have many differences such as the ending and the main character. Both books touched

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    “How to Build A Fire‚” and the short dialogue titled‚ “ Survival is the Ultimate Goal in World’s Toughest Sled Dog Race‚” there are many differences while at the same time there are many similarities. To begin the two have many similarities. One is that they both are in the same general parts of Alaska. In the article about the dog races it says‚ “Crossing to Dawson City-the old Klondike gold rush town that marks the Quest’s halfway point.” This is where the short story’s‚ “How to Build A Fire‚” setting

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    and extracurricular activities that it became too hard to function. My mother constantly told me‚ “When a person is stretched thin with many activities that the body’s immune system weakens”. Did I listen to her wise words? Well did the man in To build a fire listen to the old-timer from Sulphur Creek? No. Although I do not die in my story I felt as though I came pretty close‚ all because I thought I was better than the advice that was given. Two weeks before Christmas I had a heavy plate

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    imagine sitting on a uncomfortably hot beach with your injured leg tied up with a rag. The warm salt water laps at your feet as you try to get out the last of the water from a coconut. This is how life was for the newcomer from Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” and Chuck Noland from Robert Zemeckis’ Cast Away. They are both in very different situations‚ but both of their survival skills are put to the test. The newcomer is an arrogant and overconfident traveler who is trying to go out into the wilderness

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    In To Build a Fire‚ written by Jack London‚ and The Story of an Hour‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ both contain many similarities while also being unique in their own way. Both To Build a Fire‚ and The Story of an Hour heavily discuss the idea of death and independence. However‚ there are differences in the stories that include themes of confidence‚ and the idea of free will. In The Story of an Hour‚ and To Build a Fire both go in depth discussing the theme of death using it as an ending to their story

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    Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire” is an illustration of the mood loneliness. This mood is conveyed throughout the story by the dark and gloomy setting of the Yukon in the extreme cold temperatures. When the man is walking along the Yukon trail he stops at the top of the hill and examines the darkness in the sky‚ “there seemed to be an indescribable darkness over the face of things. That was because the sun was absent from the sky” (London‚ 64). The image of darkness canvassing the

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    expert. The protagonist of “To Build a Fire” by Jack London may have been fearless‚ but that does not lead to him to survival. He makes several critical mistakes that cost him his life‚ including‚ as Bear Grylls talked about‚ making decisions and taking action. The protagonist did not think about his actions‚ analyze what he was about to do‚ or plan his way through the woods thoroughly (Gonzalez 96). One example of these shortcomings is when he left the first fire he made prematurely (London 83)

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    Adventure is something that everyone wishes to experience‚ yet many fail to realize the dangers that come with it. In Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire‚” Tom Vincent is a hiker who one night decides to embark on a journey alone. His near-death experience along this trail is what causes him to realize that it is indeed important to take a companion along when traveling‚ just as the locals had told him. The theme here is that you must not be so arrogant as to ignore the advice of others‚ especially

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    In text 5‚ “To Build a Fire” by Jack London‚ and text 9‚ “Scott’s Last Expedition” by Robert Scott‚ there are similarities and differences. In text 5 the man tries building a fire and in text 9 the man knew the end was near. Each text proves man vs nature because they both struggle with the cold weather. In both texts‚ there are many similarities. One of the similarities each text had where the men had a destination to arrive at. For example‚ in text 9 Scott was supposed to meet his friends at

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