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    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  uncaring nature really 

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    unnamed man states‚ “There were no trees‚ no shrubs‚ no grasses‚-naught but a tremendous and terrible desolation that sent fear swiftly dawning into his eyes.” This makes the reader really endower the situation the men are dealing with. Also in “To Build a Fire” London adds‚ “It certainly was cold‚ he concluded‚ as he rubbed his numb nose and cheekbones.” This makes the reader really feel what the man is going through and realise the harshness of nature. From what I and many other readers have discovered

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    Victoria Garrison Eng 102 Turley Summer 2013 Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” is a story about an unnamed man on a journey thru the Yukon alone in deadly cold conditions. He is followed by a wolf dog that is also unnamed. He is traveling to meet his boys at on old claim near Henderson Fork. The man is arrogant in his thinking believing that he is able to make the journey alone‚ even though a sourdough from Sulphur Creek had warned him never to travel alone when

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    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‚ life-or-death decisions

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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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    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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    Francisco. Jack London is most well-known for his novels Call of the Wild and White Fang. The novels and the short story “To Build a Fire” share a similar theme of survival in the wildernerness. London’s “To Build A Fire” is a story about a man and a dog traveling the Yukon trail. In the story the man is struggling to survive the harsh environment of the Klondike. “To Build a Fire” is a naturalistic story‚ influenced by scientific determinism as well as by Darwin’s theory of evolution because London

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    writings he expressed the social and intellectual problems in the 1900s. London influenced many great writers through his different socialism ideas. His writings show the difficult issues for the time through race and class. Through his writing “To Build a Fire” London describes the difficulties of his own time in the Yukon Territory. The conflict of man vs. nature is expressed greatly through London’s’ work. The beginning of the story describes the day’s conditions in the Yukon. This freezing cold day

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    For this discussion assignment I chose ’To Build a Fire’ by the great writer Jack London to read and wrote. I read summaries which were written by my fellow students last week. Their description encourages me to read this story‚ specially Reza Hosseini‚ when she wrote "Jack London also had a great interest in nature‚animals and the ups and downs of human relations with them"(Hosseini‚ (2017‚March 1)‚ posted on discussion forum Unit5). In this story‚ London told us about a journey made in freezing

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    Imagine this you are stuck in the alaskan tundra with only your dog and a piece of flint. Well this is what our main character has to deal with in the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London. In “To Build a Fire” Jack London uses a lot of different conflicts to illustrate the idea of naturalism. One of the first conflicts in the story is not prevalent‚ but a nuisance nonetheless. The mans dog is a natural conflict that he faces while trying to survive the alaskan tundra. The dog wants to bed down

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