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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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    creatures are killed by other organisms. They are also killed by various diseases and many different natural disasters. In literary experts’ perspectives‚ Naturalism form of writing has elements of “Survival of the Fittest”‚ theory championed by Charles Darwin and “Humans unable to withstand to withstand the enormous weight

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    stories by Jack London that he had written about gold in this time era. The two books that he wrote are "the Love of Life and "To build a Fire". Jack London uses are straight forward and the traits he uses shows that men have no power in nature. Love of life" précis A young man struggles for survival‚ going on an expedition in search of gold. He runs into many challenges

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    John Griffith Chaney‚ Jack London‚ was born on January 18‚ 1876 in San 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

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    Whitlock Ms. Baswell English III 4 November 2014 Author: Jack London Jack London was one of America’s most celebrated writers. London (1876-1916) gained worldwide acclaim as a writer by basing his works on his own colorful worldwide exploits. “Jack London was a native Californian who achieved worldwide acclaim as a powerful storyteller‚ a legendary public figure‚ and America ’s most commercially successful writer” (Hogge 12). London had a remarkable talent for writing about many of issues that

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    I personally believe that London was very good at writing about treacherous journeys‚ especially in cold and depressing climates. Did you know that over 100‚000 gold prospectors left their home and moved to the Yukon territory or Alaska? All of those people moved for the famous Klondike Gold Rush. Many of those people lost their lives during their dangerous journey. London’s famous short story “The Love of Life” depicts a journey looking for gold with 2 men who are looking for it. One of the men

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    Brenton Gross October 11‚ 2012 Paper 3 Central Idea‚ Characterization‚ Setting and Conflict for “To Build A Fire” In Jack London’s short story‚ “To Build A Fire‚” he takes readers to the backwoods of the Yukon Trail where a lone man and his dog are out hiking through the backcountry along the creek. The day is extremely cold‚ but the temperature does not seem to hinder this man‚ who is a newcomer to the Yukon Territory. Even though other hikers native to the area try to warn the man of the

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    Victoria Garrison Eng 102 Turley Summer 2013 Jack London’s “To Build a FireJack 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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    To Build a Fire”  In Jack London’s short story‚ “To Build a Fire”‚ the setting is more than just a setting. It functions as many different things. Including‚ creating meaning by expressing the scenery‚ and by letting the reader become aware of the animal’s thoughts. Characterizing is another way the author used the setting. Weather was the truer antagonist in this story with its temperature and snow-hiding dangers to try and defeat the man. Even with everything against the unnamed man; his ignorance

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    Opinion essay about the story ‘To build a fire’ by Jack London. ‘To build a fire’ is a psychological story generally about the struggle of a man with himself and with the nature of Yukon. And it has forced me to think about my attitude to life. But now I’d like to reflect on how might the story have been different if the man had treated his dog like a pet! “To build a fire” is a marvelous short story set in the Yukon. The opening setting is the early morning and the middle of winter somewhere in

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