The Yukon is known for it’s brutal winter weather‚ but can also hold great beauty. In the two short stories‚ “To Build a Fire” and “Up the Slide” by Jack London‚ the main characters are The Man and Clay. Clay is an advanced outdoorsman and knows how to get through the harsh Yukon environment. The Man is a chechaquo‚ or a newcomer‚ and is less familiar with the territory of the Yukon. In these stories‚ both men share similar yet different personalities; they longed to survive‚ though they took different
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Background Call of the wild written by Jack London was set during the Yukon gold rush in the frigid klondike. The reader is introduced to the main character Buck who was taken from his owner Judge Miller who lived in California. The man who took Buck manuel‚ was the judges gardener. Buck was kidnapped because his breed of dog is used in the Klondike to pull sleds and haul freight. Along Buck’s journey to the klondike he meets a mysterious man only know to the reader as “The Man In The Red Sweater
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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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times I fell down and 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
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Human Nature One thing that most people have is the natural instinct to sense danger‚ and the need for survival. As you grow up and watch others you will pick up on certain things here and there‚ but for the most part instinct comes from the drive to survive under any circumstances. If you are put in a situation where you become desperate‚ you will do things you would not usually do otherwise. Say you get thrown into a pool and you have no idea how to swim‚ your first instinct will be to scream
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In many of Jack London’s stories‚ he displays the constant struggle between man and nature. In the short fiction‚ “To Build a Fire‚” London demonstrates the human race’s inability to listen to nature when needed. The opening of “To Build a Fire” uses vivid imagery‚ giving you a strong idea of the cold and harsh weather. “There was no sun nor hint of sun‚ though there was not a cloud in the sky.” this sentence alone could set chills to the reader. (London 127-137) The imagery is meant to bring
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Does Multiple Intelligences Based Instruction Have an Effect on Students’ Attitudes & Achievement? Appendix K “To Build a Fire” Essay Assignment Directions: 1. Before reading “To Build a Fire” by Jack London‚ you completed the Wilderness Survival Opinionnaire. After reading and discussing the story‚ you completed the same opinionnaire a second time. Look over both opinionnaires to see if your answers have changed. 2. Write a 5-paragraph essay in which you compare and contrast your two Wilderness
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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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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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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‚ the dog has no name. The nameless man seems to be a hard or a tough man that isn’t that well
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