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    Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” is a story about knowing your surroundings‚ and listening to your instincts‚ just as the dog in this story did. London’s human character‚ who is nameless in the story‚ is more like a foil; with the main character being the harsh landscape of the Yukon‚ where the story takes place amid -75 below temperatures. The man shows how arrogant and inexperienced he is when he travels to the Yukon Territory without proper clothing‚ the use of a sled‚ or companions. He has no

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    all in the Yukon and each had different fates due to the willingness to accept the rules of such a harsh climate. The tone and mood help set up such a naturalistic story where one should not trifle with nature. Throughout the story the main character fights himself and the elements to try to survive. “To Build a Fire” by Jack London shows how the dismissal of knowledge and experience due to self-confidence creates arrogance. “To Build a Fire” takes place in the Yukon Wilderness. A gold discovery

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    that we keep track of these events. This is an adaptive mechanism important for survival.” This quote by David Perlmutter‚ describes how the protagonist in “To Build a Fire” by Jack London did not follow three principles that would have saved his life. The three principles that the protagonist could have utilized from the story‚ “Deep Survival‚” by Laurence Gonzales‚ in his situation that he encountered were: stay calm‚ think‚ analyze‚ and plan‚ and never give up. One reason the main character died

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    order to find out if a person is someone of interest‚ we test them. We observe their reactions to situations to make this determination. As we read a story‚ the same concept is used to determine our interest in it ’scharacters. The main character in Jack London ’s‚ "To Build a Fire‚" is not given a name but we are told he is a man. The story is set in the Klondike and he has venturedoff from his companions in search of future prospects. In the third paragraph‚ we are informed of the type of

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    Stories have different settings‚ plots‚ tones‚ themes‚ and moods. These things make a story. These are the things that impact how a character would act in the story. One short story where a character was impacted is in the short story “To Build a Fire”‚ written by Jack London. The setting of the story was set in the Klondike of the Yukon Territory of 1896. The day was cold and dark‚ the trail was mysterious‚ strange‚ and weird. This causes the Man in the story to face many problems. Settings of a

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    In the short story ‚“To Build a Fire‚” by Jack London the main character “the man” was unable to stay alive in the wilderness because he was overconfident that he would stay alive‚ he did not take the advice from the old timer ‚and he did not stay calm. “ the man” was alone in the wilderness in a 50 degree below temperature and did not have any help except a husky. He thought that he could handle himself and eventually he freezes to death but the dog was alive. For the most part‚ “the man” was

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    The following events were previously recorded in a tale by Jack London called “To Build a Fire”. In that version you meet two characters‚ however there was at least one other who witnessed the events that day. From my perch I had a clear view of much of what transpired as the man and dog made their way through the snow and ice. As cold as it is there should be no animals out on the snow‚ most would have taken shelter and hunkered down in anticipation of the severe cold that was moving through

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    has happened come out in the sixth and seventh paragraphs: "The house stood alone in a city of rubble and ashes. This was the one house left standing. At night the ruined city gave off a radioactive glow which could be seen for miles". Then‚ the story causes the reader to think again: Is someone alive? Could anyone have survived? How is this house still functioning? Why is this house still functioning? But then‚ in

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    transform from being a domesticated home dog to a dog of the wild. The author Jack London has written many popular books including the Call of the Wild and many more‚ his books all display his descriptive writing style very well. London has many different methods of developing themes in his novels and in this novel he uses bucks transformation to develop the theme. In the Novel The Call of the Wild the author Jack London develops the theme by showing the transformation of a domesticated dog to a

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    Introduction Jack London had already established himself as a popular writer when his story "To Build a Fire" appeared in the Century Magazine in 1908. This tale of an unnamed man’s disastrous trek across the Yukon Territory near Alaska was well received at the time by readers and literary critics alike. While other works by London have since been faulted as overly sensational or hastily written‚ "To Build a Fire" is still regarded by many as an American classic. London based the story on his own travels

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