Both John Krakauer and Jack London personify nature to show that nature is indifferent‚ even hostile to man in Into the Wild and “To Build a Fire”. This personification allows the reader to better understand the author’s views on nature and it helps the reader visualize how the main characters felt while completely immersed in nature. Jack London personifies nature in “To Build a Fire” and shows that nature is apathetic and even opposed towards man’s actions. This personification really emphasizes
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Every story has a setting‚ whether it be in the Klondike like in ‘To Build a Fire’ or it can even be on the dark‚ depressing‚ cold that is space. A setting can set up a story by being both the place‚ time‚ and even the main character. The setting can always and will always either be an enemy or a friend to the protagonist‚ that is if the setting is not the protagonist. In Jack London’s ‘To Build a Fire’ the setting‚ in the Klondike‚ is the protagonist and ends up even killing the main character because
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“To Build a Fire” by Jack London is about a man’s ultimate struggle for survival in hypothermic conditions. Set in the Yukon‚ the man suffers many tribulations‚ including building an unsuccessful fire under a snow-ridden spruce tree‚ and using other botched forestry techniques that others would have avoided. The theme of this story is that advice should be taken from others who have experienced wisdom in drastic situations. At the beginning of the story‚ the narrator states that an old-timer from
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How are conflict‚ characterization‚ narration are all related in literature life? Conflict‚ characterization‚ and narration connect literature and life because they all lay the foundation for English literature and this “Book of Life” we experience everyday. Conflict is the driving force behind a story. In the story The Most Dangerous Game‚ they use the conflict Man v.s Man by pitting Reinsford against two men who wants to hunt him instead of animals. The men who want to hunt him‚ General Zaroff
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To Build a Fire: Man’s Intelligence is Foolish How many times have you seen birds flying south for the winter? They do not read somewhere or use some computer to know that they must fly to survive. In Jack London’s "To Build a Fire"‚ we see how that mans intelligence is sometimes foolish. The man‚ who is walking in seventy-five degrees below zero weather‚ lets his learned behavior override his instinct. Therefore‚ he dies. London’s theme is that no matter how intelligent society becomes‚ we
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CHAPTER THREE Chris felt his stomach drop and his head spin. He tried to scream but the fall stole any sound. He knew no one could survive this fall. He saw Rose down below him. He clamped his eyes shut. The fall continued. Suddenly he felt himself slow down. His skin tickled and burned. His lips went dry and his hands numb. The heat increased as they went farther down. Their descent slowed and the tickling stopped. Finally‚ Chris felt his feet touch ground and heaved
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In “To Build a Fire‚” Jack London describes life as a valuable gift that he cherishes with his heart and spirit. The anonymous main character confronts death expressing his emotions and characteristics to the audience. The man encounters his pride and does not want to accept losing self-respect: “When he had recovered his breath and control‚ he sat up and entertained in his mind the conception of meeting death with dignity” (638). The man realizes his mistakes during his travel from the Yukon trail
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In the story “How to Build a Fire” there is a man and his dog traveling through the frigid temperatures of 70 below zero. In the story they never disclose the man’s name and it is very odd to me. The man didn’t listen to his body‚ dog or anyone for that matter. He was not prepared for the harsh conditions and he was not ready to take on the hardest challenge of his life and it ended up costing him dearly. First‚ the man didn’t listen to his body or his dog. His body started to shut down and he count
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more to him than fifty degrees below zero (London 78). He never realized until body parts were numb that the cold was dangerous. Also‚ he had ignored the advice from an old-timer he had met at Sulfur Creek: “No man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below‚” (London 85). The man‚ instead of going with someone‚ idiotically left his group of friends to see if he could profit from logging in the Yukon (London 78). Finally‚ after not seeing any harbingers of springs for half an hour‚ he suddenly
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Where did she go? Where could she have gone? Oh‚ no. Oh‚ no… Laura fondles about the rugged forest terrain‚ cautiously edging from root to tree trunk by her mangled knees. Her grasp begged for the small‚ fluffy coat of her cat‚ Jupiter‚ who scampered off into the Douglas fir forest’s abyss a forgotten length of time ago. There is nothing beyond what she can immediately sense around her. The world returns when her hand meets the surface or she detects a tiny‚ secluded meow among the trees‚ and disappears
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