"His Last Resort" In the short story "To Build a Fire‚" by Jack London‚ a newcomer crosses the treacherous Alaskan Yukon during the time of the gold rush‚ in a search to seek great fortune. Unfortunately‚ his failure to heed to the experienced old timer‚ as well his lack of knowledge resulted in him being unaware of the danger that faced him from within his surroundings. Thus‚ the theme of survival is conveyed through setting‚ sensory detail and characterization. Fifty degree below weather in
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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 foolishness of hiking alone in these conditions‚ the man turns a
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watched the film on my computer on July 1st‚ 2015. The movie begins with a kidnapped dog‚ named Buck‚ being auctioned off. Buck immediately steals the attention of young Miles‚ the other protagonist in the movie. Buck initially works as a sled dog for a Yukon mail carrier. On his first job‚ Buck faces severe weather‚ wolf attacks‚ and a fight with Spitz‚ the team’s lead dog. The harsh conditions kill every dog except for Buck and leaves the mail carrier in a near-death condition. Buck saves the mail carrier
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helping Thornton in turn when he is drowning in a river‚ when he is attacked by another man‚ and also when John makes a bet that Buck can pull a sled weighing half a ton all by himself. Thornton then takes Buck on a new adventure for gold in the Yukon Territory‚ although he is killed by the Yeehat warriors while Buck is away hunting moose in the forest. Upon returning to the camp‚ Buck slays these dancing Yeehats in rage‚ mourning for his dead friend. His love for Thornton had always been stronger
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decision making. While hiking in the Yukon‚ a man faces mother nature at its worst as he strives towards reaching his temptation of wealth and fortune. Despite the warnings of those who have had firsthand experience hiking in the Yukon‚ the newcomers oversight of consequence‚ as a result of temptation‚ places him in a life threatening situation. It is this negligence working against mankind that ultimately determines their fate. As the sun rises in the Yukon‚ a hiker‚ along with his dog‚ begin their
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The story To Build a Fire demonstrates possible dangers of traveling in the Yukon under extreme cold. Through a young man‚ Jack London depicts the consequences of ignoring instinct and survival advice. The man travels with a dog‚ who can perceive the dangers of the freezing wilderness. The reader learns of the man’s personality through descriptive words and phrases while journeying through the story. At the beginning of the story the man turned aside from the main trail. He stopped at the top
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Darwin’s Struggle for Survival and Bergson’s Creative Evolution Jack London was born in San Francisco California in 1876 and died in Glen Ellen California in 1916. Jack London died from gastrointestinal uremic poisoning‚ which is another term for food poisoning. He did not have much of an education‚ but he did study at Berkeley‚ but was unable to graduate because of the financial circumstances. Jack London is characterized as a talented‚ imperative and powerful man‚ for he completes more than fifty
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“To Build A Fire” ‚ a short story written by Jack London‚ tells the story of a man who takes a journey on the Yukon Territory. This short story focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the man‚ and how self-reliant he was. Jack London is saying that although individualism means to stay true to yourself‚ task risks‚ and be self-reliant‚ in some cases‚ you need to rely on someone else and take the advice of others. The man in the story took quite the risk- he went on this journey into the wilderness
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Colorado in the winter is considered freezing cold‚ than what would the fifty degrees below zero Yukon in Canada be considered? To travel in a foreign land without any people within a mile is quite a dangerous and ignorant idea‚ yet doing this in weather that is fifty degrees below zero is absurd. Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” depicts a man with nothing but a husky and a couple of biscuits traveling in the Yukon‚ and he dies while trying to survive this journey‚ for he faces adversity by traveling in
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Nature is indifferent to humans‚ nobody is important to the universe‚ and everybody is subject to fate -- all ideas that are strongly supported by naturalists. Naturalists have a very realistic and grim view of life: Naturalists believe that all humans are unimportant because there is no god. “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane and “To Build a Fire” by Jack London‚ both short stories written by naturalist authors‚ share a common theme: nature is completely indifferent to the suffering of humans. “The
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