'Fool In To Build A Fire'

After coming up with enough money to eat for the day he would go get himself some lunch. He couldn’t get any perishable foods do to the fact that he didn’t have amenities such as a refrigerator. Therefore he had to rely on bread, chips and vegetables that could be eaten raw, not the greatest of a diet but enough to get him by.

While exiting the Buffet, the cashier asked how the meal was, in which he replied “confusing.” The article continues with the main character describing to his friend that his life is “like a huge menu that offers no sampler plate” (Davis, 296). The protagonist then states, that he is afraid he will get too full off of one meal and not be able to taste all the other meals offered. Therefore, he orders many side dishes that do not mix together well therefore, leaving him without having a significant meal. The article unfolds with the protagonist thinking about how other people choose the type of life they are going to live and how they let everything else go

He does this to show what goes through his mind when he is trying to acquire food for himself, and he gives a broad insight on how difficult it is to find healthy, non-poisoned food to eat in an everyday life.

Isolation revealed in two literary works. In many works that we have read isolation is a found in a lot of them. Two different literary works that implicate isolation are “To build a fire” and “The Scarlet letter”. Isolation in the literary work “To build a fire” is exemplified when the man and his dog go up north to search for gold in the worst weather conditions.

In to Build A Fire written by jack London, the main character fails at life and the choices he makes. The man named Jim Bob was not prepared for his trip from one camp to another camp. Jim Bob was freezing cold from the weather,and its environment. Jim Bob made very foolish decisions. Jim failures were caused by lack of preparation natural environment.

Casey Kimmel Scale Comp “To Build a Fire” Naturalism describes a type of literature that attempts to apply principles of detachment and objectivity to the study of human life . Naturalism was a movement that occurred during the late nineteenth century and was an outgrowth of literary realism. There are a lot of themes in naturalistic narratives. They key ones are detachment, survival, determinism, and violence.

Though London illustrates how nature is a difficult external force, the man is responsible for his misfortune, as his circumstances are the consequences of his choices. The narrator explains that the man was traveling ?to take a look at the possibilities of getting out logs in the spring? (978); more than likely, he did not have to perform this task, which required taking ?the roundabout way? (978). Also, despite being a ?newcomer to the land? (977), the man fails to bring a human companion to the ?unprotected tip of the planet? (982): just as the Earth is exposed to space here, as the narrator describes, the man has little defense against the cold. The man is not ignorant of the extreme cold, but rather, arrogant; though warned about the conditions (982), the man does not bring anything except a small lunch (978). Another sign of his lack of preparation is his failure to sufficiently protect himself from frostbite: he ?experienced a pang of regret that he had not devised a nose-strap...[that] passed across the cheeks, as well, and saved them? (979). Granted, the man can not see the water he falls into (981), but the fundamental responsibility for the journey is his. Furthermore, he elects to build the fire to thaw himself under the spruce tree, which proves disastrous (983). The narrator notes, ?It was his own fault, rather, his mistake? (982); the man also recognizes this, and knows he

Mind you, this was the little rations he had the night before he was left behind, he saved it just in case they’d run out. With him doing this, he gave himself the hopes to not only sustain the little amount of food he had but also the strength and energy that he was going to need in case he would end up in the heat of battle.

Readers of all ages, literature lovers, and book fanatics often find conflicts within their own lives just as the characters of the stories they read do. Some are able to find a way to overcome and conquer, while others get stuck behind or can not find a way to beat them. In Jack London’s short story called “To Build a Fire,” the main character conflicts with mother nature, who keeps tearing him down at every possible point. The main character, who is only referred to as the Man, is battling his way alone through the harsh temperatures of the Yukon. On this journey he runs into many obstacles and challenges. The Man does not listen to the advice he is given, leading to his inevitable death at the end. The most notable theme London builds

“To Build a Fire” is a short story written by Jack London. It is viewed as a masterpiece of naturalist fiction. “To Build a Fire” features a miner who is traveling to the Yukon Territory with a dog as his companion. The miner is the protagonist and the dog companion is called the foil. The dog plays off of the traits of the protagonist. “The central motif of “To Build a Fire” concerns the struggle of man versus nature.” (Short Story Criticism) The most argued point in the short story is the reason of the protagonist death. “Some critics believe that it was his lack of intuition and imagination that lead to his death, while others say that he dies because of panic.” (Short Story Criticism) The protagonist in “To Build a Fire” struggles in

“To Build a Fire” by Jack London is a short story about a man traveling through the Alaskan Yukon to meet up with his friends for lunch. The author keeps the character nameless and refers to him only as “The Man” which is used to show a connection between humanity and nature. The story shows the hardships the man goes through to get to his destination through the Alaskan Yukon, yet unfortunately doesn’t make it. The conflict is a man versus nature theme which contrasts strong and direct relations of the hardships in nature. Throughout this analysis, I am going to explore the conflict between the man and the merciless nature he has to go through before his death.

In the beginning of the story, the man, who was foreign to the wintry conditions, had an attitude of dauntlessness, but nevertheless, him being ignorant about the warnings and circumstances. When he was in the dawning of his journey, the man would journey cautiously having time limits of how long he would expose skin, and how the man would travel an amount of miles per hour to reach his destination safely. As told in the book, “Empty as the man’s mind was of thoughts, he was keenly observant, and he noticed the changes in the creek, the curves and bends and timber jams, and always sharply noted where he placed his feet (page 84-85, lines 121-123).” After the midst of the journey where the man was nearing his fate, he felt as if he would not make it or survived, so therefore, he took perilous acts of desperation which led him to his downfall. When the man and the fire was buried in snow, the man thought to himself, “For a moment he sat and stared at the spot where the fire had been, Then he grew very calm. Perhaps the old-timer on Sulphur Creek was right.

To build a fire is a short story written by Jack London. It is a story about an individual’s choice. The main character’s self-centeredness overcomes him, as he tries to survive the wintery weather in his travel in the Yukon Trail. He made a choice of ignoring the weather warnings, which evidenced danger in his journey. There were warnings like the absence of fellow travelers due to the cold season, but his egoism made him still embark on the journey alone, despite the warnings. The protagonist’s pride and arrogance leads to a regrettable outcome, as it leads to his downfall. The protagonist made the wrong choices because of his egotism, and arrogance and they led to his downfall. He defied nature due to his lack of logical judgment, and

One of the most prominent facets of the man’s personality is his overwhelming arrogance. The man is a newcomer to the Yukon territory or “chechaquo”, and is inexperienced in the customs of the land. The man believes that he will be unaffected by the harsh conditions and does not seem to grasp the grave reality of the situation. This characteristic is displayed early in the story, when the man rebuffs the old timer’s warning advice and later mocks the old man and his caution of the danger of traveling in the freezing temperatures, especially without a partner. “Those old-timers are rather womanish, some of them, he thought” (1210). Despite the likelihood that the old-timer has spent his lifetime in the area, the man considers his advice to be weak and believes, arrogantly, that he is superior in his masculinity and abilities. Eventually, the man realizes that he should have listened to the words of the old man in Sulphur Creek. Further, the man’s arrogance is displayed again when he ignores the warning signs that the environment is not suitable for such a long solo trek. Despite the incredible cold, the man fails to comprehend just how miniscule he is compared to nature. “…the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous cold, and the strangeness and weirdness of it all made no impression on the man” (1205). It is this arrogance that limits the man’s ability to grasp how insignificant his life is compared to the great power of