Listening To His Wolf-Dog Companion

The narrator negated the advice given to him that, "no man should travel alone in the Yukon when the temperature is sixty degrees below zero." He failed to heed to the advice because he thought of how he had saved himself from the accident, and had built the fire alone. This was pride ruling him not knowing that, he was risking his life. His arrogance made him believe that he can make it all alone, and alive. The main character’s poor decisions led to his death. He was not compatible with the cold weather, and thus could not make it alone as his pride, and arrogance made him believe. His arrogance caused his death, because he imagined that he had the ability to travel alone in the harsh cold weather, and ignored the advice given to him. This instance of the narrator dying, because he thought

Mawson and 30 other men went to go explore unknown territory. They had done research and went to go see for themselves. When they started their voyage Mawson heard one of this dog’s yelp. When Mawson turned around, he saw the look of alarm on

The man was certain for an ancient claim on the left fork of Yukon. The man is a new towards this territory. Still his attitude is a little too Confident. He treats his journey as a kind of competition with nature. In the early phases of the trip he grins at his little errors or faults and does not notice the warnings of the cold. The man imitates on what the old-timer had directed him but thinks that he can quickly overcome the man's advice rather than taking it to heart. As his errors or faults get more numerous like wet feet or no fire, the man becomes more and more anxious. Lastly his only friend left, the dog, turns out not to like him that much after all and really doesn't want to be turned into a dead sleeping bag either. The man freezes

The illusion of free will is prevalent in this story because the man feels he can force his hand with nature, while the dog warns the man of the possible dangers ahead. Moreover, the dog in “To Build a Fire” is more in touch with reality than the man, as it signals to the man to stop and set up camp, “The dog was disappointed and yearned back toward the fire…...it was time to lie snug in a hole in the snow and wait for a curtain of cloud to be drawn across…... so the dog made no effort its apprehension to the man” (1051-1052). However, the man full of ego decides to push ahead and ultimately fails. Furthermore, as the man nears his end, he tries to use the dog to survive by killing it and using its body heat for his survival, “the sight of the dog put a wild idea into his head……He would kill the dog and bury his hands in the warm body until the numbness went out of them…...his voice was a strange note of fear that frightened the animal” (1055). However, the dog sees through his trick and stays away from the man. Moreover, the man thinks he is brave for making the trek but it changes when the young man’s fire is put out by snow falling from a tree, “It was his own fault or, rather, his mistake…...It grew like an avalanche, and it descended without warning upon the man and the fire, and the fire was blotted out!” (1053). Thus, due to the freezing cold weather, the man succumbs

After getting socked by the freezing water and losing the only source of warmth he had, he was beginning to lose is cool. “It was as though he had just heard his own sentence of death” (London 524). Once the fire was diminished by the snow the man then knew he had to take action. This is where his survival instincts kick in and now has to see what he must do in order to survive. If he would have packed more than just food his situation might have been different.

In the story, "To Build a Fire", the main character needs to accept that he was not invulnerable, but rather a human with a shortcoming. The man may have been mentally able in his own eye yet powerless against nature and the physical components. he showed defiance when he "snickered" at the help of the Old-Timer on Sulfur Creek when he disclosed to him how icy it gets in the nation. The he felt he had everything under control when he made the main fire to keep warm despite the deadness of his fingers. The trial of personalities and wills started to surface when the man was prepared to proceed onward and the dog needed to remain close to the fire. Be that as it may, similarly as "there was no keen intimacy between the dog and the man” the dog

There are three types of models that could be identified as the model most useful for explaining the problematic message observed in the film, ‘Wag the Dog’. These three modes consist of the linear model, the interactive model and the transactional model. The interactive model allows the viewer to identify the problem and to identify where that particular problem had originated from. According to Wilber Schramm, the interactive model is the act by which communication travels in a circle while a sender transmits a message then a receiver responds with feedback, allowing both parties to become senders and receivers. This is both evident in this film and it creates a problematic outlook for the viewers as both parties potentially have mixed up

He thinks very pragmatically about low temperatures, so “he was keenly observant”, he knows to react efficiently and stay confident. He actually manages to keep his self-control for a long time despite the many vicissitudes he meets. However, this lack of sensitivity leads him to his doom since he does not know how to stay humble in front of the indomitable elements nature is. He refused to listen to the advices of the old man from Sulphur Creek who had recommended him to not face the cold alone. However, he does not appear to be entirely a novice of the extreme cold either. He is aware of the danger of the cold. Many times he thinks he has never experience such a cold temperature before, but still he lacks of judgement and continues his adventure, believing his thoughts and skills will be enough to live through the

"To Build a Fire Theme of Primitivity.". 2008. 02 Mar 2016. To Build a Fire Theme of Primitivity. 11 Nov 2008. Shmoop University, Inc. 02 Mar 2016. In the story the wolf dog and the traveling man both knew that they needed fire to survive. The traveling man had done so but not for long. He wanted to get to his destination. “the man's judgment seems to draw on his personal experience, the wolf dog's instinct draws on the experience of every blood ancestor the animal has ever had” (Team). Dogs (tend) to go for things they need to survive and being in fifty below weather the wolf dog needed fire to survive. The dog wants out because he knows that it is nowhere near save for the both of them. The traveling man wants to continue because he wants to prove the old timer

All of these incidents could have been avoided if he just listened to the old timer, he could have taken the correct precautions and survived the trip. The dog survived, due to the fact it was better adapted to the Yukon wilderness than the tenderfoot . The irony of the story is that the man, even with the benefit of all the tools with which civilization has provided him, fails in his attempt to conquer nature and instead falls victim to it, while the dog, equipped only with the instinct which nature has provided, survives

Do you wanna die? No, good because don't do what this guy did in this story. In thisthe book, To Build a Fire the main character goes out in the cold to prove that he can survive alone. The theme of this story is to listen to people that know what they’re talking about. It might save your life in the near future.

It’s nature that it happen and that nature doesn’t care if the man lives or not, it’s something he has to adapt too, even if it’s was just unlucky. The man should’ve anticipated danger and listen to the advice that was giving to him, instead of being arrogant, now he realizes how cruel nature can be. London told us that the man refused to ruminate about the possibility of losing his life to the cold. The man is scared, knows he should’ve taken a companion with him. Being aware of losing his foot, he tries to make another fire, but his fingers are so numb that he cannot feel anything. The dog watches him, not understanding why the man doesn’t make another fire. The man watches the dog with envy of its natural warmth. The man takes out his matches and tries to make a fire but fail. The man looks at the dog and decides he wants to kill it for warmth. The dog keen sense realizes to back away but later went to the man. The man had lack the strength to kill the dog and let it go. The panic man now has frostbite and makes a run alongside the creek for the slightest chance of help. At this point survival is his primary goal, knowing that he will lose his life he makes one last attempt, but soon falls to the

From living in a California estate to being sold as a sled dog in the Arctic, he realized that the wilderness is a cruel, uncaring world where only the strong live and thrive. Buck endured the hard conditions and the freezing cold of the wilderness and the harsh treatment of his owners who disciplined the dogs with whips and clubs. The complete loss of his civilization was evident in his ability to flee from any moral consideration to save his life from hunger by stealing his master’s food. His determination not to give up was again demonstrated when another team of human masters forced him to continue their journey. Buck refused to move even under the rain of heavy blows, he had made up his mind not to give up. His instinct told him that there was danger ahead of them, and he was right.

It is either you get killed or you kill. Wolf-dog needs to learn to trust people so that he survives.

He thinks that “Those old-timers were rather womanish [and that] ... Any man who was a man could travel alone,” (113). The unnamed man’s biggest mistake is underestimating the force of nature and as he steps out into unimaginable weather conditions, it is clear he is unprepared. “In fact, he carried nothing but the lunch wrapped in the handkerchief. He was surprised, however, at the cold. It certainly was cold, he concluded, as he rubbed his numb nose and cheekbones with his mitted hand. He was a warm whiskered man but the hair on his face did not protect the high cheekbones and the eager nose that thrust itself aggressively into the frosty air” (108). This quotation demonstrates that he was unprepared and underestimated this journey. He should have carefully considered all factors relating to under packing, underdressing, and the issue of possible frostbite/death, and he shouldn’t have underestimated the fact that he cannot control natures conditions such as negative fifty-degree weather. On the other hand, the dog from the very start is hesitant to accompany the man on his journey. “The animal was depressed by the tremendous cold. It knew that it was no time for travelling. Its instinct told it a truer tale than was told to the man by the man’s judgment.” (108).