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Naturalism In Jack London's To Build A Fire

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Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, different things in the story is taking place that relates to naturalism. Naturalism in this story is Man v. Nature and even Man v. Self. The character struggles to survive in the wilderness. He isn’t experienced in traveling and he doesn’t take the proper equipment with him so he can have a better chance to survive. The character accepts his death and he berates himself for not listening to the veteran advice, then becomes depressed, panic and tries to make another attempt to stay alive. The story shows Man v. Nature is when his cheekbones and nose went numb and becomes worse as he loses touch and grasp of his hands. According to London, the man has suffered, “This man did not know cold.” and “He was loosing

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