To Build A Fire, By Jack London

We can see Bryant’s view in “Thanatopsis” as he believed that nature could comfort an individual at the face of death. Similarly, we see Lowell’s view in “The First Snowfall” is that nature can comfort those in despair after a lost of a loved one. While in “The Tide Rises and The Tide Falls” Longfellow expresses his view on nature as he believed it could also comfort those who have fallen. In the period of Romanticism, many author explored the value of nature keying in its comforting effects on any individual. They express nature’s selflessness in its ability to comfort at any given moment. Nature time and time again has proven its self to comfort those in time of despair in various situations even at the face of

Nature is the playground for every human. It is essential that we include nature in our lives; it keeps us on our correct path. However, if we dismiss ourselves from nature, we begin to stray from our correct path. We become engulfed in the distractions from the modern world . The only approach to appropriate this quandary is to break our pervicacious ways and return to peaceful serenity known as nature.

The man represents the fraction of society that doesn't respect nature. He doesn't understand the power of nature because he is oblivious to it. On the other hand the dog was "told a truer tale than that was told to the man by the man's judgement." The man "did not know cold. Possibly all the generations of his ancestry had been ignorant of cold, of real cold." "The was no keen intimacy between the dog and the man." The man and the dog are together because the man needs the dog, and the dog has no choice. They have no emotional connection between them because the dog is used as a slave. In one part of the story the man uses the dog to test the trail and make sure that it is safe. The dog has more inherent knowledge about the area, all of his "ancestry knew" about the cold and the dangers of extreme cold. He also had a warm "natural covering" to keep him safe from the weather. The man was not used to the cold. He "was without imagination. He was quick and alert to the things of life, but only the things, and not the significances." He also was stubborn for his neglect to take advice.

In the beginning of creation of humans, nature has always been there as a friend. Nature is the phenomena of the physical world that includes plants, animals, the landscape, and other features that are on earth. Nature has all of the wild and domestic living things. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American poet that led the transcendentalist movement and influenced other through his ideas and thinking. Ralph wrote “Nature,” and he describes his true feelings toward nature and God and how they have taken part of what has been created and also the relationship to humans. Ralph Waldo Emerson writes the passage “Nature” and he uses comparison between humans and nature and also uses figurative language to convey his appreciation and gratitude for nature.

Humans are animals. Even as developed, personalized, and intelligent as we are, we share a deep connection with every living thing. However, many of the problems in the world result from the human belief that technology is more powerful and can replace the serene, perfect essence of nature. I believe that a connection with nature can heal wounds and help humans find balance in their lives.

“Ozymandias”, “To Autumn”, and “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” all are widely-read poems written by the Romantic poets Shelley, Keats, and Wordsworth, respectively. In all of these poems, the passage of time inexorably leads to the death of man-made creations. Also, natural emotions and living things experience the cycle of life and death, but escape the permanent death experienced by unnatural things. In short, man-made things are impermanent, while natural things are immortal.

Nature is not altered by humanity and instead is pure, creating inspiration for people to be original. Nature is “the greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, in the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable” (Nature 221). People who believe in transcendence see the importance

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

Usually when a person is given advice from an older and wiser person, they accept and use the advice. This man refused the advice given to him by the man from Sulphur Creek. He recollected when the old man told him how cold it got sometimes, and the man laughed at the thought. Once again, after he fell into the freezing water, he remembered the old man telling him that no man should travel alone in 50 below 0 weather or colder. After escaping the cold water, he had made a fire to warm himself up; all was going well. This made him think how “womanish” the old man was and how much of a manly man he, himself was (London 553). Soon, thereafter, his fire was put out by the snow on a tree because of his recklessness when gathering sticks for the fire. After that he realized

In Jack London’s short story, “To Build a Fire,” a man attempts to reach his destination across the Yukon wilderness. The cold and wintery setting is used to create the conflict of whether the man will make it to the campsite and transitions the mood from calm and uncaring to fearful. It also manages to convey the message that overzealousness can lead to failure.

In the short story titled “To Build A Fire,” the author Jack London explains two themes about animal-human nature. London supports his explanation by using a series of events that happen to an unnamed man and a husky in the Alaskan Yukon. The author’s purpose is to convince and persuade the audience to always trust one's instincts and to realize when one needs help or support. The author writes in a serious and grave tone to express what can happen if one disobeys these laws of nature. London’s story “To Build A Fire” is about a man accompanied by an alaskan husky looking for gold and timber with a group of men.

Nature has provided humans an extensive variety of free sources, that has helped humanity to thrive and survive. As humans, we collectively depend on nature. Humans benefit from nature in ways that include our interaction with the environment, animals, and plants.

In life we are all confronted with the idea of nature along with society. Although both have their pros and cons they work together to give us freedom and order among individuals.

In American Literature many authors write about nature and how nature affects man's lives. In life, nature is an important part of people. Many people live, work, or partake in revelry in nature. Nature has received attention from authors spanning several centuries. Their attitudes vary over time and also reflect the different outlooks of the authors who chose to discuss this important historical movement. A further examination of this movement, reveals prevalence of nature's influence on man and how it affects their lives.

Humans have been around for the longest time on this Earth. Everyday we live, everyday a new human is born and everyday a human dies. We live on this Earth and the nature of this Earth provides for us. People can choose to harm the Earth or to help the Earth. Everyday people cause threats to the Earth and it has become a problem. Why do people need to preserve nature? We need to preserve nature because we need prevent damages that we cause on the Earth.