The Yukon Trail

pain. The only company he had was a native dog who followed him everywhere he went. The cold air of the Yukon trail presented a major problem for the man as he fought off frost bite. Throughout the story he struggled against nature a lot. With ups and downs along the way, the weather was always against him as he thought of ways to survive. In the end, nature won. Alone on the Yukon trail, there was a man climbing in negative 50 degree weather. He did not believe it when they said it would be

not know from the start got lost in the Yukon Trail. From the start we could see he wasn’t sure where he was and that brings me to number one in the Principle of Survival his perception was not clear he wasn’t sure what was going on at the beginning all he knew was the it was nine o’clock and the sky was starting to get a subtle gloom. His awareness was not in the best place either in this situation, “ But all this-this mysterious, far reaching hairline trail, the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous

a unique experience during a winter spent in the Yukon. His stories are truly special pieces to read. London, who was born 1876 in San Francisco, ventured to the Yukon in the winter of 1897 which provided inspiration for his literary art (“Jack London: Biography”). Author of many other stories, he published “To Build a Fire” in 1902; he later died in 1916 (“Jack London: Biography”). In this story, a man and a dog venture onto the cold Yukon Trail during the winter, a brutal setting for anyone. With

This is a famous short story by Jack London, which takes on a familiar theme, man vs nature. The man is traveling by foot with his dog through the Yukon trail, on the way to a camp on Henderson Creek. This man story is told from the third person omniscient point of view. At no point is the story told from the dog's perspective. That means that the narrator knows the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all the characters; in this case, "To Build a Fire" the narrator's characters are the unnamed man

Character Analysis of Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” Jack London’s short story, To Build a Fire, is a heart-wrenching story of a man’s struggle to defy the forces of nature in the most extreme environment of the Yukon Trail, Canada. While warning against traveling alone, the man sets out by himself with only a dog at his side on a long journey across the pond in a frigid weather to meet his fellow campers. The man is full of hubris. He believes he can conquer Mother Nature, and this belief ultimately

Before leaving the town he was in, the man got a warning from an older gentleman, that he should stay off of the Yukon trail, as no man should travel alone on the Yukon under fifty below zero. This man was a fool throughout nearly the entire story,

In Jack Londons’ “To Build A Fire,” a stubborn man with “no imagination” and his wise dog set out on the Yukon trail seeking out his camp in hopes to return and meet up with “the boys.” Being a “chechaquo,” a new comer to the land (Dictionary.com, 2015), this was his first Winter. “It was a clear day and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. The face did not worry the man.” (London, 629). The

Comparison/Contrast: The Klondike Gold Rush The Klondike Gold Rush had begun on August 16, 1869, when Yukon area Indians had found gold in Rabbit Creek, near a town named Dawson in Canada. Word of the discovery of gold in the Klondike hadn’t reached other regions in the world till July 17, 1897, when gold-rushers finally set off to go to the vast Yukon territory. According to estimation, there was around 100,000 gold-seekers who decided to test their luck on acquiring some of the valuable gold,

Man has been battling nature since the beginning of existence. Because of this, the clash between man and nature is a popular theme in many literary works. Although the following three literary works is all about the Klondike Gold Rush and have many similarities, they are also very unique and different. The first is a short story, “To Build a Fire,” by Jack London; the second a poem, “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” by Robert Service; and the last, a detailed article. The U.S. National Park Service

The yukon, the place where everybody is going these days to find gold. I don’t know if you want to go there but I will never set foot in the yukon in my entire life. It is way to cold up in the Yukon. If you go there you will need many supplies and if you run out of food you might have to eat a dead horse. Finally you will take a big risk of being murdered at your land. I am definitely never going to the yukon for these reason. It is way too cold. The warmest it will get is negative twenty nine