The Yukon Trail

Even though the old man has passed away, the dog has wanted to keep on going to where “food-providers and fire-providers” were at. It was his destiny to not get killed by his owner and to not die in the frigid air. “Then it turned and trotted up the trail in the direction of the camp it knew, where the other food-provider and fire-providers. John was the happiness in Buck’s life. The only thing keeping him from the call of the wild was him. The thought of John always came to mind while hearing the call

In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” the reader follows along in the journey as an almost anonymous man wanders somewhat through the cold winter Yukon. “To Build a Fire” explores a variety of methods to reveal aspects of the protagonist. In "To Build a Fire", Jack London uses inner thoughts, mood and setting to develop the character of the unnamed man. Throughout the story of “To Build a Fire” Jack London uses inner thoughts to reveal and manipulate aspects of the protagonist. London first uses the

In Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire,” a man freezes to death in the Yukon. His unfortunate fate could have been avoided if he simply would have respected the power of nature and recognized the warning signs. It is easy to identify three signs that he shouldn’t have ventured into the Yukon off the trail fifty below zero and to never mess around with nature or you might just find out, you will not make it out alive. “His spit froze before it had even hit the ground.” (232) this indicated

was originally published in 1903, but it is still being printed today. The novel tells the tale of Buck, and his transition from house dog to a sled dog who works in the Yukon Territory. On the other hand, To Build a Fire, also by Jack London, was published in 1908, and is about a man and his dog who are traveling in the Yukon alone. Because of amateur mistakes, the man ends up freezing to death. While Call of the Wild and To Build a Fire both share the same setting, and feature characters in similar

One prominent and reoccurring theme of the story “To build a Fire” by Jack London is the need to possess instincts. The importance of one’s instincts is brought to light when, despite warnings from the locals, a man decides to travel along the Yukon Trail with only his native wolf dog. It is during this trek, when they are faced with the dangers of the extreme cold, that London brings rise to his theme: the need for one to possess instincts. He does so throughout the story by showing the contrast

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

In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” the main character struggles and suffers in his trek through the Yukon trail. Eventually, his body can no longer withstand the brutal winter, and he freezes to death. Throughout this story, several context clues and character flaws scattered through the pages foreshadow his prospective fate. First, the context clue that most readily comes to mind is when his fire dies out. The narrator describes the fire as “promising life with every dancing flame” (London 1053)

native wolf-dog go on the Yukon Trail after being warned of the dangers of traveling alone in extreme weather conditions by an old man from Sulfur Creek. With nine hours of hiking ahead of him, the man is expecting to meet his associates ("the boys") at a camp in Henderson Creek by that evening. The man is accompanied only by his dog, whose instincts tell it that the weather is too cold for traveling. However, the weather does not deter the man, a relative newcomer to the Yukon, even though the water

"They did not remove their footgear, though the water was icy cold - so cold that their ankles ached and their feet went numb." In To Build A Fire he also uses dashes like when he says, "but all this - the mysterious, far - reaching this hairline trail, the absence from the sun in the sky, the tremendous cold, and the strangeness and weirdness of it all - no impression on the man." Not only does he use dashes but he uses long descriptive sentences in his stories. London says in the short story To

“From there, it did not lead him to thoughts of heaven and the meaning of a man’s life..” The short story “How to Build A Fire” by Jack London and the movie are alike in many ways, but are different in others. The book begins with a man traveling in Yukon, Alaska with his companion wolf-dog. Neither of them have a name in the book. He is traveling through the woods and several feet of snow, he is headed towards a camp to meet up with the “boys”. The man and dog are walking through the open when they