Have you ever been in a situation where one small mistake could cost you your life? For most people probably not, but in Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire” that is exactly what happened to the main character. The main character in this story died because he got caught in an icetrap, he built his fire under a tree, but most importantly he decided to travel alone.
As stated above, one reason the man died was because he fell in an ice trap. An ice trap is a thin layer of ice that looks like solid ground but really it's a pool of hidden water. In the story on of the first places he went wrong was when he fell in the ice trap. If the man didn’t fall in an ice trap he wouldn’t have need a partner or another fire to warm up and he would have
As stated above, one reason the man died was because he fell in an ice trap. An ice trap is a thin layer of ice that looks like solid ground but really it's a pool of hidden water. In the story on of the first places he went wrong was when he fell in the ice trap. If the man didn’t fall in an ice trap he wouldn’t have need a partner or another fire to warm up and he would have