To Build A Fire, By Jack London

The story “To Build a Fire” is about a man’s attempt to travel across the Yukon in temperatures as low as 75 degrees below zero. In the beginning the man is trying to get back to a camp where there are other people, but complications in his journey made that not possible. Soon after, three foot of snow had fallen but despite the extreme cold temperatures, he wasn’t too worried about the weather yet. He didn’t realize how serious the situation he was in was, his face and fingers were numb, but as the story goes on he worries more and more about his possibility of survival. The mans only companion is his dog, the dog is cold and scared just like he is. By ten, he thinks his journey is going relatively good so he decides to stop and rest. He begins to finally realize how dangerous the situation he is in really is. He decides to stop and eat, he remembers laughing at an old man who told him how dangerous cold weather could be. He …show more content…
The man is getting ready to eat his lunch but had forgot about doing something this whole time. “He had forgotten to build a fire to warm himself.” The man had been worrying about the cold and his face and fingers were numb but he had completely forgot that he could build a fire. Towards the end, the man is getting weaker, he has almost lost all feeling in his body. The severe cold temperatures are slowly causing his body to shut down.“ His wet feet froze first. His bare fingers were numb, although they had not yet begun to freeze. Nose and face were already freezing, while the skin of all his body became cold as it lost its blood.” His body is shutting down, blood flow to his skin had stopped as his body was doing everything it could to try and keep his vital organs warm.

In “To Build a Fire” By Jack London, The man made the mistake at the beginning by not worrying about the conditions he was in because those conditions came back and eventually ended his