'Naturalism In Man Comes Into The Wild'

A man travels in the Yukon on a tremendously cold morning with a husky. The cold does not faze the man, even though he is new to Yukon, who plans to meet his friends by six o 'clock at an old claim. The philosophy of naturalism is that matter is the one and only thing to exist. Naturalism also your mind is just a physical phenomenon based on the function of physical and chemical actions. Throughout reading this short story it is very prominent the use of nature is clear. The ways at which naturalism are portrayed are extremely amazing. Its shows how humans should be watching around every corner, because death could come at any point, It also show the uncaring side of nature and that nature will always be there long after we are gone. Towards the beginning of the story the unknown man comes into Yukon and is about to make a journey through the extreme cold weather. The man knows in his mind that the weather outside is 75 degrees …show more content…
The man begins to have thoughts of killing and gutting the dog he had brought with him on this journey and making himself a warm nest inside of the dog to stay warm and to try to survive. "The sight of the dog put a wild idea into his head. He remembered the tale of a man, caught in a blizzard, which killed a steer and crawled inside the carcass, and so was saved."(76). The dog refused to go near the out of fear which left the man to make another plan instead of killing the dog. In spite of having all the crazy idea of killing the dog he has another more simple idea that is if he just runs all the way to the camp, he could survive and live another day. Unfortunately, for the man he never makes it back to the camp but after the man perishes his dog that he was going to kill runs back to the camp knowing that there is food and warmth there and is the one to survive the cold harsh winter of