Setting In Jack London's To Build A Fire

Nature has always tested man. Often man fails to conquer nature. Whether it be extreme temperatures or lack of experience, the man often learns a lot about himself through this struggle. Jack London’s short story, “To Build a Fire,” is a tragic story about a man who decides to travel alone throughout the bad environment of the Yukon in sub-freezing temperatures and he falls his journey. Because of the unforgiving power of nature. During his journey, the man gets his feet wet as he falls through the ice into the water then his feet start to freeze. The setting in “To Build a fire” has an Impact on the characters, the plot, and the symbols. One way the setting has an impact involves character. First, the cold weather is a major challenge for the man. “The numbness lay hold of his cold fingers” (4). This piece of evidence demonstrates how powerful the cold temperature of setting is on he-man. The second way the setting has impact involves the character. The weather is low and it is a major challenge for the man. “Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty-odd degrees of frost” (1). This piece of evidence demonstrates how powerful the cold temperature of setting is on the man. At this temperature, you can …show more content…
The cold weather is a major challenge for the man. “Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty-odd degrees of frost” (1). The weather is cold and it too cold that the man ends up all most freeze to death. The trail is a major challenge for the man. “A mere matter of freezing his finger and toes” (8). He was trying to get to his friend before afternoon. He was traveling on the Yukon trail and the trail was hard to get over with because it was cold. The last major challenge for the man was making a fire. “He would be forced to stop and build a fire” (3). He must make a fire. But he kept on falling to make a fire. Because he made a fire under a tree filled with a snow on top of the tree and the snow fell on top of the