Character Analysis: To Build A Fire

Have you ever wondered what it is like to travel in extremely cold temperatures on a gray, cold, Yukon Trail, at nine o’ clock at night, just you and your dog? In the short story To Build a Fire that could give you a glimpse of it would be like. To Build a Fire is a story of a man’s incapability of attempting to travels through ten rough miles of Yukon Wilderness in the Yukon Trail in Alaska. Not only is this place beyond freezing, but it is exactly 75 degrees below zero. The man has his route all planned out. At 10 o’ clock in the morning he plans to leave and be at his destination by lunchtime, 6 o’ clock. He plans to be there by lunchtime, so he can eat lunch with his friends whom are waiting for him. The man is so confident that he can do it, yet he underestimates the cold. He was aware that it was cold, but didn’t think it would be as cold as it begins to feel once he is there; then he becomes concerned, he becomes distressed. He isn’t alone; he’s with his dog, which is a wolf dog. Even his dog becomes saddened by the cold in the Yukon Wilderness. The dog begins to act different. His behavior changes as if he is trying to show the man that it’s dangerous, that something is going to happen.
On a cold and gray night the man begins his journey on the Yukon Trail. …show more content…
Every time he gets wet he has to stop and build a fire to get dry and that’s why he begins to get angry. The more he has to stop the more delayed that he will be. When he continues walking he realizes that his face, fingers, body, all are starting to freeze even more quickly. He then soon realizes some advice given from the old man from Sulphur creek. He begins to try what he was told and he is successful at it and still living. Overall, this man is so determined and believes he can do it as long as he keeps his mindset