Essay On To Build A Fire

In the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London tells of a man and a dog who take a treacherous journey through Yukon, Alaska. In the story the man and the dog attempt to travel while the weather is fifty degrees below zero. The dog accompanies the man on his trip back to the camp of which he is staying at. The man and the dog must adapt to the weather, their limited amount of food, and a lack of a heat source just like we have to adapt to certain situations in sports, conflicting cultures, and diseases.

First off, the man and the dog had to adapt to the weather just like people must adapt to certain situations in sports. In the story the man adapted to what the weather is like by building fires and he had to run to …show more content…
In the story, the man adapts to the limited amount of food he has by choosing when to eat it wisely, much like conflicting cultures have to adapt to each other eventually. Conflicting cultures will adapt to each other’s strategies in war.

Finally, the man tried to adapt to his lack of heat, much like people try to adapt to bacterial issues or sicknesses. The man had little heat similar to how if you get sick, that means that you are lacking certain cells in your body. The man builds a fire to try to gain heat similar to how people get shots to try to prevent further illnesses. The man also tries to kill his dog so he can 'take' some of the dog’s warmth, just like people taking medicine while the are sick to kill the virus that is inside of them.

In conclusion, the man and the dog tried to adapt to their surroundings like people adapt to situations in their lives . The man adapted to the weather like someone would adapt to a sports game. The man and the dog also adapted to the little amount of food they had similar to how a person would adapt to conflicting cultures around them, and the man tried to adapt to his lack of heat like someone would adapt to a