How To Build A Fire Theme

How to build a fire a fire is a story about a man and his dog who are traveling through Alaska on a search for gold. Though, the only mistake was that the man was foolish and didn’t listen to the old timer who told him it was dangerous. Because of this, the theme of the story is, “better safe than sorry.”
The first that developed the theme was when the main character didn’t listen to the old timer who told him it was too dangerous to go alone and that he was going to die. This shows the theme because if he did. This shows the theme because he should have been safe if he would have just in case stayed and waited to see if it was too cold. Instead he took the dangerous road.
Another theme could be is “you should always listen to those who