Into The Wild Jack London Analysis

In this classic tale of adventure a man goes into the Yukon without any natural instincts. An old man warns the man not to take this adventure today but the man doesn't realize the weather conditions. He travels on soon to realize he should’ve listened. London brings together lack of experience, regret and over confidence into the story which can help teenagers to realize the consequences of not listening.
One of the things uses to illustrate those consequences is lack of experience . The man regrets going outside when it starts getting dangerously cold. In the story it says “he was a new-comer, chechaquo, and this was his first winter”.He is new to this experience and doesn't have enough common knowledge on the outdoors to take on the adventure. The man sticks his head out the door and the old man tells him not to go out but he disregards the old man's orders and carries on. He obviously has lack of experience if he can't tell if it's too cold to take on such a big task. The man wanders out into the great Yukon not knowing the weather conditions and nine hours into the hike the dog breaks into the ice and gets his legs wet as the man pulls …show more content…
He finally stops to build a fire. It says that “he builds the fire under a spruce tree” but that was his first mistake. The fire goes out when he shakes the branches too hard and snow falls onto the fire. “He gets frustrated but he's bound and determined to get another fire started” He lights all his matches at one time. The amount of confidence he had at the beginning was slowly coming to an end.The man realizes that he might die so he runs to the mining camp as his last chance for survival. His body gains heat once again and he grows optimistic but loses more faith and accepts the fact that he will die as he lies down in the snow to meet death with dignity. The man's overconfidence has gotten him into an uncontrollable