In this short story, by Jack London, a man is faced with the harshness of nature while attempting to travel through the wilderness in alarming cold temperatures. While the man seems quite at peace with the sever temperature, he becomes frantic as the story progresses. Throughout this journey, the man's only companion is his dog. As one reads through the story, it is inevitable to see the difference between the man and dog; therefor, it is simple to understand why the man dies and the dog lives. The dog in this short story survives simply on instincts. Unlike the arrogant man, who underestimated the severeness of the cold and ignored or had lost all instincts, the dog respects nature. I often found myself wondering why the dog would
