Throughout the voyage transpired in “To Build a Fire,” multiple risks were taken with hopes of survival. Humanity and nature combined together allows for a beautiful or deadly situation. Jack London’s perspective of the natural world was noted to be harsh, indifferent, and unstoppable. “To Build a Fire” was located in territory of Canada, Yukon, where cold wind and ice was blown creating harsh wilderness. In addition, the temperature of the setting was seventy-five degrees below zero which is fatally cold. Nature was the antagonist in the story because it continued to provide the man with conflict. Correspondingly, the weather conditions were not in favor of the man since it was freezing and simply too frigid for survival without proper tools.
