Jack London’s story To Build a Fire is a story that shows a man vs. nature struggle of a man that is a newcomer to the world of cold. This man is on the Yukon trail towards a group of men during the second gold rush. The man is accompanied only by a wolf-dog. He is warned by an older, wiser man that he should not travel the trail without a companion. The man is stubborn and tells that man he will be all right.
Although the man is naive and alone, he is positive that he will be fine as long as the dog is by his side and is careful when he approaches frozen water. When this man and his dog approach one specific frozen stream the dog is pushed forward by the man and falls into the water, when the mans goes to help the dog he takes his gloves off and the man’s hands go numb, this is the first sign frostbite. The man makes a fire to eat lunch and they warm up.
After walking with his dog for a while, the man unexpectedly fell “at a place where there were no signs, the man broke through” (par. 25) knee deep into ice-cold water and rushes out of it as fast as he can. As he takes his boots and socks off he forgets to make a fire and rushes to start one as soon as possible. When he got the fire big enough to use to dry …show more content…
52). The man started to run, “The man ran blindly in fear such as he had never known in his life” (par. 52). The dog joined alongside him. Running made him feel better, he stopped shaking. As he struggled through the snow, he started to see things more clearly-the banks of the creek, the bare trees and the sky. He had a good thought of making it to the camp and surviving, but even more than that the thought of falling in the snow and dying was an even more powerful thought. As he pushed this thought to the back of his mind he started to run once more, falling over and over. When he fell, the dog would stop and curl up and wait for the man to get back up. The man finally fell for the last time, face
Although the man is naive and alone, he is positive that he will be fine as long as the dog is by his side and is careful when he approaches frozen water. When this man and his dog approach one specific frozen stream the dog is pushed forward by the man and falls into the water, when the mans goes to help the dog he takes his gloves off and the man’s hands go numb, this is the first sign frostbite. The man makes a fire to eat lunch and they warm up.
After walking with his dog for a while, the man unexpectedly fell “at a place where there were no signs, the man broke through” (par. 25) knee deep into ice-cold water and rushes out of it as fast as he can. As he takes his boots and socks off he forgets to make a fire and rushes to start one as soon as possible. When he got the fire big enough to use to dry …show more content…
52). The man started to run, “The man ran blindly in fear such as he had never known in his life” (par. 52). The dog joined alongside him. Running made him feel better, he stopped shaking. As he struggled through the snow, he started to see things more clearly-the banks of the creek, the bare trees and the sky. He had a good thought of making it to the camp and surviving, but even more than that the thought of falling in the snow and dying was an even more powerful thought. As he pushed this thought to the back of his mind he started to run once more, falling over and over. When he fell, the dog would stop and curl up and wait for the man to get back up. The man finally fell for the last time, face