Naturalism In Jack London's To Build A Fire

Jack London portrayed Naturalism perfectly in “To Build a Fire”. Naturalism was showed in this story how humans had to constantly worry about nature at every corner and be aware at an any time it could take their life. Jake London used naturalism to show how Nature would not stop for anyone and in a battle verse humans Nature would always be the winner. Along with Naturalism London showed the idea of Darwinism, in the story it was survival of the fittest and making one wrong move could cost the man his life. The mans arrogance, silly mistakes and lack of fear towards Natures unbeatable strength what leads him to death and gives him no option of surviving in the Harsh weather during this story. Nature had no forgiveness for this man, and he had to constantly plan his next move while embarking on his journey …show more content…
He was always referring to how the old timer had told him to do something a certain way and he had always done it his way. The old timer originally made suggestions to him not even to go out in these temperatures and that he should stay in camp where he was around others and resources, But being arrogant he figure Nature was no match for him and he could beat it. Not constantly planning his next move and watching for signs Nature got the best of him. Naturalism states Nature will not stop for man and it for sure did not stop for him and worked against him for much of the story. The snow falling on the man was a perfect example of this. “He should of built in the open.. But it had been easier to pull twigs right from the tree” (London 46). This shows nature did not stop for him and his arrogance was shown, he took the easier route, although he was taught to never do this his arrogance came through and led to this being the first of many mistakes to cost him his