Characterization
The man is curious, falls through the ice, and needs to warm up or he will freeze
to death. These are just a few words and scenarios to describe the story, “To Build a
Fire.” There are three types of characterization such as protagonist and antagonist, flat
and round, and lastly static and dynamic.
In the story, the main character is a protagonist. The cold “did not worry the man.
He was used to the lack of sun,” (London 80). He had walked and camped out in the
snowy weather before. Out in the cold, the worst problem in the dangerous Yukon is
freezing to death. While walking suddenly,” the man broke the thin ice and fell through.
It was not deep.” Unfortunately he “wet himself halfway to the knees,” (London
The man is curious, falls through the ice, and needs to warm up or he will freeze
to death. These are just a few words and scenarios to describe the story, “To Build a
Fire.” There are three types of characterization such as protagonist and antagonist, flat
and round, and lastly static and dynamic.
In the story, the main character is a protagonist. The cold “did not worry the man.
He was used to the lack of sun,” (London 80). He had walked and camped out in the
snowy weather before. Out in the cold, the worst problem in the dangerous Yukon is
freezing to death. While walking suddenly,” the man broke the thin ice and fell through.
It was not deep.” Unfortunately he “wet himself halfway to the knees,” (London