Those who choose to ignore the unforeseen consequences of the future are often misfortunate with failing to reason with laws of the world. A sign such as this can cause individuals to place themselves in the wrong situation, especially in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” when dealing with uncertain the conditions of the natural world. Thus, in his short story, London employs well developed imagery through utilizing evoking anaphora and stimulating alliteration, to unveil how humans are inferior to the unrelenting and unforgiving power of nature.
Provided that the environment has no indifference to its inhabitants, London displays the cruel setting of the Yukon through …show more content…
Typically, long illustrations of events within a narrative usually slow down the pace of a story since this skill is often used to display a setting more vividly. However, with London’s unique style of writing, he was able to incorporate many rhetorical strategies such as alliteration to prevent a hole in his onslaught of imagery. London successfully conveys the man’s state of being as a result of nature when, “he was aware of the first faraway signals of sensation in his beaten fingers” (London 4). Since London relies heavily on eliciting the merciless environment the man must endure, he weaves in alliteration with the “first faraway signals” or “signals of sensation” to capture the bone-chilling temperature while staying on par with his phonemic schemes. The use of alliteration expresses the author’s intent to focus deliberately on a continuous narrative drive since he conveys his ideas through a setting rather than entirely on the character. London periodically plays this note throughout the story to expose a greater visual of the man’s situation within each scene. Another outlook on this theme is shown through James Foster’s review, on how such descriptions, “serve as pointers to the theme of the piece” (Foster 1). Indeed, London devises his interpretations through the hefty reliance on imagery in order to generate the mood of the story. Nature was not just a tool in establishing the general sense of man versus nature, but London defines this presence as a prolonged rollercoaster to make evident that nature plays a crucial role in human lives. Individuals must constantly adapt to the natural world no matter where they are on earth because life was constructed through this system. Through testing nature, humans will find themselves in a grave situation by making an approach to earth’s
Provided that the environment has no indifference to its inhabitants, London displays the cruel setting of the Yukon through …show more content…
Typically, long illustrations of events within a narrative usually slow down the pace of a story since this skill is often used to display a setting more vividly. However, with London’s unique style of writing, he was able to incorporate many rhetorical strategies such as alliteration to prevent a hole in his onslaught of imagery. London successfully conveys the man’s state of being as a result of nature when, “he was aware of the first faraway signals of sensation in his beaten fingers” (London 4). Since London relies heavily on eliciting the merciless environment the man must endure, he weaves in alliteration with the “first faraway signals” or “signals of sensation” to capture the bone-chilling temperature while staying on par with his phonemic schemes. The use of alliteration expresses the author’s intent to focus deliberately on a continuous narrative drive since he conveys his ideas through a setting rather than entirely on the character. London periodically plays this note throughout the story to expose a greater visual of the man’s situation within each scene. Another outlook on this theme is shown through James Foster’s review, on how such descriptions, “serve as pointers to the theme of the piece” (Foster 1). Indeed, London devises his interpretations through the hefty reliance on imagery in order to generate the mood of the story. Nature was not just a tool in establishing the general sense of man versus nature, but London defines this presence as a prolonged rollercoaster to make evident that nature plays a crucial role in human lives. Individuals must constantly adapt to the natural world no matter where they are on earth because life was constructed through this system. Through testing nature, humans will find themselves in a grave situation by making an approach to earth’s