How does the setting of “To build a Fire” by Jack London impact the character, plot, and theme? The setting impacts those three thing’s in many different ways some dealing with how the weather was in the story, some about the many ways the man had to survive in the bitter cold. The Jack London story “To Build a Fire” tells of a that man walks the klondike to get to his friends unprepared. How the setting gives him challenges that he had to overcome.
The setting had impact on characters For example, he had to lick the ice off the dogs paws (5). When he does this it shows that the cold was very dangerous and was going to be a challenge to him. Setting is kind of like a antagonist to the character with the setting is showed as a the bitter cold …show more content…
For example the narrator describes the day, “ it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things” (1). This the beginning of how the setting makes an impact on the plot. Another example is when the narrator says how when the man spit in the air before it touched the ground it had already froze into ice (2). This shows how the setting has started having impact on the plot. Another example that the setting has impact on the plot, is when the small creek is frozen from the cold weather (4). This is the affect of the setting on the plot.
The setting had impact on the theme which is the power of nature, for example when the narrator says that the temperature was 50 degrees and below (2). This is the first sign of the power of nature. Another example of the power of nature is when he had created his second fire under a spruce tree and the snow on top of the spruce tree fell of and put out the fire (10). This shows nature is a hard force to fight.
To Build a Fire setting had impacted the the character, plot , and the theme in many ways. The setting impacts these things while telling the story in the klondike. The setting challenges the character to overcome and shows the power of
The setting had impact on characters For example, he had to lick the ice off the dogs paws (5). When he does this it shows that the cold was very dangerous and was going to be a challenge to him. Setting is kind of like a antagonist to the character with the setting is showed as a the bitter cold …show more content…
For example the narrator describes the day, “ it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things” (1). This the beginning of how the setting makes an impact on the plot. Another example is when the narrator says how when the man spit in the air before it touched the ground it had already froze into ice (2). This shows how the setting has started having impact on the plot. Another example that the setting has impact on the plot, is when the small creek is frozen from the cold weather (4). This is the affect of the setting on the plot.
The setting had impact on the theme which is the power of nature, for example when the narrator says that the temperature was 50 degrees and below (2). This is the first sign of the power of nature. Another example of the power of nature is when he had created his second fire under a spruce tree and the snow on top of the spruce tree fell of and put out the fire (10). This shows nature is a hard force to fight.
To Build a Fire setting had impacted the the character, plot , and the theme in many ways. The setting impacts these things while telling the story in the klondike. The setting challenges the character to overcome and shows the power of