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“To Build a Fire” is about a man who gets stranded in the freezing cold wilderness. No one knows his name or why he decided to go into the wild. All we know is he is alone and his only companion is a dog, he is trying to get to a camp were a hot supper is being ready: will he make it or fail. The man goes through lots of challenges. The beginning of the story talks about how the man is proud of himself for going into the woods. The theme of the story is based on two ways the theme developed, the…

Sparking the Flames of Naturalism Naturalism brings attention to nature and its influence over man. Jack London’s short story “To Build a Fire” is an excellent example of a Naturalist work. Often focusing on the narration, Naturalism does not give the protagonist much of an identity. This is present in the fact that the man in the story is nameless and represent any kind of man. Throughout the story, the central character battles nature and tries to overcome the extreme cold by trekking miles…

Jack London was an American writer, author and journalist who lived from 1876 to 1916. Some of his famous works include The Sea Wolf and Call of the Wild. Born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876, he was raised in Oakland, California, by his mother and stepfather. Jack London is considered to be a great writer. In his teenage years, he worked many different jobs. In his spare time, he read travel books and novels at the library. Eventually, he told his mother a story of what happened one day…

For the man in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” fire is the key for survival. Fire primarily provides warmth for the man and dog, as well as reassurance that there is hope of survival in the subzero Yukon winter. Survival of the fittest is a prominent theme in London’s works, as well as human judgment versus nature. The man in this story is intent on making it back to camp without a human partner, and the dog is set on following the man for the fire he creates. The dog in London’s “To Build a…

The story begins with the man walking inside the Yukon wilderness alone. The weather was cold around 50 degrees below zero, whenever he spits, it freezes in the air and falls down in the snowy ground. He couldn’t feel of his hands. It was the first winter to the man to go up to the Yukon so he didn’t have any idea about how cold the weather is on there. He was headed for the old camp on Henderson Creek the boys were already. He figures that he will be at camp that night. Following at the man’s…

Would you put your own judgement over common sense? Would judgement overrule your instincts? Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” is a short story about a man and his dog in a foreign setting. To Build a Fire follows the main protagonist “the man” and his loyal companion as they travel through the Yukon trail in below freezing temperature. While the dog is nervous, the man is confident and continues to ignore the signs of danger. The setting is arguably the most important part of the story; it plays…

Creation Myth There once was a peasant in a small Viking village called Thorpe. His name was Alvan. He was poor so he had to hunt for all of his food. That meant that he had to spend most of his harsh winters in the vast forest to support himself. Every winter, the wind blew stronger and the air got colder. One winter, Alvan was tracking a bear that was big enough to feed him for months, but was fierce enough to kill him in one swing. He was determined to kill the giant beast.…

The fiction novel Call of the Wild written by Jack London, the theme is survival of the fittest. This theme is basically that an organism or group that is better suited to an animal or group that is less suited. The text states “It was a record run. Each day for fourteen days they had averaged forty miles. For three days Perrault and Francois threw chests up and down the main street of Skaguay and were deluged with invitations to drink, while the team was the constant centre of a worshipful…

In Zambia, a dog named Ruger was considered a bad dog; he was aggressive and would frequently bark at people. However, his overall personality made him very easy to train, and he would go on to arrest more than 150 poachers as Zambia’s first anti-poaching dog. Ruger’s life started in Blackfeet Reservation, Montana. When he was very young, Ruger’s owner shot his brothers and sisters, but he was able to escape. Eventually, Ruger wound up in a shelter,, where he was noticed by a trainer. This…

Chinese Prospectors at the Gold fields The Gold Rush (1851 – 1914) sparked a huge influx of miners onto the goldfields from Australia and from overseas. The gold rush brought a variety of different races, one of which was the Chinese. 7000 Chinese miners arrived at the NSW gold fields in 1852. (Sydney Living Museum). Most Chinese who joined the Australian gold rush left their families and home behind. (The Original Gold Rush Colony: Anti-Chinese Racism). This was difficult for the Chinese as…