The Yukon Trail

Naturalism in “To Build a Fire” “To Build a Fire,” the short story by Jack London, tells the story of a single man, accompanied by his dog, who, in the Canadian wilderness in winter, attempts to build a fire so he can stay alive. The man makes multiple mistakes, the biggest one being that he builds his first fire under a tree that has snow on it that falls onto the fire. The man makes more mistakes like this that prevent him from building the fire and, due to…

Throughout the story of On the Mountain Trail the wolves are chasing after what they think is prey. Then in Law of Life at the end of the story (paragraph 22) the wolves attack him and kill him. The wolves in both stories are portrayed as fierce merciless animals; they are creatures of the wilderness, hunting prey whenever possible. Wolves are not the sociable animals such as dogs that we are so custom, they are deadly in some cases. For example: In the mountain trail once the characters started…

In Peter Stark’s “As Freezing Persons Recollect the Snow—First Chill—Then Stupor—Then the Letting Go: The Cold Hard Facts of Freezing to Death”, he keeps the reader constantly engaged through his use of perspective and representative writing. As he describes the different stages of hypothermia and an experience of nearly freezing to death, Stark incorporates statistics and intriguing information about the science and biology behind what the cold does to the human body under extreme circumstances…

The story “To Build a Fire” is about a man’s attempt to travel across the Yukon in temperatures as low as 75 degrees below zero. In the beginning the man is trying to get back to a camp where there are other people, but complications in his journey made that not possible. Soon after, three foot of snow had fallen but despite the extreme cold temperatures, he wasn’t too worried about the weather yet. He didn’t realize how serious the situation he was in was, his face and fingers were numb, but as…

We can’t have penalty kicks, we just can’t I thought to myself. They are the stressful and horrible way to end the game when you can not tie. They make you shake like you are stuck in the Arctic. They make you drenched in your own sticky, salty, sweat. We can not have penalty kicks. We had to score now. “Come on guys,” I said encouragingly, “ We got this.” We were playing for a spot in the finals, the score was zero to zero. Having the ball, we were gaining many opportunities on goal, I had a…

In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, I think that the most influential thing to Buck was the wild. First, he had to learn to survive. Second, he had to learn to behave around other dogs and use his instincts. Lastly, the wild took over him. Those are the reasons why I believe the wild was the most influential on Buck. The first reason why I believe the wild was the most influential on Buck is because he had to learn to survive in the wild. He had a hard time transitioning from being an…

In the short story, “How to Build a Fire,” the author (Jack London) crafts two characters. One is static while the other one is dynamic. The story takes place in the coldest parts of Alaska. A man followed the gold rush there, and finds himself in the middle of Alaska alone with a dog. The dog always thinks of him as the food and fire provider. While the dog doesn’t change the whole story (stays static) the man’s idea of the trip and his thoughts and mind change (dynamic). In the story the dog…

There was a plane crash and a teenage boy survived it, but now he has to figure out can he survive his first winter in the wildernest. In the book Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen, a boy that used to be in the city has to survive the winter in a forest in Canada. Brian has to learn different ways to hunt to keep him alive even though he does not like killing animals. Brian has to use everything around him to stay alive in a very cold winter. It is a good thing Brian is intelligent. Brian…

In this classic tale of adventure a man goes into the Yukon without any natural instincts. An old man warns the man not to take this adventure today but the man doesn't realize the weather conditions. He travels on soon to realize he should’ve listened. London brings together lack of experience, regret and over confidence into the story which can help teenagers to realize the consequences of not listening. One of the things uses to illustrate those consequences is lack of experience . The man…

The Man in "To Build a Fire" By Jack London The main character in the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London is referred to as the man. The man is a chechaquo, which means newcomer. The story describes his travels through extreme weather. As the man walks he has two accidents. He falls through the ice and gets his feet wet. Then, he makes a fire under a tree that is covered in snow. The snow melts and falls in a plop onto his fire putting it out. The weather is extremely cold and…