The Yukon Trail

cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the Yukon trail and climbed the edge of the high earth-bank, where a big and little traveled trail led eastwards through the fat spruce timberland”. That was what an example the story uses literary elements like imagery in the story “To Build a Fire by Jack London”. This story is told about this man was walking on the Yukon trail in Alaska. It was very cold outside like -75 degrees. He is walking on the trail because he wants to meet up with his…

The unfortunate story of this man traveling alone in the Yukon shows our undying desire to trek through ill terrain without the need for assistance. The man who went aside from the main Yukon trail obviously did not listen to the wisdom of a native Alaskan who has seen these parts of the woods for many years. The arrogance that the man displayed as he constantly mumbled to himself about his mistake progressively instills the short values that revolves around the need for wisdom when preparing…

extreme temperatures or lack of experience, the man often learns a lot about himself through this struggle. Jack London’s short story, “To Build a Fire,” is a tragic story about a man who decides to travel alone throughout the bad environment of the Yukon in sub-freezing temperatures and he falls his journey. Because of the unforgiving power of nature. During his journey, the man gets his feet wet as he falls through the ice into the water then his feet start to freeze. The setting in “To Build…

of the ice cracking beneath your feet. You are traveling through the Yukon alone, and slowly facing death. You are the man from Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”. Journeying between camps in an attempt to make it back to the boys the man encounters obstacles and makes foolish mistakes that lead to his eventual death. The three things that lead to the man being killed were his decisions to travel alone through the treacherous Yukon climate, building a fire under a tree, and being too prideful to…

The Call Of The Wild by Jack London, was based on Buck the main character who got dog-napped, and taken to the Yukon. Buck needed to survive the Yukon gold rush, and soon learned that from the death of one of his teammates on the dogsled team. Buck wanted to survive in the Yukon and stay fit for that. To explain the theme survival of the fittest Buck tries to be fit to survive in the Yukon. Buck survives by stealing food, never backing down from a fight,and taking out the lead dogs. Buck had…

“The day broke cold and grey, exceedingly cold and grey” (London 76). In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”, the man in the story is faced with the ultimate cold in the Yukon climate. He comes across challenges that could be life or death in certain situations, and he must focus and maintain his cool. Eventually, he ends up dying because he wasn’t prepared for the climate he was facing. Three things that got the man killed in the story were that he unsuccessfully built a fire when he needed to, he…

Jack London’s story To Build a Fire is a story that shows a man vs. nature struggle of a man that is a newcomer to the world of cold. This man is on the Yukon trail towards a group of men during the second gold rush. The man is accompanied only by a wolf-dog. He is warned by an older, wiser man that he should not travel the trail without a companion. The man is stubborn and tells that man he will be all right. Although the man is naive and alone, he is positive that he will be fine as long as…

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…

In “To build a fire”, Jack London tells the story of a Man and his dog’s journey on the Yukon trail as they go against nature to reach camp. London was born in 1876 to a working class family. Throughout his life he worked many jobs such as a gold prospector in the Klondike. While working in the Klondike he got the inspiration for “to build a fire” and then based it on some of his experiences, like facing the harsh arctic temperatures. The man in this story goes against extreme weather conditions…

London uses many different literary techniques to convey the character’s experiences vividly. He gives a solid personality to the character and provides the reader with enough detail to feel as if they were there walking with the man through the harsh Yukon wilderness. It is in this young, inexperienced man that Jack London demonstrates that all the wisdom and knowledge one has is no substitute for good advice and common sense. From the beginning of the man’s journey, he is ignorant towards…