Jack London Tone

In “War” by Jack London, the setting taking place in a war and the steamy temperature is significant to the text because it develops the tone in the story which is concerned. First, the setting taking place in a war develops the tone because it is very hot where the war is taking place, the heat is almost unbearable. The narrator is constantly battling the heat in the story. Jack London writes, “The ban of his cavalryman’s hat was fresh stained with sweat. The roan horse under him was likewise wet. It was a high noon of a breathless day of heat”. When it is very hot outside, it becomes very hard to think straight and stay focused on the task at hand. The soldier is already very uneasy because he is at war. The heat is only making things worse for the soldier as he is struggling to think straight.
Next, the setting taking place in a war develops the tone when the soldier sees a very weak man drinking water from a river. The soldier was going to get water, then he saw a ginger-bearded man at the river getting more water. The ginger-bearded man did not see the soldier. The soldier shows sympathy for the ginger-bearded man as he did not choose to shoot him. This makes the tone concerned because the soldier isn’t mentally prepared for war. In war, you are trained to shoot the enemy, but the soldier never fired his weapon. The setting of the ginger-bearded man getting water by the river creates the tone of concerned, because Jack London is worried that the soldier isn’t ready for war. If you aren’t mentally and physically prepared in war, you may end up dying which makes the tone concerned. Finally, the setting develops the tone when the soldier is by the farmhouse. As the soldier is coming into the farmhouse, “From the oak tree by the