To Build A Fire, By Jack London

Human Nature One thing that most people have is the natural instinct to sense danger, and the need for survival. As you grow up and watch others you will pick up on certain things here and there, but for the most part instinct comes from the drive to survive under any circumstances. If you are put in a situation where you become desperate, you will do things you would not usually do otherwise. Say you get thrown into a pool and you have no idea how to swim, your first instinct will be to scream and fight your hardest to get out of the water. You are not just going to get thrown in and calmly let yourself drown without a fight. That is the human nature to stay alive. There are many examples of how human nature can take over without even realizing
It starts by telling about a new comer, who has never experienced cold like this decides to travel to go see his boys at the cabin. One of the old timers had told him that he is to never travel alone when the temperature is under fifty degrees. The man does not listen though and decides to take his dog and go on the trip anyways. With the weather being nearly -75 degrees, you know immediately that this story is not going to have a good ending. The new comer ignores what has been said to him and finds himself in some real danger near the end. He falls into hidden water, which soaks him up to knees. Thus means that he has got to make a fire, and he has to do it quickly. With it being as cold as it is, he cannot stay wet for long otherwise he will freeze. With frostbite slowing creeping into his face, toes, and hands, he finally starts to see the danger that he really is in. He tries to start a fire hoping for survival, but he knows that the chances are slim. When you do start getting desperate to survive you will consider anything. He started considering killing the dog and using his warm body to warm up him, but by this point his hands are pretty much helpless. To stay the least, nature gets the best in this story when finally the man freezes to death in the
The show called naked and exposed is about the human nature to survive. The basically take everything from a person: food, clothes, shoes, etc. They then expect these people to be out on their own and learn how to survive. They have to find their own food in the wilderness and cook it with fires they make themselves. Something else they have to do is find a place for shelter while the rest and sleep. They do not get the luxury of going and lying in bed when they get tired. It’s an experience where they get to experience the complete nature with no help from anyone. This brings out the true nature of human beings because they have to rely completely on themselves and the nature to survive. Since people these days are extremely pampered and spoiled this is a whole new world for these people. They go on this show in front of the entire world where they depend on their human nature to take over, all for