To Build A Fire Essay
The story “ To build a fire “ by Jack london is about a man who goes hiking alone in the woods, with only his dog to accompany him. He is the trying to make it to where his friends are. To do so he must go through “Henderson Creek.” Along the way he faces many dangers. The overall meaning of “To Build a Fire” is to think things through in life. The author conveys this through the use of conflict. From the start of the story the author portrays that the man didn't think things through because instead of stopping a thinking about why his friends didn't use the same route he did instead he turned the other cheek and went that route. This causes conflict between himself because of foolishness he is one of the main causes of his death.
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So he stops to to thaw out his face he “He chuckled at his foolishness, and as he chuckled he noted the numbness creeping into his exposed fingers”(page 86 line 176-178) this shows how he doesn't think about the consequences of his chooses.
Lastly one of the main causes of his death was frostbite. He didn't think of the consequences of not being prepared enough for frostbite. He didn't realize it until it was too late “This fear quickly became a poignant as he realized that it is no longer a mere matter of freezing his fingers and toes, or of losing his hands feet, but that it was a matter of life and death with the chances against him” (page 93 line 439-432). The man in the story faced many problems in the story some of the problems could have been avoided if he would thought all of his decision through fully. The story “To Build A Fire” had many lessons throughout the story However the biggest lesson was you should always think things through. The man could of survived and made it to his friends but he didn't take the time to step back to think his chooses through. The story taught me a valuable lesson to think always about the choices I
So he stops to to thaw out his face he “He chuckled at his foolishness, and as he chuckled he noted the numbness creeping into his exposed fingers”(page 86 line 176-178) this shows how he doesn't think about the consequences of his chooses.
Lastly one of the main causes of his death was frostbite. He didn't think of the consequences of not being prepared enough for frostbite. He didn't realize it until it was too late “This fear quickly became a poignant as he realized that it is no longer a mere matter of freezing his fingers and toes, or of losing his hands feet, but that it was a matter of life and death with the chances against him” (page 93 line 439-432). The man in the story faced many problems in the story some of the problems could have been avoided if he would thought all of his decision through fully. The story “To Build A Fire” had many lessons throughout the story However the biggest lesson was you should always think things through. The man could of survived and made it to his friends but he didn't take the time to step back to think his chooses through. The story taught me a valuable lesson to think always about the choices I