Ayn Rand's How To Build A Fire

In the story “How to Build a Fire” there is a man and his dog traveling through the frigid temperatures of 70 below zero. In the story they never disclose the man’s name and it is very odd to me. The man didn’t listen to his body, dog or anyone for that matter. He was not prepared for the harsh conditions and he was not ready to take on the hardest challenge of his life and it ended up costing him dearly. First, the man didn’t listen to his body or his dog. His body started to shut down and he count feel his face if he didn’t rub it. The man should have rested, turned back or been better prepared for the challenge. He did listen to his dog either, the dog was wanting him to stop but the man wouldn’t give up. Nature was also telling him to stop trying to fight it. Nature made him freeze, fall through the ice and getting snow dumped on the fire. You should always listen to your signs and you should never think nature can’t harm you and isn’t out to get you because it is.
I think that if he was more educated and more prepared he could have made it to the camp and could have seen his boys. If I was in this man’s situation I would have trained for this because it is a very life threatening thing. I would not take the whole thing so lightly like the man did in the story. If I was the dog, I wouldn’t go with the man because I know he would fail miserably in the cold without the proper things to help him in the