The Yukon is known for it’s brutal winter weather‚ but can also hold great beauty. In the two short stories‚ “To Build a Fire” and “Up the Slide” by Jack London‚ the main characters are The Man and Clay. Clay is an advanced outdoorsman and knows how to get through the harsh Yukon environment. The Man is a chechaquo‚ or a newcomer‚ and is less familiar with the territory of the Yukon. In these stories‚ both men share similar yet different personalities; they longed to survive‚ though they took different
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cannot control nature‚ man can defeat nature. However‚ human errors can cause nature to defeat man. The two main guides‚ Rob hall and Scott Fischer in Into thin Air and the Man in “To Build a Fire” errors played a huge role in their battle against nature. In Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”‚ man’s propensity to underestimate nature’s strengths and excessive pride led to nature’s victory. In Into Thin Air‚ the guides’ propensity to underestimate nature’s strengths was
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change how the world thinks about something. The stories all have realism using different characteristics. Mark Twain‚ Henry James‚ and Edith Wharton are all major writers that practiced realism in the writing. Realism paints a picture of what people really experience in life and it does not sugar coat some parts of the story. The stories with realism are to inform the readers or for enjoyment. The characters in the stories are experiences the struggles in someway. The struggle in To Build a Fire written
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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
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this poem manifests in the realist literature we have read thus far in this course because it upholds many of the realist themes. Such realistic themes include determinism and survival‚ which are also portrayed throughout the short stories “To Build a Fire” by Jack London and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. In the poem “A Man Said to the Universe” by Stephen Crane‚ the man declares‚ “Sir‚ I exist!” to which the universe basically responds by saying it does not matter because it is
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beginning of time‚ man has been intrigued by the power and sheer beauty of nature. From‚ the mountains to the desert or even the cold of Alaska‚ stories of man fighting the dangers of the wild have been recorded. In Jack London’s short story‚ To Build a Fire‚ he tells a tale of an unnamed man and his dog fighting through the barren Alaskan wilderness. The man‚ unexpecting of the power of the cold‚ ignoring the warnings he has received‚ brutes his way through the wilderness to meet up with his companions
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There was nothing more isolating then traveling alone in the Yukon in temperatures under 75 degrees bellow zero‚ with no cell phone‚ no nose guard to keep his nose and face warm‚ and simply not enough warmth. The story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London has several themes that was covered throughout the story about a man that decided to travel the Yukon trail followed by a wolf dog. The traveler was given advice and warnings from an old man from Sulphur Creek but simply didn’t take it into consideration
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seen the sun in days. Jack London‚ the author of To Build A Fire‚ goes into immense detail throughout the story to draw his readers into the setting of the crisp winter chill. London’s vast description of the environment allows his readers to picture every single object throughout the mountains as if the reader was experiencing the exact situation. As the protagonist travels miles to reach his destination where his friends await him with food and fires‚ the setting intensifies the man’s conflicts and
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living the life you choose. The stories our class has read this semester have lead me to various interpretations of different literary movement’s ideals and themes. Comparing “Farewell to Arms” to stories such as “The Yellow Wallpaper” and “To Build a Fire” is tricky considering that some of these stories came from different literary movements such as Realism and Naturalism. Yet‚ somehow they all show many relevant themes throughout their pages. Stories even from different movements show similarities
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admiration of others through courageous deeds and noble traits; the main character in “To Build a Fire” by Jack London lacks all of these characteristics. The man makes many rookie errs throughout the short story and utilizes numerous tips from an old timer from Sulphur creek to try and fix them‚ he is grateful to the old timer‚ save for when he believes he is no longer in danger. After building a successful fire rather than thank the old timer he says to himself “well‚ here he [is]; he [has] had the
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