“To Build A Fire” ‚ a short story written by Jack London‚ tells the story of a man who takes a journey on the Yukon Territory. This short story focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the man‚ and how self-reliant he was. Jack London is saying that although individualism means to stay true to yourself‚ task risks‚ and be self-reliant‚ in some cases‚ you need to rely on someone else and take the advice of others. The man in the story took quite the risk- he went on this journey into the wilderness
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I chose to read the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. The story talks about a man traveling alone in a wild region during a harsh winter with his dog. He has to face many difficulties dealing with nature and his endurance was not too enough to be able to survive. He found after trying many times to build a fire that‚ he was loose because he did not consider the counsel of an old man‚ who told him a long time ago‚ that is dangerous to travel alone. The story describes a man reaching the
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In the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London‚ there are three principal themes. They are respecting nature‚ and considering results of actions. The main theme‚ or universal truth‚ is heeding warnings. The themes are shown through the character and his actions. The main character in the story had an attitude that prevented him from heeding internal and external warnings. He did not respect nature’s power‚ and therefore he paid with his life.<br><br>His attitude was arrogant and careless. The man
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during a naturalistic time period (The Literature Network). This novel was written with many themes that define naturalism‚ such as greed and lust. Social Darwinism‚ which can be defined as “survival of the fittest” also played a huge role in Norris’ making of this novel (schoolworkhelper). Using the themes of lust‚ sexual tragedy‚ and Social Darwinism‚ Frank Norris wrote one of the most controversial novels that our world has come about to this day in McTeague. Frank Norris‚ a Midwestern-born man
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Deepak Chopra once said‚ “The masculine energy was about survival. The male was the hunter who risked his life and had to be in the fight-flight mode.” When pertaining to survival‚ the main character in “To Build a Fire” by Jack London failed to follow three main steps in Laurence Gonzales’ nonfiction trade book‚ “Deep Survival.” The main character failed to stay calm‚ to think‚ analyze‚ and plan‚ and to never give up during his trek through the pure‚ untrampled white snow. One reason the main character
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tumultuous times of reconstruction and the Civil War‚ but the Progressive Era refined the country with political‚ social and economic reform. Four major sectors of such reform included theory and practice‚ regulating big business‚ organizing the working class‚ and civilizing the city. In the Progressive Era‚ reform Darwinism directly challenged the previous theory of social Darwinism and the inevitability of natural selection; progressives instead ushered in a period of efficiency and rationale
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Dubois’ writing The Souls of Black Folk‚ Dubois shows how this idea of justified actions through social Darwinism has corrupted human societies. After the civil war‚ the reconstruction period began as people began to try and integrate blacks into their society post slavery. The sudden end of slavery left millions of blacks without anything to their names
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Such an example is in "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. As seen in this quote‚ "The man turned aside from the Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank‚ where a dim and little-traveled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. It was a steep bank‚ and he paused for breath at the top‚ excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. It was nine o’ clock .He would be in to camp by six o’ clock a bit after dark‚ it was true‚ but the boys would be there‚ a fire would be going‚ and a hot
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himself in control of his destiny. From the naturalistic viewpoint‚ life appoints nature as the final arbiter of the fate of all organisms‚ from the miniscule amoeba to the gargantuan whale to the overconfident human. Jack London’s short story‚ "To Build a Fire"‚ highlights the naturalistic belief that the human attempt at controlling destiny is ultimately futile‚ as human behavior is largely reigned in by their heredity and environment. The short story details the unsuccessful journey of an unnamed
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they do but those ideas will have an effect in day to day life‚ the economy and social ideas. For instance in Carnegie’s Wealth he makes it a point to pin point certain things in society that have caused it change rapidly‚ and the influence they have had in the ever changing society of his time. Because of how Carnegie became this wealthy industrialist he seems to believe in the whole idea of Social Darwinism and Social Gospel which was pretty common for people like him. He seems to believe in the
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