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    n Juggling Fire Chapters 17(The Snow Queen)‚ 18(In the End)‚ and the Epilogue is the end to Rachel’s journey through the Yukon Territory. In chapter 17‚ the snow queen‚ Rachel and Brooks are living off “...oats‚ flour‚ and rice until [Rachel’s] mom gets [there].” Rachel and Brooks have to “...walk… down the only trail‚ until the the rivers freeze solid.” When traveling the trail Rachel makes sure that her and Brooks stop every once in awhile to scan the horizon for any movement that maybe bears

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    with one other person‚ a stranger you do not know. Over the next week the stranger passes away and for you to survive you must resource the lifeless body. Would you do it? In Jack London ’s To Build a Fire‚ A man goes on a tough journey through the Yukon alone ignoring the apparent signs of danger only wanting to push through the journey as fast as possible. Like Jack London ’s story in Stephen King ’s Survivor Type Richard Pine an ex-medical doctor becomes stranded on an island with no food or water

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    Characterization‚ Setting and Conflict for “To Build A Fire” In Jack London’s short story‚ “To Build A Fire‚” he takes readers to the backwoods of the Yukon Trail where a lone man and his dog are out hiking through the backcountry along the creek. The day is extremely cold‚ but the temperature does not seem to hinder this man‚ who is a newcomer to the Yukon Territory. Even though other hikers native to the area try to warn the man of the foolishness of hiking alone in these conditions‚ the man turns a

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    decision making. While hiking in the Yukon‚ a man faces mother nature at its worst as he strives towards reaching his temptation of wealth and fortune. Despite the warnings of those who have had firsthand experience hiking in the Yukon‚ the newcomers oversight of consequence‚ as a result of temptation‚ places him in a life threatening situation. It is this negligence working against mankind that ultimately determines their fate. As the sun rises in the Yukon‚ a hiker‚ along with his dog‚ begin their

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    Ice collects. Death is near. In the story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London‚ the man in the story is in quite a predicament. He is freezing to death travelling along the Yukon while trying to get to the boys at the camp. While he tries his best to make it to camp‚ the cold gets the best of him‚ and he dies from the cold. Since he does not survive the trip‚ a question arises. What led him to that fate? There are several mistakes that led to his demise. The three worst mistakes that led to the man’s

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    The story To Build a Fire demonstrates possible dangers of traveling in the Yukon under extreme cold. Through a young man‚ Jack London depicts the consequences of ignoring instinct and survival advice. The man travels with a dog‚ who can perceive the dangers of the freezing wilderness. The reader learns of the man’s personality through descriptive words and phrases while journeying through the story. At the beginning of the story the man turned aside from the main trail. He stopped at the top

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    just blows him off‚ it is predetermined that the old timer is going to be right and the man is going to regret? Face the consequences later. London also uses Regionalism is his story’s‚ many of London’s story’s take place during the gold rush and in Yukon‚ Both "To Build a Fire" and "Love of Life" are examples of this. Jack London uses many thematic meanings in his story’s.theme in the "Love of Life" is survival‚ one man on his own without many supplies try’s to make it out in the cold dangers of earth

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    that London wrote it to also demonstrate on how humans can sometimes depend on nothing but themselves to survive. This short story took place in the Arctic. In the book‚ the newcomer decided to go to the Yukon Territory and in this journey he will travel through the Yukon Trail with his dog to meet his friend. He met an old timer back in the Sulpher Creek and he shares that no one should pass through the klondike alone when the temperature is fifty degrees below zero‚ but the

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    In Jack London’s to Build a Fire‚ an unnamed man travels through the cold winter in Yukon. He is a newcomer to Yukon and does not care about how terribly cold it is. He is not bothered by the freezing weather or the fact that there is no sunshine. An old-timer warns him about traveling alone especially while it’s fifty degrees below zero however‚ the man shrugs off his warning and calls him womanish for saying this to him. The man’s careless decision unfortunately costs him his life. After dismissing

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    call of the Wild by Jack London. They took about gold rush‚ sled dog team’s and a dog that lived in California. “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London was about a dog named Buck. Buck lived in califon. The gordiner sold Buck and shipt him off to the yukon to pall sleds he went therow 4 masters the 5 one was john thornton buck like him in tell the indians killed him then buck whose free. The theme power of primitive instincts is in the story call of the wild. There are many examples in call of the

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