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A Critique of To Build a Fire, a Short Story by Jack London
Thought
To Build a Fire
Utilitarianism
The change that Jack London attempts to incite in the world, in his short story To Build a Fire, is the same approach that humankind takes to nature. It is very obvious that London has a certain respect for the power of nature and he wants his readers to understand it as a healthy fear….
The Twentieth Century Man in To Build a Fire by Jack London and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Loneliness
Psychology
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The average twentieth century man’s goal was, in a way, to live alone. The era was an age of growing wealth and exploration for the nation. For the first time, it was common for young men to leave their families and the places they grew up and were familiar with. They traded these locations in…
An Analysis of to Build a Fire by Jack London
Psychology
Regret
To Build a Fire
Jack London’s 1908 short story “To Build a Fire” is based on an anonymous man who is constantly struggling to survive in the wilderness of Yukon Territory. Although he is having excessive difficulties due to the brutalities of the cold, the man is also struggling with personal issues such as being ignorant, naïve, and remorseful…
A Comparison of the Idea of Lone Man in To Build a Fire by Jack London and Girl Gang in Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates
Culture
Fiction
To Build a Fire
Jack London’s To Build a Fire tells the story of a single man versus nature, set in the northern winter tundra of the Yukon. This man is alone in the wild, trying to survive all by himself. Conversely, Joyce Carol Oates Foxfire depicts a girl gang, forming out of necessity and sisterhood to defend its…
Nature as a Hostile Force in a Short Story, To Build a Fire by Jack London
Fiction
Psychology
To Build a Fire
Naturalist writers base their stories on the fact that free will amounts to nothing, human beings are no more important than animals, and nature can be hostile and indifferent. Jack London s story, To Build a Fire focused specifically on nature as a hostile force. Though the man in the story made some unintelligent choices,…
A Critical Analysis of the Short Story To Build a Fire by Jack London
Fiction
To Build a Fire
Water
“To Build a Fire” by Jack London is a short story about a man who is making a trek through the Yukon in blistering chilly winter. He had decided to take a longer route than his friends in search of logs. This was his first winter and he would quickly learn how dangerous the cold…
A Literary Analysis of Jack London’s To Build a Fire
Fiction
sky
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weather
How would you feel if you were stuck in outside in Alaska during the dead of winter? What if you couldn’t feel the use of your hand or your feet because they were so numb? And all you could do was sit there, knowing you might die out there. In the short story “To Build…
To Build a Fire Creative Writing Assignment
Short Story
To Build a Fire
This is a creative writing assignment that replaced the ending of “To Build a Fire” by Jack London from around the point when the fire went out. By cracker Since the fire went out he would seek shelter in the forest or any other suitable location. An hour later, he came upon a cave and…
“Deep Survival” by Laurence Gonzales
Survival
To Build a Fire
Everyone at one point in their lives has a situation where they have to decide or do something on their own. The more experience they have the better the outcome usually is. What if you had to survive in the wilderness by yourself? Could you find food, make a fire, make shelter, etc. In the…
To Build a Fire by Jack London
Jack London
To Build a Fire
The significance of the words “dying and death” in Jack London’s 1910 novel, “To Build a Fire” continuously expresses the man’s dwindling warmth and bad luck in his journey along the Yukon trail to meet “the boys” at the camp. London associate dying with the man’s diminishing ability to stay warm in the frigid Alaskan…
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To Build a Fire is a short story by Jack London. It was first published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1908, and later included in The God of His Fathers and Other Stories (1912). The story’s main themes are man versus nature, and the battle between instinct and reason. The story is useful for teaching students to identify these themes as well as their importance to the storyline. The story takes place in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899), when thousands of people traveled north to find gold. The protagonist is a man who has gone into the wilderness alone on an adventure. He decides to go hunting for food, but he makes some mistakes along the way that lead to his demise. To Build a Fire is an engaging story that raises important questions about how humans interact with nature and how we should treat each other. It also teaches students about setting and point of view, two terms that are commonly tested on standardized exams like the SAT or ACT. Students can read this story independently or with their classmates during class time or as part of an independent reading program outside of school hours. London wrote this story after reading about an incident in which two men lost their lives when they were caught in a storm on their return from hunting moose calves. In order to add realism to the story, he interviewed several people who had been caught in similar storms and used their experiences as inspiration for his writing. General Essay Structure for this Topic |
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