Jack Londons `To Build a Fire` The Character of the Man

[YOUR NAME] [YOUR PROFESSOR 'S NAME] [CLASS NUMBER] [DATE OF ASSIGNMENT] [YOUR NAME] [YOUR PROFESSOR 'S NAME] [CLASS NUMBER] [DATE OF ASSIGNMENT] To Build A Fire A Cool Character in a Chilly Climate The protagonist in Jack London 's To Build a Fire implies a character that is cool , calm , and collected under the pressures of loneliness and landscape . The text suggests that the man is alone in the Artic wilderness of Alaska with all it 's dangers and natural mysteries London 's character seems to be

a direct contrast to his surroundings where the land is seemingly limitless and wondrous , the man is limited and admittedly , without imagination . Similarly , in contrast with the timeless and constantly changing character of the natural world is the character of the man , who displays serious calculation and conscious purposeful action . Though the man does show signs of fear and apprehension , it becomes apparent that he wants to believe that he is stronger than his surroundings and that his feelings do not reflect a defect in his own character . In the end the man meets his demise by realizing that nature is more powerful and swift than man with all his equipment and thoughts . The most important feat for the man becomes the simple ability to build a fire

Early on in the text , it is stated that the man was of no imagination and for this reason had little appreciation for the wilderness and all the elements that he simply noted in his...