literaty conflict in ` to build a fire`

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Conflict in To Build a Fire ' by Jack London (Name (School /Organization (Instructor

Conflict in To Build a Fire ' by Jack London

In Jack London 's to build a fire , an unknown man travels the Klondike a very close place in Yukon where temperatures plummet to a deadly seventy degrees below zero . It is presumed that the man is a miner drawn by the Yukon Gold Rush in 1897 . Despite the old timer 's warning of travelling without a companion below fifty , the man went on

his journey with just a dog as a companion . Ignorance , pride , and a certain dose of bad luck accumulated to bring his downfall , literally , he fell in one of those ice traps that drenched him knee down , as he staggers to build a fire , the cold got to him and killed him . Nature was the only real antagonist in this story , and along with his arrogance , caused him his life

Man vs . Nature

Nobody wins over nature , especially during those times when cold protection technology was just animal skins . It is impossible to win even today dozens of mountain climbers die trying to reach the highest peaks in the world , despite technological advances . The main protagonist , known only as the man ' suffered nature 's wrath . As clear as a day it was , the sun was never really around during the duration of the narrative . It could have meant that the man has seen the sun for the...