To Build a Fire(1)
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- The man is extremely arrogant and underestimates the power of nature which leads to his death. This emphasizes how nature shouldn't be exploited and enumerates its powerful nature.
- The man's arrogance and overconfidence even after nature's many indications to be cautious emphasizes how nature is more powerful than the man's arrogance.
- "It did not lead him to consider his weaknesses as a creature affected by temperature. Nor did he think about a man's general weakness, able to live only within the narrow limits of heat and cold."
- The dog's sense of danger and acute understanding of the hostile environment emphasizes the belligerent environment. Furthermore, this is another indication of danger and the man's arrogance overpowers him and continues to carry on.
- The dog's sense of fear in the cold environment demonstrates his acute understanding of nature.
- "But the animal sensed danger. Its fear made it question eagerly every movement of the man as if expecting him to go into camp or to seek shelter somewhere and build a fire."
- The dog's falling foreshadows a dangerous path ahead for the man and the fact that the dog didn't want to go indicates its understanding of the hostile environment and the power of nature.
- The dog falling down foreshadows a dangerous path ahead for the man.
- "It hesitated until the man pushed it forward. Then it went quickly across the white unbroken surface. Suddenly it fell through the ice, but climbed out on the other side, which was firm."
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