To Build a Fire
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- The man becomes arrogant and egotistic after he builds the fire and starts to mock the old man on Sulpher Creek who warned him not to journey in the cold, “ Well, here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself. Those old men were rather womanish, he thought” (London 9). The man’s arrogance ultimately leads to his downfall because he refuses to listen to the old man to not travel in the cold because it would be dangerous.
- The man becomes arrogant after he successfully builds the fire.
- Humans are vulnerable to the relentless forces of nature.
- Nature is actively trying to go against the man through the snow falling on the fire, "The snow fell without warning upon the man and the fire, and the fire was dead.... The man was shocked. It was like hearing his own judgement of death" (London 10). The snow causes the fire to extinguish removing the man's only source of warmth and protection. It represents that humans don't have have control over nature and they are subject to the forces of nature.
- The man abuses the dog and tries to kill it in order to survive, “before the animal could escape, he encircled its body with his arms. He sat down in the snow, and in this fashion held the dog, while it barked and struggled” (London 13). The dog represents nature and the man trying to kill it represents humans abusing nature for their own benefit, but nature will end up prevailing as shown by how the dog is the last one standing.
- Even though man will abuse nature, nature will end up prevailing
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