To Build a Fire: Man’s Pride

To Build a Fire by Jack London is a story of worldly concern who believed that he is larger than nature itself, that he could take over anythingeven seventy-five degrees below zero. Through out the story, London clearly depicted a very frigorific place, a place which obviously no human could survive. According to one critique, the story pits one man alone against the overwhelming forces of nature (Rhodes, 1994). Probably due to humans achievements, the man has become engulfed with pride and has carelessly unheeded the power of nature.The protagonist was described as a man who is keen to details and, through closely of the story, exuded confidence that he could cross the place. In fact, he already had a targeted time when he could slide by his other companions. He did not have apparent fear of danger and seemed to rationalize to himself so as not to face the real situation Maybe, if he ran on, his feet will thaw out and anyway if he ran far enough, he would reach camp and the bo ys (London, 2002). It was only near the end of the story did he crystallise the danger that he entered himself into, the death that he could have easily avoided.If he was not as big-chested enough to perceive the old-timers as womanish and heeded their advice, the man would never have died and would have enjoyed camping out with the boys. His arrogance took its tollnature took his life. References Rhodes, K (1994). To build a fire Overview. In N. Watson (Ed. ), Reference delineate to short fiction (1st ed. ). Detroit, MI St. James Press. London, J. (2002). To build a fire. In L. Jewell (Ed. ), Reading and writing approximately literature (1st ed. ). Upper Saddle River, NJ Pearson Education.