1. Setting Analysis - To Build a Fire
Ultimately, the unnamed man and his dog companion are traveling in absence of sun along an unfamiliar couple thousand mile long trail- whereas the man being "quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significance" (London 128), is aware it is very cold yet oblivious to any discerning ideas about the delicacy of his life against his environment. ... The chechaquo possessed no exceptional skills to defeat his risky journey ahead, leaving one to conclude he was simply willing to bet his well-being against nature's repercussions if it meant he was able to r...
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