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To Build A Fire

 

            In the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London the cold outdoor setting is what determines the outcome of the story. As well as in the story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins the setting with the yellow wallpaper determines the outgrowth of the story. .
             Physical setting determines what the story is going to be about in the majority of stories not just these two. If the weather had been normal or if "the man" had a partner with him in the setting of London's story, then the outcome would have been completely different and altered the story altogether. Or if there wasn't yellow wallpaper in the room if maybe it was just in the narrators imagination then the setting would not of been the same, because nobody else would be able to see the wallpaper but the narrator. In London's story "the man" shows an act of heroism by trying to not think about the conditions he is encountering. If he gives in to his surroundings (the weather) he is putting his cultural beliefs aside and would not be an act of heroism. Both characters are victims of the settings in their story they are both trapped with know way out. Towards the beginning of London's story it seems as if "the man" is going to defeat the setting and make it through alright!.
             Also in Gilman's story the narrator attempts to get away from the setting by asking her husband if they could leave the house. In my eyes that makes them victims of setting and have no way out.
            


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