Jack London's "To Build A Fire"

Jack London uses the devices of plot, setting, and characterization in this short story 'To Build A Fire' to convey his message that humans need to be social. London sets an average, middle-aged logger in a deserted Yukon trail during a wintry season. The temperature is seventy-five degrees below zero and the logger and his husky are traveling towards Henderson Creek, about ten miles away, where the logger's companions are located. London places the man …

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