Animal Instinct In Jack London's To Build A Fire

Did you know that animal instinct is better for survival than human judgment. In “To Build a Fire” by Jack London a man decides to travel alone through the Klondike with only his dog for company. The man ignores the dog’s and old-timer’s warnings from the dog’s instinct about the dangerously cold weather. The man later on regrets the warnings from the old man and dog due to the harsh condition he was in, then later on he dies of hypothermia. The author develops the theme that animals’ instinct is better for survival than human judgment, because the man ignores the warning signs of the dangerously cold weather environment by using his judgment and not thinking much from the weather . The man also ignores the signs the dog gave him in the very

The man is walking on the trail and find a husky trotting on the trail and the dog gave emotion signs about the cold to the man “The animal was depressed by the tremendous cold. It knew that there was no time for traveling. Its instinct told it a truer tale than was told to the man by the man's judgment. In reality, it was not merely colder than fifty below zero … (London 6)” The man continues to disregard these warning signs from the dog until his fingers go numb and then he feels envy from the dog has warmth while he is facing the harsh conditions “ dog sat in the snow, its wolf-brush of a tail curled around warmly over its forefeet, its sharp wolf-ears pricked forward intently as it watched the man. And the man as he beat and threshed with his arms and hands, felt a great surge of envy as he regarded the creature that was warm and secure in its natural covering. (26)” The man should’ve used the resources he has like the dog to stay by the fire and get warmth but instead his judgment takes over him and he continues to experience the effect of the harsh