To build a fire 1. The main protagonist is referred to as “the man” to derail any personalization towards the character, this builds atmosphere and creates self-correlation which the viewer can relate to the character. This can also be to enable the true meaning behind the story too become more prominent and as to not distract the viewer with personality and sympathy of a character. 2. In the story the weather is described as “a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall[1] over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun” This strong foreshadowing sets mood for the current scene and this creates a sense of worry in the reader as they can tell by context that something ominous will be happening in the future. 3. What this …show more content…
The man decides to take the stream up to the right. This is risky due to the breaking of ice that can occur randomly. The dog has natural instincts and knows that this might be a risky route. 9. I agree in a way of survival since if your’e going to go ahead and do something so risky that you must do anything to survive but in a current state such as this i would not walk on the ice as a trail but walk at the side of the ice where there is ground and snow. This would allow me to be safe and go where i want to go. 10. London points out the dog’s instincts because unlike the dog the man is not going off of his human instincts for pure survival. 11. The man is not using his instincts, from my point of view the man is scared that he could not eat his lunch due to his mouth and could not bear the feeling of his fingers after he struck them. This is not his instincts but his own want for food. 12. The feeling of numbness is what startles the man, this startles him because his feeling of being warm and feeling is gone and i assume he does not enjoy that feeling. This is important because it is showing how the cold winter is starting to affect him and slowly but surely foreshadowing his