What is one theme of "To Build a Fire"
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one theme is survival in the wilderness.
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- Overconfidence :- The man was warned that it was dangerous to travel in temperature fifty degrees below zero but he was overconfident and didn't pay any heed and undertook a devastating journey . His scientific or rational knowledge clouds his instinctual knowledge , and gives him confidence in his ability to protect himself from the natural elements with the resource of fire . His overconfidence brings him to his end .
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Other themes of the story are :-
☆ Chance and human error → The gradual deterioration of the man's condition involves both chance and human error . Though he is prepared for the streams of water under the ice he stumbles into an unexpected stream that was essentially invisible before he fell into it .
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In Jack London's " To Build A Fire ", a miner is travelling through the frozen wasteland of Canada's Yukon Territory . He is accompanied by a wolf-dog which senses that its critical to travel in such harsh conditions still it accompanies him out of loyalty . The entire story depicts the various hardships they came across during the course of their journey . Finally the man cannot endure the extreme conditions and collapses