Question

Why second man wouldn't put their piece of log in the dying fire

Answer 1

because he discriminated on the basis of religion. he saw in the forlorn group that one was not of his church i.e his case

Answer 2

The question is taken from The Cold Within poem .

Here the poet is writing a poem about a group of six people who were trapped in cold weather .

The second man did not put the log into the fire because he saw that in the group , there were no one from the Church.

This shows that he was aroused with racial and religious discrimination and had religious prejudices.

This prevented him from putting the log.