Abstract: In this essay, I intend to review the short story of To Build a Fire by Jack London in three aspects: the setting, the characters and my thought about the theme of this novel. Instruction: since the main purpose is to present my thought about the theme of the story, I have no intention in wasting a lot of words on the useless summary of the novel downloaded form the Internet. Besides, discussion about …
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…of Nature is being revealed, man can realize his dream and ambition in Nature. To conclude, London attempted to inquire an old but also maybe eternal topic in the story: man's position in the universe, or in other word, how to live harmoniously with Nature. Reader can find different answers in the novel, optimistic or pessimistic. In my viewpoint, the combination of four points of what I mentioned above is an acceptable and rational answer.