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Naturalism in “To Build a Fire”
Robert Attaway
Eng 251
A. Bunn
November 12, 2003
Naturalism in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”
The definition of naturalism is “a movement, esp. ... During this time several writers wrote stories using this literary movement and one of the best was Jack London with his short story “To Build a Fire.” In the story London uses elements of naturalism to create drama. This essay will discuss the idea of naturalism, Darwinism, and the language that are used in the short story.
In ‘To Build a fire,” London uses naturalism to show just how unruly nature can be and that no matter what one does do nature will always be there. ... (Perkins 755) London also uses naturalism to show how if someone is not prepared for the unforgiving elements, that nature will defeat them. ... These examples of naturalism show how nature has no mercy to the unprepared man and shows how his lack of preparation leads to the his eventual death.
London also uses the philosophy of Darwinism on the survival of the fittest in ”To Build a Fire. ... “In ‘To Build a Fire,’ London repeatedly shows how the man does not have free will and how nature has already mapped out his fate. ...
The language used in “To Build a Fire” is quite different from other stories because of the way a naturalist writer writes his or her stories. ... com “To Build a Fire” has a nearly nonstop narrative drive, and we only occasionally enter into the mind of the man–who does not even have a name, indicating how little London is concerned with him as a unique person”(Gradesaver 3).
Approximate Word count = 1280
Approximate Pages = 5.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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