"To Build a Fire" BY Jack London teaches us about the faults of Humanity by explaining how a person with pride, and too much self confidence can lead to disastrous results. Chris Candless is in Alaska with nothing but clothing and a 10 lb bag of rice, believing he can venture across Alaska alone to get to a camp. Ho left everything, family, friends, money, and civilization to be alone. He thought he could do anything and that he could survive. This pride lead him to his death.
After reading "To Build a Fire" by Jack London we do somethings that are crazy because we are trusting our instincts and we are doing things that we do not think is dangerous. "They hid pools of water" so the man would be very careful but even if he is careful. The person with too much pride will get in trouble. I that the man made a lot of bad choices that resulted in his death.
I understand the point you are trying to get across, but I do not see how you are pleading for your case. You need strong, hard hitting sentences to drive your point. I also do not see what you think the fault in humanity is here, due to a lack of the restated question in your topic sentence.
In the text "To Build a Fire" it teaches us that the fault in humanity is that we believe in our self was more then we should. In the story an "Old Timer" gave him advise on how to survive in the conditions he would be in. Even after he got advise he still didn't listen because he believed he could do it by himself without anyone to help. Also maybe its just that a person would not be able to survive without fire, warm clothes, food or water in the cold unlike dogs or other animals allowing humans to be vulnerable to the cold weather.
Alysia, I agree with your argument that the text teaches humanity to beware it's desire to be self-sufficient and to ignore the advice of elders. Do you think this is true for every culture, or is it simply the case for American culture?
After reading the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, I believe it teaches us how pride overpowers instinct as a human fault because of how the man reacted to running around awkwardly. The only reason he was doing this in the first place was to try to get the blood moving in his body. He didn't have many other options, and besides, this was the most efficient way. He stopped doing this because he was "...making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with it's head cut off" (London page 10 paragraph 4). I find this particularly dumb of him, because there isn't anyone near him besides the dog, so he can't exactly embarrass himself. His main goal should be how to keep himself alive, yet he won't risk his pride for his life. This is how London portrays one of the many faults of humanity.
The short story, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London teaches us about the faults in our humanity because it shows how sometimes humans let cockiness overpower instinct. The man in the text tells himself that he's fine and he doesn't need a partner. He is overly confident of his abilities but no matter how talented he is, he would be safer with a partner. The man realizes this when he falls through the ice and gets his feet wet. His fire goes out and he is too cold and shaky to start a new one. This leads to him eventually freezing to death. We can learn from this to never let pride get the best of you and you're better safe than sorry. He made a foolish decision that had terrible consequences because he thought too much of himself and didn't trust his instinct like a dog might. That is a good example of a fault in humanity.
I agree with your paragraph because I also believe that us humans sometimes might get cocky over things that we shouldn't. The man in the story did make a foolish decision because he ended up dead. I also agree with you because we think we have over power when it comes to nature.
I completely agree. I think the man was wrong putting pride in front of instinct, and his punishment was sadly death. If only he had listened to the old man from Sulfur Springs, things would've ended differently. This really does show us that pride is never more important than safety.
The story " To Build a Fire" by Jack London teaches us about the faults in our humanity because it shows how some people can be unprepared for going on an adventure. " He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances." He wasn't thinking straight after he fell through the ice because he built a fire under a tree and there was snow on top of it so it landed on the fire and the fire went out. He tries to kill the dog so he can stay warm by putting his hands inside of the dog. At this point his hands are so frozen that he can't even grab anything. This leads him to freeze to death. Several times in the story he thought back to the old-timer who told him not to go alone. The fault in humanity that this story depicts is how man can be too stubborn.
After reading the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, it educated us about the faults in our humanity by writing a tale, "To Build A Fire," which portrays a man who took a bigger challenge than he could manage caused by his high level of pride. Due to his arrogance, he persuaded himself that living in a place where the temperature of seventy five below occurred would not be a concern for him. This causes his mind to be clouded from instinct, which is a significant factor to have when living in an area where it is beyond frigid. "This man did not know cold. Possibly all the generations of his ancestry had been ignorant of cold, of real cold, of cold one hundred and seven degrees below freezing-point." This proves that even though he had gone this far in the numbing weather, he still did not know what he was in for. More specifically, the man was unaware he was practically walking towards his death sentence the farther he was from the fire. As he was walking away from the successful fire he made earlier in the story, the dog had instinct that this fire would keep both him and the man alive and showed disappointment towards the man because he was walking away from the warmth that would help him survive. Therefore the man died because of the freezing temperature and his massive ego.
After reading the short story "To Build A Fire" by Jack London I believe that what faults us as humans is our selfishness and greediness because we believe we are better than mother nature and can challenge her, we only think of things for us, what is better for us. The man in the story believes that getting off the trail in the freezing cold will help him "when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth bank," this means that he thought he was better than to stay on the path. He thought he would make it. The selfish part comes in when he tries to attack the dog, he is only thinking of himself so he think what he is doing is right, as if the dog has no right. I believe that what is wrong with humans is our over pride in ourselves and to think that we are better than anything else.
sorry Rafa but a man for a dog is not ideal but what would be best in that situation i'm not trying to sound like a terrible person but the man would contribute to society. I know where your coming from i have 3 dogs of my own just stop and think what is best for the human race a dog that can pull a sled or a man who can do almost anything with his simple logic. He was just wrong in this circumstance.
I agree with you..however, I think not all of us are selfish and greedy and are better than mother nature. Some people are rather afraid of her..But, I strongly agree that we do only think of only ourselves instead of what would infect whatever resource we have used.
After reading the short story "To Build A Fire" by Jack London, I believe that the faults in humanity is that no one ever wants to be wrong so they will go through many hoops just to prove they can do something correctly by themselves. The unnamed protagonist of this story goes through extreme lengths to defy an old man's advice of not traveling alone below negative 50 degrees Fahrenheit in the Klondike. This foolishness leads to this man's death by freezing from his persistence to prove the old man wrong. I believe this proves my thought that humans are creatures obsessed with upstaging and proving wrong one another.
In the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London I believe that the author is telling us that humanity thinks too highly of itself. The man in "To Build a Fire" thought that he could make it across the Alaskan wilderness in one day without a dog sled and only one meal. He even got some hints from an old man before he started his hike saying that it is dangerous to attempt this, yet the man still decided that he could make this stupid journey. The man also thought that a dog sled would just slow him down during his trek, and I think that after the story said this the man is just walking into his own death because a dog sled is much faster than walking. He also decided that it would be better to make this trip without a partner to make the trip with him, he only took his dog and at one attempted to kill it (page 9 end of paragraph 2) I also think that this story teaches readers that sometimes your instinct is okay to listen to sometimes because the man "knew" that he could make it to his boys by the end of the day, but everyone else knew that he couldn't. He also thought that eating his lunch at 9 a.m. was a good decision because he thought that he could make it to his destination by the end of the day. This story explains how humanity is a stubborn, self censored group that doesn't trust their instinct but rather their ability.
I agree with your statement on how "Humanity thinks to highly of itself" because everyone every once in a while likes to think they can do things by themself without anyones help and that could always mean bad consequences depending on there situations.
I agree with you because humanity is stubborn and we do stupid things to try to do something else out of it. It is really not cool when we die because we were stupid and made stupid decisions.
After Reading the story "To Build a Fire" by: Jack London I think that it teaches us about the faults of humanity using the way of when the guy was trying to build a fire, and he built it under a snowy tree, he couldn't he that one, although he could have been a tad bit smarter and not built a fire under a tree because you cant control humanity on weather a tree is going to melt or not, it is just natural that snow melts on warm fire. Really this story just shows and tells you to pretty much use your common sense for things so that you don't end up freezing to death. The Fault in humanity that is in this story is, Mother nature can be mean if you don't use her right.
After reading the short story "To Build A Fire" by Jack London, I think that it informs us that the faults in humanity is that no one ever wants to hurt their pride. You see how the man has his pride in his mind and refuses to listen to the old man and decides to go out alone into the cold wilderness and ends up getting himself killed because his pride was so important that he could not just stay on the right trail, and he had to go out alone because his pride was at stake. This mans pride leads to his death by freezing from his desperate need to prove the old man wrong. I believe this proves my thought that humans are so obsessed with there pride that they are willing to die for it and that is the fault in humanity.
"To Build a Fire" By Jack London, teaches us the faults in humanity because it compares our faults to natures reality. "...he compelled the dog to go on in front. The dog did not want to go." Is a quote that shows this mans stupidity is in fact over shown by a dog. The dog is the example for nature which shows me if dogs are over powering humans were already at the resource of our fault. People get wrapped up in there own little world and become stuck up and think that they're right all the time. This is a huge fault because people are usually wrong. I think this book teaches us that it is cold in Alaska, and you should listen to elders when they say to bring a friend when it is that cold. Also, if you don't wanna freeze to death... Don't go in the cold. Especially when you are about to turn on your dog for warmth. That is a fault in humanity. We refuse to listen.
I agree how it compares our faults to natures reality. I like how you put the dog in the paragraph to describe to the people that dogs can be smarter than human's and that sometimes they are more aware of what is happening around them.
I agree that our faults are compared to natures reality. People get too confident with what they can do and they ignore their natural instinct. He thought he would be fine surviving by himself but he learned that he couldn't and that he should have listened when he was told to bring a partner.
"To Build A Fire" by Jack London teaches us about faults in humanity because it shows humans believe they can ignore instinct and beat nature. In "To Build A Fire", a man ventures out into the Klondike in 75 below 0 temperatures with just his lunch and dog despite the warnings of an old codger from Sulphur Creek. The old man warned not to travel alone and without lots of supplies below -50 degrees. The main character ignores this and dies in the Klondike. The instinct that is ignored by the man is shown by the dog; "It knew it was no time for travelling." (London 2). It is shown how the man ignores advice and instinct when he acknowledges his mistakes, speaking of the old timer from Sulphur Springs: "Your were right, old hoss; you were right," (London 10). The main characters acknowledgement also acknowledges the shortcomings of humanity when he realizes he shouldn't have gone against advice and instinct.
"To Build a Fire" by Jack London teaches us about the faults of humanity by sharing a story of a man in the wild attempting to survive. It teaches us that not every person is strong enough or prepared to take on large tasks. There are just some tasks that can not be done. A man and his dog travel in Canada in extremely low temperatures. He takes his chances to get to his boys, but he does not make it. The man made foolish mistakes that ended up costing him freezing to death. This can also show how the faults were his mistakes, and that he did not take advise given to him. The man would have had a better chance of survival if he had taken advice of bringing another person to help him and that may have made wiser choices.
After reading your post I agree with the points you make stating that the man made foolish mistakes by putting in examples from the story such as the man not taking a partner.
In the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London reason is beaten by instinct when he falls through the ice or when his dog does because the dog lives but the man dies. When a dog falls through the ice while it is 107 below freezing in the wild he will bite off the ice and be fine again in minuets This is because of instinct. However a man will make a fire and warm his feet witch will only sometimes work. This is because of his reason. In this story the dog lives and is ready to go next to the dead man. The dog was even able to feel the mans soul leave his body "And still later it crept close to the man and caught the scent of death." (London 11) this was because of his instinct.
The story " To Build a Fire" by Jack London, shows us the faults in humanity how people think they are more powerful in others. In the story the main character throws his life away because he thinks he will be able to survive in the Alaska wilderness. Sadly he ended up dying because he was ill prepared. This shows the faults in humanity because people think they can do anything in reality they can't. Overall their are many faults of humanity in this story.
I like the ideas you express here, Chase. Why do you think London chose to use a Man facing the harsh natural elements to portray this lesson? Why didn't London, in other words, have a man facing similar challenges in a natural environment?
The novel, "To Build a Fire," teaches us that the faults of humanity are very common because people only think of themselves and that they are better than everyone. People make mistakes everyday and you have a choice to learn from your mistake or just let it go. This book tell us that people think they can do anything and they don't have to listen to anybody to help them succeed. One of the main faults in humanity in this book is that the man did not listen to the old man from Sulphur Creek about how to travel in the cold Alaskan wilderness. When the man was dying, he said, “You were right, old hoss; you were right” (London 10) He said this because if he would of listened to the old man, he would of survived, but he was too greedy. This novel shows many faults of humanity.
the faults in humans are like in godzilla when the scientist says "it is the humans aragence thinking that nature is it their control, when really it is the other way around,". in the story the man packs light for speed rather than packing for warmth. "You were right, old hoss; you were right,"
After Reading "How to Build a Fire" I believe pride is the biggest human fault that London portrays because at the beginning he decided to try to live on his own while try to get to his "Boys," While traveling he doesn't really mind all the harsh conditions he is in and he thinks that he is ready and all prepared, his instincts don't really come in until he really starts to get cold, he start think of ways to keep himself warm.
I really agree with your thoughts on pride is the biggest fault. A lot of people take to much pride in their work and the think they are more powerful than others who did the same work.;
I agree because pride can interfere with what you know is right and can lead to disastrous results. He knows its cold, he knows he has nothing to keep himself warm, but he things he can manage with out them.
After reading the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, the story teaches us about the faults of humanity because it shows how stubbornness and pride can sometimes lead to great failure. The story is about a man who is walking on a trail in Alaska trying to get to his friends. The man is stubborn when he blatantly ignores some tips from an old man he had met previously. One of the tips that he ignored was "never go out in below fifty degree weather without a partner." This ended sealing his fate when he fell in a hidden pool of water below the snow. With a partner he could have gotten out quickly while his partner could build a fire. But instead he was alone because he believed that "real men" didn't need to go out with a partner. He ended up not being able to start a fire to unfreeze his lower legs and ultimately froze to death. This shows how the man's pride got ahead of his good reason because he thought he was more superior than he was.
I agree with this because due to his pride and stubbornness he did die but by having a partner he could have gotten the fire build and not died or maybe just taken a different path altogether and completely avoided the situation.
I agree with this response. The pride and stubbornness of humans is a fault illustrated well by the main character. I think when he admits to himself that the old man was right, it really shows that fault. He acknowledges his fault, which kind of represents humanities faults. The story portrays the main character as a kind of symbol for humanity because his actions represent the faults of humanity well.
In the article "To Build a Fire" by Jack London creates a question to answer what does this article teach us about the faults of humanity? Us humans make poor decisions on what we do with our bodies and our minds. after reading this article humans are very foolish on trying to impress or make themselves feel more powerful. In the future humans will get better at knowing what to do and what not to do. All in all humanity will never be perfect.
I agree with this because people always trying to go out there way to make themselves feel better then to listen to their instincts and do the right thing
"To Build a Fire" shows us as a reader how our pride can cause us to make foolish mistakes. this is the case "To Build a Fire." The protagonist thinks he is mighty enough to travel in 50 below temperature without anyone but a dog. His foolishness results in his death. His pride caused him to think he could complete this faulty trip. He knows he messed up towards the end. He even says. "you were right old hoss, you were right." He said this because he didn't take advise from one of his old friends.
After reading "To Build a Fire" by Jack London teaches us that the faults of humanity is a common thing in this situation because, in this story he thinks that he can survive in the freezing cold weather. He has to make some tough choices along the way. Most of the choices that he makes in "To Build a Fire" were clearly out of stupidity, because one he chooses to go with out a partner and thinks that he can do it all himself. He doesn't dress properly for this cold weather and hes not careful. Throughout the story he is somewhat brave but also is foolish because he tries many things to prove himself but in the end he freezes and dies. One thing he also did was try to build the fire, he succeeded but he built it under a tree full of snow. The snow ended up falling on the fire. In the end it shows that his confidence got in the way of his instinct and took control.
"To Build a Fire" BY Jack London teaches us about the faults of Humanity by explaining how a person with pride, and too much self confidence can lead to disastrous results. Chris Candless is in Alaska with nothing but clothing and a 10 lb bag of rice, believing he can venture across Alaska alone to get to a camp. Ho left everything, family, friends, money, and civilization to be alone. He thought he could do anything and that he could survive. This pride lead him to his death.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading "To Build a Fire" by Jack London we do somethings that are crazy because we are trusting our instincts and we are doing things that we do not think is dangerous. "They hid pools of water" so the man would be very careful but even if he is careful. The person with too much pride will get in trouble. I that the man made a lot of bad choices that resulted in his death.
ReplyDeleteI understand the point you are trying to get across, but I do not see how you are pleading for your case. You need strong, hard hitting sentences to drive your point. I also do not see what you think the fault in humanity is here, due to a lack of the restated question in your topic sentence.
DeleteIn the text "To Build a Fire" it teaches us that the fault in humanity is that we believe in our self was more then we should. In the story an "Old Timer" gave him advise on how to survive in the conditions he would be in. Even after he got advise he still didn't listen because he believed he could do it by himself without anyone to help. Also maybe its just that a person would not be able to survive without fire, warm clothes, food or water in the cold unlike dogs or other animals allowing humans to be vulnerable to the cold weather.
ReplyDeleteAlysia, I agree with your argument that the text teaches humanity to beware it's desire to be self-sufficient and to ignore the advice of elders. Do you think this is true for every culture, or is it simply the case for American culture?
DeleteAfter reading the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, I believe it teaches us how pride overpowers instinct as a human fault because of how the man reacted to running around awkwardly. The only reason he was doing this in the first place was to try to get the blood moving in his body. He didn't have many other options, and besides, this was the most efficient way. He stopped doing this because he was "...making a fool of himself, running around like a chicken with it's head cut off" (London page 10 paragraph 4). I find this particularly dumb of him, because there isn't anyone near him besides the dog, so he can't exactly embarrass himself. His main goal should be how to keep himself alive, yet he won't risk his pride for his life. This is how London portrays one of the many faults of humanity.
ReplyDeleteThe short story, "To Build a Fire" by Jack London teaches us about the faults in our humanity because it shows how sometimes humans let cockiness overpower instinct. The man in the text tells himself that he's fine and he doesn't need a partner. He is overly confident of his abilities but no matter how talented he is, he would be safer with a partner. The man realizes this when he falls through the ice and gets his feet wet. His fire goes out and he is too cold and shaky to start a new one. This leads to him eventually freezing to death. We can learn from this to never let pride get the best of you and you're better safe than sorry. He made a foolish decision that had terrible consequences because he thought too much of himself and didn't trust his instinct like a dog might. That is a good example of a fault in humanity.
ReplyDeleteClaire you forgot the quote you shouldve included in the paragraph from the story.
DeleteI agree with your paragraph because I also believe that us humans sometimes might get cocky over things that we shouldn't. The man in the story did make a foolish decision because he ended up dead. I also agree with you because we think we have over power when it comes to nature.
DeleteI completely agree. I think the man was wrong putting pride in front of instinct, and his punishment was sadly death. If only he had listened to the old man from Sulfur Springs, things would've ended differently. This really does show us that pride is never more important than safety.
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DeleteThe story " To Build a Fire" by Jack London teaches us about the faults in our humanity because it shows how some people can be unprepared for going on an adventure. " He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances." He wasn't thinking straight after he fell through the ice because he built a fire under a tree and there was snow on top of it so it landed on the fire and the fire went out. He tries to kill the dog so he can stay warm by putting his hands inside of the dog. At this point his hands are so frozen that he can't even grab anything. This leads him to freeze to death. Several times in the story he thought back to the old-timer who told him not to go alone. The fault in humanity that this story depicts is how man can be too stubborn.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, it educated us about the faults in our humanity by writing a tale, "To Build A Fire," which portrays a man who took a bigger challenge than he could manage caused by his high level of pride. Due to his arrogance, he persuaded himself that living in a place where the temperature of seventy five below occurred would not be a concern for him. This causes his mind to be clouded from instinct, which is a significant factor to have when living in an area where it is beyond frigid. "This man did not know cold. Possibly all the generations of his ancestry had been ignorant of cold, of real cold, of cold one hundred and seven degrees below freezing-point." This proves that even though he had gone this far in the numbing weather, he still did not know what he was in for. More specifically, the man was unaware he was practically walking towards his death sentence the farther he was from the fire. As he was walking away from the successful fire he made earlier in the story, the dog had instinct that this fire would keep both him and the man alive and showed disappointment towards the man because he was walking away from the warmth that would help him survive. Therefore the man died because of the freezing temperature and his massive ego.
ReplyDeleteI like how you used big words and your quote is good. I like everything about this.
DeleteAfter reading the short story "To Build A Fire" by Jack London I believe that what faults us as humans is our selfishness and greediness because we believe we are better than mother nature and can challenge her, we only think of things for us, what is better for us. The man in the story believes that getting off the trail in the freezing cold will help him "when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth bank," this means that he thought he was better than to stay on the path. He thought he would make it. The selfish part comes in when he tries to attack the dog, he is only thinking of himself so he think what he is doing is right, as if the dog has no right. I believe that what is wrong with humans is our over pride in ourselves and to think that we are better than anything else.
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Deletesorry Rafa but a man for a dog is not ideal but what would be best in that situation i'm not trying to sound like a terrible person but the man would contribute to society. I know where your coming from i have 3 dogs of my own just stop and think what is best for the human race a dog that can pull a sled or a man who can do almost anything with his simple logic. He was just wrong in this circumstance.
DeleteI agree, humans do think exactly like that! and we have way to much pride, it is a fact in life.
DeleteI agree with you..however, I think not all of us are selfish and greedy and are better than mother nature. Some people are rather afraid of her..But, I strongly agree that we do only think of only ourselves instead of what would infect whatever resource we have used.
DeleteAfter reading the short story "To Build A Fire" by Jack London, I believe that the faults in humanity is that no one ever wants to be wrong so they will go through many hoops just to prove they can do something correctly by themselves. The unnamed protagonist of this story goes through extreme lengths to defy an old man's advice of not traveling alone below negative 50 degrees Fahrenheit in the Klondike. This foolishness leads to this man's death by freezing from his persistence to prove the old man wrong. I believe this proves my thought that humans are creatures obsessed with upstaging and proving wrong one another.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that humans are creatures obsessed with upstaging one another but, they also upstage one another based on the pride they have.
DeleteIn the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London I believe that the author is telling us that humanity thinks too highly of itself. The man in "To Build a Fire" thought that he could make it across the Alaskan wilderness in one day without a dog sled and only one meal. He even got some hints from an old man before he started his hike saying that it is dangerous to attempt this, yet the man still decided that he could make this stupid journey. The man also thought that a dog sled would just slow him down during his trek, and I think that after the story said this the man is just walking into his own death because a dog sled is much faster than walking. He also decided that it would be better to make this trip without a partner to make the trip with him, he only took his dog and at one attempted to kill it (page 9 end of paragraph 2) I also think that this story teaches readers that sometimes your instinct is okay to listen to sometimes because the man "knew" that he could make it to his boys by the end of the day, but everyone else knew that he couldn't. He also thought that eating his lunch at 9 a.m. was a good decision because he thought that he could make it to his destination by the end of the day. This story explains how humanity is a stubborn, self censored group that doesn't trust their instinct but rather their ability.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement on how "Humanity thinks to highly of itself" because everyone every once in a while likes to think they can do things by themself without anyones help and that could always mean bad consequences depending on there situations.
DeleteI agree with you because humanity is stubborn and we do stupid things to try to do something else out of it. It is really not cool when we die because we were stupid and made stupid decisions.
DeleteAfter Reading the story "To Build a Fire" by: Jack London I think that it teaches us about the faults of humanity using the way of when the guy was trying to build a fire, and he built it under a snowy tree, he couldn't he that one, although he could have been a tad bit smarter and not built a fire under a tree because you cant control humanity on weather a tree is going to melt or not, it is just natural that snow melts on warm fire. Really this story just shows and tells you to pretty much use your common sense for things so that you don't end up freezing to death. The Fault in humanity that is in this story is, Mother nature can be mean if you don't use her right.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the short story "To Build A Fire" by Jack London, I think that it informs us that the faults in humanity is that no one ever wants to hurt their pride. You see how the man has his pride in his mind and refuses to listen to the old man and decides to go out alone into the cold wilderness and ends up getting himself killed because his pride was so important that he could not just stay on the right trail, and he had to go out alone because his pride was at stake. This mans pride leads to his death by freezing from his desperate need to prove the old man wrong. I believe this proves my thought that humans are so obsessed with there pride that they are willing to die for it and that is the fault in humanity.
ReplyDelete"To Build a Fire" By Jack London, teaches us the faults in humanity because it compares our faults to natures reality. "...he compelled the dog to go on in front. The dog did not want to go." Is a quote that shows this mans stupidity is in fact over shown by a dog. The dog is the example for nature which shows me if dogs are over powering humans were already at the resource of our fault. People get wrapped up in there own little world and become stuck up and think that they're right all the time. This is a huge fault because people are usually wrong. I think this book teaches us that it is cold in Alaska, and you should listen to elders when they say to bring a friend when it is that cold. Also, if you don't wanna freeze to death... Don't go in the cold. Especially when you are about to turn on your dog for warmth. That is a fault in humanity. We refuse to listen.
ReplyDeleteI agree how it compares our faults to natures reality. I like how you put the dog in the paragraph to describe to the people that dogs can be smarter than human's and that sometimes they are more aware of what is happening around them.
DeleteI agree that our faults are compared to natures reality. People get too confident with what they can do and they ignore their natural instinct. He thought he would be fine surviving by himself but he learned that he couldn't and that he should have listened when he was told to bring a partner.
Delete"To Build A Fire" by Jack London teaches us about faults in humanity because it shows humans believe they can ignore instinct and beat nature. In "To Build A Fire", a man ventures out into the Klondike in 75 below 0 temperatures with just his lunch and dog despite the warnings of an old codger from Sulphur Creek. The old man warned not to travel alone and without lots of supplies below -50 degrees. The main character ignores this and dies in the Klondike. The instinct that is ignored by the man is shown by the dog; "It knew it was no time for travelling." (London 2). It is shown how the man ignores advice and instinct when he acknowledges his mistakes, speaking of the old timer from Sulphur Springs: "Your were right, old hoss; you were right," (London 10). The main characters acknowledgement also acknowledges the shortcomings of humanity when he realizes he shouldn't have gone against advice and instinct.
ReplyDelete"To Build a Fire" by Jack London teaches us about the faults of humanity by sharing a story of a man in the wild attempting to survive. It teaches us that not every person is strong enough or prepared to take on large tasks. There are just some tasks that can not be done. A man and his dog travel in Canada in extremely low temperatures. He takes his chances to get to his boys, but he does not make it. The man made foolish mistakes that ended up costing him freezing to death. This can also show how the faults were his mistakes, and that he did not take advise given to him. The man would have had a better chance of survival if he had taken advice of bringing another person to help him and that may have made wiser choices.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your post I agree with the points you make stating that the man made foolish mistakes by putting in examples from the story such as the man not taking a partner.
DeleteIn the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London reason is beaten by instinct when he falls through the ice or when his dog does because the dog lives but the man dies. When a dog falls through the ice while it is 107 below freezing in the wild he will bite off the ice and be fine again in minuets This is because of instinct. However a man will make a fire and warm his feet witch will only sometimes work. This is because of his reason. In this story the dog lives and is ready to go next to the dead man. The dog was even able to feel the mans soul leave his body "And still later it crept close to the man and caught the scent of death." (London 11) this was because of his instinct.
ReplyDeleteGreat examples of instinct and reason but the paragraph does not state the faults in humanity. I agree with all of your reasons.
DeleteThe story " To Build a Fire" by Jack London, shows us the faults in humanity how people think they are more powerful in others. In the story the main character throws his life away because he thinks he will be able to survive in the Alaska wilderness. Sadly he ended up dying because he was ill prepared. This shows the faults in humanity because people think they can do anything in reality they can't. Overall their are many faults of humanity in this story.
ReplyDeleteI like the ideas you express here, Chase. Why do you think London chose to use a Man facing the harsh natural elements to portray this lesson? Why didn't London, in other words, have a man facing similar challenges in a natural environment?
DeleteThe novel, "To Build a Fire," teaches us that the faults of humanity are very common because people only think of themselves and that they are better than everyone. People make mistakes everyday and you have a choice to learn from your mistake or just let it go. This book tell us that people think they can do anything and they don't have to listen to anybody to help them succeed. One of the main faults in humanity in this book is that the man did not listen to the old man from Sulphur Creek about how to travel in the cold Alaskan wilderness. When the man was dying, he said, “You were right, old hoss; you were right” (London 10) He said this because if he would of listened to the old man, he would of survived, but he was too greedy. This novel shows many faults of humanity.
ReplyDeleteI agree Haley because now a days people tend to only think of themselves, and it is shown in this novel.
Deletethe faults in humans are like in godzilla when the scientist says "it is the humans aragence thinking that nature is it their control, when really it is the other way around,". in the story the man packs light for speed rather than packing for warmth. "You were right, old hoss; you were right,"
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement. Nature does control us. after all we adapt to nature it doesn't adapt to us. I like how short but good your paragraph was
DeleteBut it doesn't really answer the question
DeleteAfter Reading "How to Build a Fire" I believe pride is the biggest human fault that London portrays because at the beginning he decided to try to live on his own while try to get to his "Boys," While traveling he doesn't really mind all the harsh conditions he is in and he thinks that he is ready and all prepared, his instincts don't really come in until he really starts to get cold, he start think of ways to keep himself warm.
ReplyDeleteI really agree with your thoughts on pride is the biggest fault. A lot of people take to much pride in their work and the think they are more powerful than others who did the same work.;
DeleteI agree because pride can interfere with what you know is right and can lead to disastrous results. He knows its cold, he knows he has nothing to keep himself warm, but he things he can manage with out them.
Deleteit's good but the quote is bad because it doesn't expand on the message of the story.
DeleteAfter reading the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, the story teaches us about the faults of humanity because it shows how stubbornness and pride can sometimes lead to great failure. The story is about a man who is walking on a trail in Alaska trying to get to his friends. The man is stubborn when he blatantly ignores some tips from an old man he had met previously. One of the tips that he ignored was "never go out in below fifty degree weather without a partner." This ended sealing his fate when he fell in a hidden pool of water below the snow. With a partner he could have gotten out quickly while his partner could build a fire. But instead he was alone because he believed that "real men" didn't need to go out with a partner. He ended up not being able to start a fire to unfreeze his lower legs and ultimately froze to death. This shows how the man's pride got ahead of his good reason because he thought he was more superior than he was.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this 100%
DeleteI agree with this because due to his pride and stubbornness he did die but by having a partner he could have gotten the fire build and not died or maybe just taken a different path altogether and completely avoided the situation.
DeleteI agree with this response. The pride and stubbornness of humans is a fault illustrated well by the main character. I think when he admits to himself that the old man was right, it really shows that fault. He acknowledges his fault, which kind of represents humanities faults. The story portrays the main character as a kind of symbol for humanity because his actions represent the faults of humanity well.
DeleteIn the article "To Build a Fire" by Jack London creates a question to answer what does this article teach us about the faults of humanity? Us humans make poor decisions on what we do with our bodies and our minds. after reading this article humans are very foolish on trying to impress or make themselves feel more powerful. In the future humans will get better at knowing what to do and what not to do. All in all humanity will never be perfect.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this because people always trying to go out there way to make themselves feel better then to listen to their instincts and do the right thing
Delete"To Build a Fire" shows us as a reader how our pride can cause us to make foolish mistakes. this is the case "To Build a Fire." The protagonist thinks he is mighty enough to travel in 50 below temperature without anyone but a dog. His foolishness results in his death. His pride caused him to think he could complete this faulty trip. He knows he messed up towards the end. He even says. "you were right old hoss, you were right." He said this because he didn't take advise from one of his old friends.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading "To Build a Fire" by Jack London teaches us that the faults of humanity is a common thing in this situation because, in this story he thinks that he can survive in the freezing cold weather. He has to make some tough choices along the way. Most of the choices that he makes in "To Build a Fire" were clearly out of stupidity, because one he chooses to go with out a partner and thinks that he can do it all himself. He doesn't dress properly for this cold weather and hes not careful. Throughout the story he is somewhat brave but also is foolish because he tries many things to prove himself but in the end he freezes and dies. One thing he also did was try to build the fire, he succeeded but he built it under a tree full of snow. The snow ended up falling on the fire. In the end it shows that his confidence got in the way of his instinct and took control.
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