To Build a Fire and Other Stories by Jack London

In desperation he runs to restore circulation, but he flounders, lies down, and drowses off to death. To save himself he decides to kill his husky dog and to bury his hands in the warm body until the numbness might go out of them, but he cannot hold his knife, and the frightened dog evades him. With the heels of his frozen hands he awkwardly grasps and lights his matches but burns himself and the fire fails to catch the twigs and grasses painfully scraped together.

I spent teenage time fantasizing about the Yukon, the Klondike, about Buck and White Fang, the canine heroes of London’s early 20th century writings. The fire he builds is put out by snow that falls from a bough and his hands and feet begin to freeze. To Build a Fire A Review by Denny Bonavita A long half-century ago, I was captivated by the novels of Jack London. His every action has to be careful, but nevertheless he accidentally steps into a spring hidden under the snow and so immediately has to dry his boots and feet. To Build A Fire by Jack London - YouTube 0:00 / 13:33 VOA is funded in whole or in part by the American government. The short story To Build a Fire written by Jack London was first published in 1908 and is seen as a masterpiece of short fiction (Reesman 39) and his best short story (Peterson 3).

1908) and collected in Lost Face (1910).Ī chechaquo, as newcomers to the Arctic are called, travels on a little-used route off the main Yukon trail one sunless winter day of “tremendous cold” at 75 degrees below zero. The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories: Batard Moon-Face Brown Wolf That Spot To Build a Fire by Jack London and a great selection of. Short story by Jack London, first published in The Century (Aug. Jack Londons 'To Build a Fire' explained in just a few minutes Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth analysis of Jack London.

To Build a Fire and Other Stories by Jack London