Essay one: Short story analysis Methodology Approach to "To Build a Fire" In this essay a Formalist (New Critical) approach is being employed in an analysis of Jack London's "To Build a Fire." ... (Charles Darwin) As an outstanding practitioner of naturalistic fiction, Jack London depicts the Darwinian perspective of Natural Selection and the Survival of the Fittest in "To Build a Fire." ... As the story progresses London introduces the other main character of this story, a big native husky. ... (London 490) London is showing what makes one creature more likely to survive ...

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Specifically, Jack London does an exceptional job of depicting the setting throughout the particular story "To Build a Fire" as if the setting is a character itself. Moreover, in "To Build a Fire," without setting there would be no story initially taking place. ... For instance, the opening line of "To Build a Fire" sets the setting and tone by stating "Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray" (London 127). ... Immediately in "To Build a Fire", a reader can easily speculate that the environment is essentially a predetermined fat...

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