... character is over come by the wallpaper in her room, but she is also faced with society discriminating against her because she is a woman. Jack London and Charlotte Perkins Gilman use naturalism in "To Build a Fire" and "The Yellow Wallpaper" to show the human instincts that are brought about when people are faced with struggles. The Protagonist in Jack London's "To Build a Fire" is confronted with ... neglect proper self control; so I take pains to control my self-before him, at least, and that makes me tired"(Gilman 1279). She deals with her illness by keeping the journal even though ...

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In the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London the cold outdoor setting is what determines the outcome of the story. As well as in the story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins the setting with the yellow wallpaper determines the outgrowth of the story. Physical setting determines what the story is going to be about in the majority of stories not just these two. If the weather had ... imagination then the setting would not of been the same, because nobody else would be able to see the wallpaper but the narrator. In London's story "the man" shows an act of heroism by trying to not think...

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