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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