To Build a Fire - Man is Foolish :: London To Build a Fire Essays

To Build a Fire - Man is wild         How manhoody propagation have you seen birds flying south for the winter?  They donot read somewhere or use some computing device to know that they must fly to survive.In Jack Londons To Build a Fire, we see how that man issometimes foolish.  The man, who is walking in 75 degrees below zeroweather, lets his learned behavior override his instinct.  Therefore, he dies.Londons penning is that no matter how intelligent society becomes, we as aspecies should neer discard our basic instincts.         In the beginning of the tale we see that the man realizes it is cold,but only sees this as a fact and not a danger.  The man spit on the ground to rill how cold it was.  His test taught him that it was colder than he had firstthought, but he never thought of that as a danger only as a reality.  Thatthere should be anything much to it than that was a thought tha t never enteredhis head (119).  To many times modern man plods along oblivious to the realitythat lies one s or misstep away (Votleler 272).         The man sees that he is feeling the make of the cold more and more ashe goes along, but more than ever he pushes on.  Several times he comments thatthe cold is devising his hands and feet numbed, and frostbite is killing hischeeks.  He thinks What were frosted cheek?  A bit painful, that was all. . .(120).  Again he chose to ignore an instinct that would have salvage him.         The dog, on the other hand, although guided by his learned behavior distillery retains his instincts.  The dog follows the man throughout his ill fadedjourney, but aft(prenominal) the man perishes he relies upon his instincts to survive.This is witnessed in the last paragraph by the control Then it turnedand trotted up the trail in the direction of the live it knew, w here there wereother food providers and fire providers (129).         The theme of Londons To Build a Fire is how we should all take heed