A strong-willed Vincent miserably struggle for his survival. Tom started to build a fire or started to fight for his life. Obviously, “A man does not drown in twelve inches of water” but travel with wet socks down to twenty below zero really was a problem, he was to build a fire. Of course he could not
In both stories, The Open Boat by Stephen Crane and To Build a Fire by Jack London, the protagonist are not prepared for their struggle against nature and pays the consequences. Since both books open up in similar ways, the struggles of the main characters, survival is the hardest part of their journey when they tried to defeat death but failed their attempts of doing so. It’s human nature to want to survive when the odds are against you. In the in story “To Build a Fire” the author states the main character is the Protagonist. From viewers point of view the author clearly states that The Man was in weather “seventy-five degrees below zero.
He is a newcomer to the Yukon Trail and underestimates the severity of the weather. The man believes that he can handle it at the beginning, but realizes later that it is too cold: “Once in a while the thought reiterated itself that it was very cold and that he had never experienced such cold” (714). The “old timer from Sulphur Creek” tried to warn him about the weather, but instead of heeding the warning, he laughs at the old man: “That man from Sulphur Creek had spoken the truth when telling how cold it sometimes got in the country. And he had laughed at him at the time” (716). If he had listened to the “old timer” and stayed until the weather warmed a little he would have made it through the trail.
The first rhetorical device O’Brien employs is imagery. He vividly explains how he believes his courage could be built up in a “reservoir” of courage. Although, when he receives his draft, instead of feeling courageous he feels “the blood go thick” behind his eyes because he cannot believe he is being drafted for war. O’Brien describes the “silent howl” in his head, which allows one to imagine the dread of being drafted to war. O’Brien believes that he is “too good, too smart, too compassionate, too everything” and should not be drafted to the war, especially the “wrong war.” The rage in his stomach “burned down to a smoldering self-pity.” O’Brien’s imagery allows the reader to enter the mind of someone who has just received a draft notice and imagine the thoughts that would be going through their head.
Chris obviously overcompensated with this trip to the wilderness of Alaska. Because Chris had this strong inferiority complex, he overcompensated it with something that caused him to lose his life. He went too far with his believes, he could of stopped right before Alaska and go home and write about his traveling around the country with no money and explain how he did to survive, but this was not Supertramp style, he went all the way
It is very much feared also. If the world did end, it would be very scary for people that may have survived. “The city was a dead place,” (Benet 411). For John, it was a place with no excitement, and nothing at all. The apocalypse is supposed to happen because of the sun burning up, so it would be very cold and lonely.
But did he fully understand how rocky the trail would be? According to Jim Gallien, “Livin’ in the bush ain’t no picnic” (Krakauer 5). These are words that McCandless seemed to take lightly. Having no control over what nature decided to do, Chris face several things that would have made anyone else give up on what it is they set out to do. First, a flood came, forcing him to leave his car behind.
Buck has never had to endure the vicious North. While at Judge Miller's, Buck never worries about his next meal or shelter; yet while in the frozen Klondike he has death at his heels. “A chill wind was blowing that nipped him sharply and bit with especial venom into his wounded shoulder. He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet. Miserable and disconsolate, he wandered about among the many tents, only to find that one place was as cold as another.
The stories are also different in ways. Yes both characters do pass away but the way the got into that situation is different. In the story “To Build a Fire” the character made the decision himself to be in the situation himself while in the story “The Law of Life” the main character got left by the rest of his tribe and really couldn’t do anything for himself because of his disabilities he had. That is how the stories and their characters are similar and
The air quality on the shoreline of Lake Huron is the worst in the south Ontario area. (Sivers, A, n.d) Sediment loading is known to high levels of deferred solids being washed into creeks and rivers and carried down into the lake. (Sivers, A, n.d) Sediment loading can also be caused by dredging which can cause a decrease in food source for the aquatic life. With having foreign vessels follow in and out of the lake from the Atlantic is also causing problems. With the vessels having foreign aquatic life attached to the bottom of the ship and also leaking fluids into the lake while passing through.