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Please overview the literary elements of To Build A Fire by Jack London. Provide some sample thesis statements.
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This solution provides an overview of the literary elements of To Build a Fire by Jack London. Additionally, it provides several sample thesis statements.
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To Build a Fire is a story that does an excellent job of pitting "Man" against "Nature," and showing that nature is potentially dangerous and not something to be discounted by people. Some of the elements/ideas that appear in the story are:
- The importance of instincts (the dog has them, listens to them and is really much "smarter" at dealing with nature than the man is - the dog represents "reason" in the story as he recognizes the danger and tries to warn the man).
- The foolishness/arrogance of the man, also the man's lack of respect for nature (you can use one or both ideas, they are connected) (throughout the story the man is unaware of or ...
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