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Name: Summer Student Number:Class Number: 1617 Class Time: Tuesday 10:35a.m. Date: July 18th, 2014 “To Build a Fire”, Topic 3 Respect the role of nature, the eternal theme The short story to build a Fire written by Jack London presented a picture that a man was struggling with nature but fated to death. In the story, the man following with a wolf-dog traveled in the Yukon on an extremely cold morning. As ignoring the suggestion of an old man and the extremely cold weather, he made some mistakes which result in his body temperature’s drop. Though he tried to build a fire for twice to keep warm, he failed and finally dead. From that story, a theme is clear showed: human actions should respect the role of nature in our lives. If not, men will eat the “bitter pill” which is made by them. The man’s death shows the power of nature. In the story, the elements of nature are clearly shown as the cold temperature, snow, and the water from springs that the man is unable to see. Each one of these things plays a part in the man’s death no matter how hard he tries to avoid them. For example, the man is aware of the dangerous springs that are around him. In the story London says, “He knew that the coldest snaps never froze these springs, and he knew likewise their danger” (London). The man definitely knows parts of the springs are not frozen, but he is unable to avoid them and falls into the water, which finally lead his cloth been wet and frozen. And he tries to make a fire and no matter his effort, the fire either does not light or it keeps going out, and during his final attempt snow falls from a tree and puts it out. The nature is powerful and no matter how talent human is, it remains much mystery. So, human actions should respect the role of nature in our lives. But, the death of the man is not only caused by nature, but also by the man h