In "To Build A Fire" by Jack London, the man is arrogant and overconfident. Of the four passages, this can be most inferred from passage C. Passage C reads:
"Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. All a man had to do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone."
This clearly shows that the man thought he was more intelligent than the older generation from the area that advised him not to travel alone when the temperature was 50 degrees below zero. It was 75 degrees below, but he thought he could outwit nature. As he was freezing to death, he realized he was wrong, but it was too late. He was overconfident and that ultimately led to his death.
C) Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. All a man had to do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone.
Explanation:
To <em>Build a Fire</em> is the story about a <em>chechaquo</em> to the Yukon domain stupidly adventures out into the cold in spite of admonitions not to. He intends to meet his companions at the following human settlement by six o'clock that night. He is joined by a wolf-hound, an imposing, that feels no fondness for him.
The man thought he was more canny than the more established age from the zone that prompted him not to travel alone when the temperature was 50 degrees beneath zero. It was 75 degrees beneath, yet he figured he could outmaneuver nature. As he was frigid to death, he understood he wasn't right, yet it was past the point of no return. He was overconfident and that ultimately led to his death.
