The story "Gumption" is has a descriptive structure, since it looks forward to <u>describing an idea</u>. In the story, the author helps us to understand Clara's individual interpretation of "Gumption" by depicting it to the reader.
In the other hand, "To build a fire" is written in a sequential structure (the i<u>deas are presented as they happen in time</u>) and it shows the reader how each one of the man's unintelligent decisions play a part in his undoing.
