<em>It could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions.
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<u>Explanation:</u>
The sentence describes the matches of the walker that had many problems that would not be solved quickly. The given line, therefore, illustrated a high need for events, even though people had difficulty in finding the fire. It harder because it was immediately put off, This raised an urgent need of lighting up the fire again with necessarily depending on nature.
But the given line does not indicate how they will depend on nature. It explains that it is the responsibility of humans to find a way of not depending on it.
