Question

Which facts are helpful in connecting “To Build a Fire” by Jack London to historical events?

Answer 1

The facts that this situation took place in the far north in the Canadian Yukon where the winters are very harsh and unforgiving and require the utmost respect to survive being outdoors then and also that this was during the Kl ondike gold rush of 1898 in which people from warm southern climes like the southern US came ill prepared either mentally or physically to know how to deal with these tough conditions. This was also the case with the fictitious character of "Sam McGee of Plumtree Tennessee" of Robt W Service  who froze to death and only thawed out in a burning sternwheeler.