Answer:
It creates the conflict of the story by showing that the man is too inexperienced and unaware of the power of nature to survive the conditions.
Explanation:
Jack London's "To Build A Fire" is a short story about an inexperienced man's attempts to overcome the forces of nature with his own will. The unnamed protagonist of the story end up dead in the cold snowy forest of the Yukon territory.
The setting of the story is the mountainous region of the Yukon territory. And at the time of the story, it was snowing heavily and the weather had also become worse. Despite being warned by an older man not to venture into the forest, the unnamed protagonist went ahead, taking a dog along with him. He had planned to reach the mining camp where his friends are waiting for him. The cold and severe condition of the forest pose a threat to his very existence. He even tried to build a fire to make himself warm but left it soon after. His stubborn nature, his refusal to even trust the dog's natural instincts about the weather, the refusal to even stay with the fire to make himself warm all add to his own death.
The setting of the story- the Yukon territory, creates the conflict in the story where the main character is inexperienced and was not familiar with the surrounding forces that he was to deal with.
