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In Jack London’s "To Build a Fire," the external conflict of character versus nature is the most important. The man in the story struggles to keep himself alive in the extreme cold of the Yukon. Through the story, London shows how natural forces are indifferent to the survival of humans. He also shows how a human, when unprepared, is no match for nature:
It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe.
Throughout the story, the man’s struggle against the cold drives the plot of the story forward. It affects the man’s ability to think clearly and problem-solve, and it decides his fate. There are instances in the story where the man ignores signs of trouble, such as when he comes across the old sled trail. However, his blind determination to join the others at the camp drives him on:
The furrow of the old sled-trail was plainly visible, but a dozen inches of snow covered the marks of the last runners. In a month no man had come up or down that silent creek. The man held steadily on. He was not much given to thinking, and just then particularly he had nothing to think about save that he would eat lunch at the forks and that at six o'clock he would be in camp with the boys.
This external conflict continues right up to the end of the story, when the man dies from the cold. Thus, the external conflict of character versus nature is most significant to the plot of the story.
Explanation:
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The word father in the story has two meanings. First, it implies the love and protection of his biological father. Kevin’s father is a cheerful man who is always willing to help his son and provides a warm and loving home. Kevin’s teacher, on the other hand, is a cold man who ridicules Kevin. The author uses these two “fathers” to develop the theme of fatherly love in the story. Father Waldo represents discipline, restrictions, and strict social hierarchy. At school Kevin is encouraged to be ashamed of his father because of his lack of education and job as a barman. Ironically it’s his father and family who encourage him to value his education:
“We never got the chance,” his mother would say to him. “It wouldn’t have done me much good but your father could have bettered himself. He’d be teaching or something now instead of serving behind a bar. He could stand up with the best of them.”
Thus the author is setting up a choice for Kevin to make. He can choose to reject his roots and embrace the social order of the school or cling to his place as a member of the family. Kevin makes his choice in the end, when he lies to his father to protect him from the shame of not having the correct answers.
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Your answer is D. He values all living things equally, humans and animals.
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