Epistolary form is the art of moving the story forward with letters. Novels written in this form usually incorporate "letters" between characters that show what the story is like. It needs not necessarily be letters and can include news paper articles or similar. An example of such a novel would be Bram Stoker's Dracula.
The central conflict and its resolution in "To Build a Fire" is:
c. The man is in conflict with the extreme weather; the conflict ends when the man freezes to death.
Even though the man had conflicts with other characters in the short story, their conflicts arise from the central conflict of man needing to learn how to build a fire in order to keep warm amidst the extremely cold weather.
To create tension and suspense
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When will the result be announced?
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