"To Build a Fire" by Jack London

Abstract: In this essay, I intend to review the short story of To Build a Fire by Jack London in three aspects: the setting, the characters and my thought about the theme of this novel.
Instruction: since the main purpose is to present my thought about the theme of the story, I have no intention in wasting a lot of words on the useless summary of the novel downloaded form the Internet. Besides, discussion about the author Jack London is also skimmed, although it may be useful in the understanding of this novel. Instead, the background and characters is talked about first, which, I think, is important and helpful to understand this novel Then my viewpoint about the theme is naturally concluded. Here, I should mention that some essays and analyses about To Build a Fire in the net have been read before I wrote this essay.
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