Jack London


Jack London’s ‘To Build A Fir’ Essay, Research Paper


story “To Build A Fire” to convey his message that humans need to be social. London



towards Henderson Creek, about ten miles away, where the logger’s companions are




at Sulfur Creek that “no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below”. The

logger thinks this is “rather womanish” and believes he can survive by himself. Along his

journey, the man encounters death as he falls into a spring, where “At a place where there


man broke through. It was not deep. He wet himself halfway up the knees before he

floundered out to the firm crust”. Then the man builds a fire beneath a tree and snow falls


the cause of the man’s death.



he is experienced and wise enough to benefit from others’ experiences that it is not wise to


can benefit from each other. The logger’s husky is alive because it is well-suited for the

Yukon environment, while the logger is not. Unlike the other characters, London has the

man die at the end of the story to display that he dies because of his arrogance in


his ability to travel alone. If the man travels with a companion, he can benefit from him

and possibly return safely to camp.

London’s point is achieved through these three devices to prove that the cause

of the logger’s death is his rugged individualism which concludes to not having anyone to

benefit from. London’s message is that all of us need to learn how to be social and learn

how to benefit from each other in order to survive.

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