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To Build a Fire by Jack London

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Study Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction

Author Biography

Plot Summary

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Characters

Themes

Style

Historical Context

Critical Overview

Critical Essays »

Media Adaptations

Topics for Further Study

Compare & Contrast

What Do I Read Next?

Further Reading

Sources

Author Biography

Name:	Jack London
Birth Date:	January 12, 1876
Death Date:	November 22, 1916
Place of Birth:	San Francisco, California, United States
Place of Death:	Glen Ellen, California, United States
Nationality:	American
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	author

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Biography of Jack London
423 words, approx. 1.4 pages

American author and advocate of socialism Jack London (1876-1916) wrote popular adventure stories and social tracts based on unusual personal experiences. At their best, his works are powerful and moving narratives. Jack London, in full John Griffith Lon...

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Biography of Jack London
14317 words, approx. 47.7 pages

Jack London has been recognized as one of the most dynamic figures in American literature. Sailor, hobo, Klondike argonaut, social crusader, war correspondent, scientific farmer, self-made millionaire, global traveler, and adventurer, London captured the...

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Biography of Jack London
13561 words, approx. 45.2 pages

"No literary historian but sooner or later must reckon with Jack London," Fred Lewis Pattee asserts in The Development of the American Short Story (1923), for "he represented more than an individual: he was the product of a literary condition in America....

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Encyclopedia and Summary Information

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To Build a Fire Information
678 words, approx. 2 pages

"To Build a Fire" is a short story by American author Jack London. The famous version of this story was published in 1908. Jack London published an earlier and radically different version in 1902, and a comparison of the two provides a dramatic...

News and Journals

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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Building fire on ice
12/09/2002: 533 words, approx. 2 pages

Building fire on ice Homestead hockey team on brink of breakthrough By BOB GOSMAN Special to the Journal Sentinel Monday, December 9, 2002 When the Homestead hockey team reflects on its strong start to the season, the Highlanders' 4-1 victory...

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Fire Protection Engineering

Approaches to Designing Fire Safety in Buildings
10/01/2006: 834 words, approx. 3 pages

Fire protection is typically designed into buildings to achieve one or more fundamental goals:1 * Life Safety. This goal includes mitigation of injury or death caused by fire to the public, building occupants and members of the fire brigade. * Property Protection....

Criticism and Essays

Literary Criticism

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Critical Essay by Lee Clark Mitchell
9,595 words, approx. 32 pages

In the following essay, Mitchell provides a stylistic analysis of London's “To Build a Fire.”

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Critical Essay by Lee Clark Mitchell
9,167 words, approx. 31 pages

In the following essay, Mitchell explores London's narrative techniques in “To Build a Fire,” particularly the use of repetitive language and images.

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Critical Essay by George R. Adams
4,922 words, approx. 16 pages

In the following essay, Adams investigates ambiguities in “To Build a Fire” and suggests another perspective on the story.

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Featured Essays

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Essay Grade: 86%

To Build a Fire
1,086 words, approx. 4 pages

Analyzes Jack London's story "To Build a Fire." Examines the main theme of a man's struggle to overcome the power of nature and nature's boundaries.

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Essay Grade: 88%

Literary Techniques in "To Build a Fire"
699 words, approx. 2 pages

In the short story "To Build a Fire," Jack London engages the reader through his literary techniques, including foreshadowing, description, and third person limited point of view. This approach conveys a mood that the situation in the story is extremely dangerous and tragic.

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