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An 8 page paper which discusses how London used Mother Nature, the weather, as a protagonist in "To Build a Fire" and "Love of Life." Bibliography lists 8 additional sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
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-- properly! Introduction The stories of Jack London are known for their themes which exist within the simple and hazardous
realities of Mother Nature. They are stories which tell the tale of men who are struggling against the wilderness. Many believe that because of these themes Mother Nature is the
antagonist, when in actuality London presented Mother Nature as a protagonist, present to provide the material for the characters development and growth. In the following paper we examine two of
Jack Londons short stories and discuss the protagonist that is Mother Nature as it relates to weather. The stories examined are "To Build a Fire" and "Love of Life."
To Build a Fire "In To Build a Fire, Jack London tries to portray the weather as a character, a force, the antagonist....Jack London wants readers to realize that no
mater what, nature is more forceful than man" (Anonymous "To Build a Fire" by Jack London buildfire.html). We should note, however, that merely because the weather is more powerful than
man this does not automatically indicate that the weather is a protagonist. We can note this when we examine the following excerpt from Londons story which illustrates how the man
is ignorant and in need of the weather to make him strong and enlightened: "But all this---the mysterious, far-reaching hairline trail, the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous
cold, and the strangeness and weirdness of it all--made no impression on the man. It was not because he was long used to it....The trouble with him was that he
was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances. Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty odd
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