Naturalism in to build a fire assignment

Before his long journey through the tundra, the man seeks advice from a wise old man who knows about the entire area and how to survive the harsh weather conditions. The old timer tells the man he should not travel alone with the temperature being dangerously cold. London tells of the man ensconcing about what the old-timer told him, “ The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Cloudlike after fifty below. Well, here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself’ (London 6).

Instead of listening to the old timer, the man decides to go off on his own, ultimately leading to his demise. This definitely shows the naturalistic idea of man versus man, or himself. The man’s own stubbornness and disregard to the advice of the old man causes his death. If he had listened to the old man, he most likely would have revived because there would have been another person with him to help start a fire in order for him to dry off. Lastly, naturalism shows up with how the dog in the story acts.