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    Naturalism believes that nature is the ultimate reality and everything can be explained by natural laws and forces. The story "To Build a Fire" is about a man traveling alone through the Yukon territory during freezing temperatures who ignores warnings from his dog and the risks of nature. His overconfidence in himself and lack of respect for the harsh realities of the natural environment lead to his demise, as he is unable to outwit or overcome the unforgiving power of nature. The dog in the story senses the danger and hesitates to make the journey, showing it has better instincts for survival in the wild than the man.

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    Naturalism believes that nature is the ultimate reality and everything can be explained by natural laws and forces. The story "To Build a Fire" is about a man traveling alone through the Yukon territory during freezing temperatures who ignores warnings from his dog and the risks of nature. His overconfidence in himself and lack of respect for the harsh realities of the natural environment lead to his demise, as he is unable to outwit or overcome the unforgiving power of nature. The dog in the story senses the danger and hesitates to make the journey, showing it has better instincts for survival in the wild than the man.

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    Naturalism believes that nature is the ultimate reality and everything can be explained by natural laws and forces. The story "To Build a Fire" is about a man traveling alone through the Yukon territory during freezing temperatures who ignores warnings from his dog and the risks of nature. His overconfidence in himself and lack of respect for the harsh realities of the natural environment lead to his demise, as he is unable to outwit or overcome the unforgiving power of nature. The dog in the story senses the danger and hesitates to make the journey, showing it has better instincts for survival in the wild than the man.

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    Naturalism believes that nature is the ultimate reality and everything can be explained by natural laws and forces. The story "To Build a Fire" is about a man traveling alone through the Yukon territory during freezing temperatures who ignores warnings from his dog and the risks of nature. His overconfidence in himself and lack of respect for the harsh realities of the natural environment lead to his demise, as he is unable to outwit or overcome the unforgiving power of nature. The dog in the story senses the danger and hesitates to make the journey, showing it has better instincts for survival in the wild than the man.

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    Naturalism

    Nature is everything, there is nothing beyond it  Nature is also termed as materialism. Naturalism is
    concerned with “natural self” or “real self”. It contends that the ultimate reality is matter, and not mind
    or spirit. The material world is the only real world. It is the only reality. It believes that everything
    comes from nature and returns to nature. For naturalists nature is everything.

    To Build a Fire (summary)


    "To Build a Fire" is a tale of a man who travels alone though the deadly terrain of the
    Yukon trail in below freezing temperatures with his dog and he believes so much in his
    capabilities and ignores the dog instincts and becomes victim to the unyielding and
    unforgiving power of nature.

    Analysis
    According to a writer, the man is a newcomer in the land and this was his
    first winter. He was quick and alert to the things in life, but not about their
    significance. To build a fire tells us that the man in the story does not
    respect the forces of nature that how cruel it may be. As during his journey
    he falls through the snow into water and get himself wet halfway to the
    knees. After that he builds a fire in order to dry his clothes but he builds it
    under a tree by forgetting that he is building a fire under a tree that is
    covered with snow. Soon the tree branch drops a load of snow on the fire
    because of its heat.
    In naturalism man is pitted against natural forces that man is under the
    influence of certain forces that could be
    Natural
    Biological
    Environmental
    Genetic
    Social/economic.
    Because nature operates according to its own patterns and principles.
    Not last but least he realizes that he might die, he begins to get wild
    thoughts and thinks that how he could keep his body and hand warms and
    then we again see the power of nature that he cannot kill the dog to keep
    his hand and body warm not because the dog is his friend but because he
    could not grasp a knife in his hands, because of cold. Soon he realizes that
    he cannot compete with the nature and accept his death (hence everything
    comes from nature and belongs to the nature ) (Life is not a matter of
    holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well (author)). The dog
    doesn’t understand what has happened and sniffs the man. Then he
    realizes that the man is dead now and then he follow his instinct to where
    he knows there are other men. One thing more the dog does not want to go
    to trek. He senses fear. He hesitates to make journey. He was well aware
    of the situation, about condition, about the weather but he follow his
    master.

    Conclusion
    Man has a great confidence on himself and he forget about the harsh
    reality of weather and also the most important thing that he ignores the
    signal given by his dog to him that he don’t have to go to a camp. He
    believes so much in his capabilities that he ignores the dog instincts. That
    also portrays that the dog has got more sound decisions as compared to a
    man.

    Quotes (to build a fire)


    1. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things,
    and not in the significances. 
    2. He (the man) was a bit frightened. 
    (He did not listen to his inner voice and moved against the
    power of nature)
    3. The trouble with him was that he was unable to imagine .
    4. The animal was depressed by the tremendous cold. It knew that it
    was no time for travelling. Its instinct told it a truer tale than was told
    to the man by the man's judgment.
    This quotes tells us that dog’s decision is correct instead of a man in
    the story.

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