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To Build A Fire: Man's Intelligence Is Foolish
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How many times have you seen birds flying south for the winter? They do
not read somewhere or use some computer to know that they must fly to survive.
In Jack London's "To Build a Fire", we see how that mans intelligence is
sometimes foolish. .... Middle of Term Paper
... thought that never entered
his head" (119). To many times modern man plods along oblivious to the reality
that lies one moment or misstep away (Votleler 272).
The man sees that he is feeling the effects of the cold more and more as
he goes along, but more than ever he pushes on. Several times he comments that
the cold is making his hands and feet numbed, and frostbite is killing his
cheeks. He thinks "What were frosted cheek? A bit painful, that was all. . ."
(120). Again he chose to ignore an instinct that would have saved him.
The dog, on the other hand, although guided by his learned behavior
still retains his instincts. The dog f ... |
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