Browning, Elizabeth, et al. Critical Reading, Critical Writing: A Handbook to Understanding College Composition. Virginia Western Community College, 2021. Pressbooks.
The presented book is a useful guideline that includes relevant terminology necessary for the analysis of literary works. The authors offer credible approaches to interpreting different concepts, which is the strength of the resource. In relation to Jack London’s To Build a Fire, the guideline allows for utilizing such a handy tool as the rhetoric triangle to correlate the interaction between key roles in the story.
Kim, Yeonman. “Human Hubris against Nature in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”.” Modern Studies in English Language and Literature, vol. 66, no. 1, 2022, pp. 219-233.
The source under consideration assesses the degree of Jack London’s involvement in the analysis of the environment he describes in the story in question. According to the researcher, the picture of nature surrounding the main character is studied in detail by London, which is evidence of the author’s close attention to detail and the plausibility of the story. As a result, naturalism is largely achieved through objective and colorful descriptions, realized through the involvement of London in the process of studying the environment.
London, Jack. To Build a Fire. American Literature, 2017.
This short story is the famous work of London, in which the author tells about the harsh conditions of nature where an unprepared person can die. Although the work is concise, the author conveys to the reader the context of the story and emphasizes the key stages through the plot, climax, and denouement. To Build a Fire is characteristic of London’s work and allows for assessing how the author applies a naturalistic approach to the disclosure of images.
Schenck, Andrew. ““Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! Or at Least a Way to Cope?”: Examining Different Perspectives in 18th Century Literature about Slavery.” Studies in British and American Language and Literature, vol. 128, 2018, pp. 129-144.
This study mentions London’s To Build a Fire from the perspective of applying relevant theories to reflect the confrontation between the human and nature. One of the main conclusions is that the concept of the omnipotence of nature is a convenient tool to present to the reader the complexity of the conditions in which the protagonist finds himself. The study’s value lies in the ability to correlate relevant theoretical ideas with the literary vision of specific situations.
Works Cited
Browning, Elizabeth, et al. Critical Reading, Critical Writing: A Handbook to Understanding College Composition. Virginia Western Community College, 2021. Pressbooks.
Kim, Yeonman. “Human Hubris against Nature in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”.” Modern Studies in English Language and Literature, vol. 66, no. 1, 2022, pp. 219-233.
London, Jack. To Build a Fire. American Literature, 2017.
Schenck, Andrew. ““Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! Or at Least a Way to Cope?”: Examining Different Perspectives in 18th Century Literature about Slavery.”Studies in British and American Language and Literature, vol. 128, 2018, pp. 129-144.