Jack London uses the devices of plot, setting, and characterization in this short story 'To Build A Fire' to convey his message that humans need to be social. London sets an average, middle-aged logger in a deserted Yukon trail during a wintry season. The temperature is seventy-five degrees below zero and the logger and his husky are traveling towards Henderson Creek, about ten miles away, where the logger's companions are located. London places the man …showed first 75 words of 422 total…

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