Does the story have a theme? If it does, describe it. To build a fire symbolizes an onion; the external theme he illustrates is the man’s struggle to meet up with his friends, i.e. human
How does London's prose style(particularly his use of imagery) serve to eatablish and then to intensify that mood? London ’s Writting Style
Social Darwinism: the survival of the fittest Naturalism mingled with Romanticism Forceful and colorful Subjectivity and enthusiasm His characterizations were often stiff and his dialogue stereotyped.
dominant mood of the story ： isolation helplessness depression melancholy
Evidence and Data 1. A man is climbing the high earth-
bank in Yukon alone, and the man has no experience of climbing in 75. ---- These two sentences show the mood of isolation and helplessness. 2. “day had broken cold and gray， exceedingly cold and grey”. ---This sentence hints at the depressing atmosphere. 3.He is shocked when the fire
First style---The author from two
aspects tell us the theory of Naturalism: natural selection and survival of the fittest .
On the one hand, between different species, the story shows the competition of human beings and dog. In the extreme cold environment, if one can't adapt to the harsh natural environment, there is only one outcome - turned out to be the victim of the nature. In the story, the man failled to fight against the nature, and in the end, he is dead. On the contrary, the dog
What comment does the story make about the relationship between man and nature?
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Fory of the survival of the fittest is one of important comments. we human beings are very powerful, but compared with the nature, we are fragile and obscure. If we want to have a stand in this nat ure, we should learn how to show our reverence toward the natur
operates as a third person and an outside odserver; he tells the story in an objective way as he knows everything and it is on concern for the man.
Second style----The author
1.What is the dominant mood of the story? How does London’s prose style (particularly his use of imagery ) serve to establish and to intensify that mood?
In addition, based on t
he story, the author als o puts forward the nec essity and inevitability of keeping a harmonio us relationship betwee n the man and the natu
We can draw a conclusion that : the theme of this story is: The fittest survive.
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What is the dominant mood of the story? How does London's prose style(particularly his use of imagery) serve to eatablish and then to intensify that mood?
should respect nature and revere the power of nature
Further more, once you peel the outer layers off, you realize that he intertwines the deeper meaning of ignorance, the
survival, and knowledge.
The man’s instincts and sense allow him to understand the weather is definite drawback, but ignorance and the stubbornness triumphs. He goes into this adventure without knowledge of the dangers that can be occurred, he did not realize What he was
In this story, we can see that London establish and intensify the mood of isolation, helplessnee, depression and melancholy through two kind of prose style. First, Social Darwinism( the survival of the fittest) Second, Third-person