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The Harsh Reality of Cold: A Deep Dive into Jack London's “To Build a Fire”
Jack London's short story To Build a Fire serves as an unsettling yet profound examination of human arrogance against nature’s relentless cold. Written over a century ago, it encapsulates fear not through horror tropes like spirits or nightmares but through the brutal encounter between a solitary man and the unforgiving Yukon winter.