Wednesday, October 9, 2019

To Build a Fire - by Jack London - in 5 Minutes



The Jack London story, "To Build a Fire" is read by thousands of middle and high school students every year. Here is a 5 minute synopsis of the story, including the plot, themes, summarizations, and secondary bits of information to use in class. 

Plot: The Man, a timber prospector, has to get to base camp in 75 below zero temperature. 
Themes: they are stated in the video, but the main one is 'Individualism'. 
Conflict: there are a few, but Man v. Nature is the main one. 

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