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To Build a Fire – 5 questions graded Exam: (50 Points)

by D. Marolla

“To Build a Fire” – Written assessment. Please use the text for evidence, write clearly and with detail and thought. These questions are a mix of opinion and fact from the short story.  Here is a short review video of the story if you wish to prepare. 

1)     What / who killed ‘The Man’? Be descriptive and specific, provide evidence and explain the cause of The Man’s death

2)     In your opinion, why does London NEVER give the man or the dog a name? What do you think the reason for this is?

3)     Describe the significance of ‘The Old Timer from Sulphur Creek’. What does he, in your opinion, represent? Why is he mentioned multiple times?

4)     At the end of the story, the dog lives and the man dies. Explain how a lower order of animal survives the ordeal and the man, who is able to reason, does not.

5)     In your opinion, what is the message behind “To Build a Fire”? In other words, what lessons or ideas to you think Jack London was trying to get across by writing this story?

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To Build a Fire – Short Film Review

by D. Marolla

Here is the 1969 short film of “To Build a Fire”.

Please watch the whole thing.  I would like you to write a half page to a whole page movie review.  Please consider the following in your review:

  • Does it follow the story in a consistent way?
  • What images or scenes are the most effective?
  • Did the Man and the Dog look the way you had pictured them?
  • Does the movie have the right tone?
  • What did you like or dislike about the film?

Explain yourself well, and write clearly using some detail please. (50 points)

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Write a letter to the Man in “To Build a Fire”

by D. Marolla

Reading and or Listening: Please finish the Jack London story “To Build a Fire”.  When you’re done, please do the following creative assignment:

Write a letter to the Man in “To Build a Fire”. Tell him all of his mistakes, and how he should have done it. Use pictures if you wish, perhaps of people who have successfully lived remote lives. Your letter to him should be about half of one page to one page long. (50 points)

You can be creative.  Actually, in this class you can always be creative, but here if you want to add pictures or maps that would be something special.

Click to access to-build-a-fire.pdf

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How does Jack London use the setting of the story to create the tone?

by D. Marolla

Learning Target: How does Jack London use the setting of the story to create the tone?

Do Now:

·       “It certainly was cold”

·       “He would have to build a fire”

·       “The numbness in his cheeks and fingers surprised him”

·       Answer: Why does the author repeat these things? What is the purpose? (10 points)

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Please listen to the next 10 minutes of the story “To Build a Fire”

Or read pages 5-8 here: 

Click to access to-build-a-fire.pdf

https://americanliterature.com/author/jack-london/short-story/to-build-a-fire

  • CLASS NOTES:
  • Alaska – 49th state “Seward’s Folly”
  • Yukon territory – northern tundra – frozen earth
  • Resources: Gold, oil, timber = %bodylt;/span>
  • Demands rigorous survival skills
  • Winter – dark all day
  • Summer – light all night
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXxRcXHI_tI Winter Solstice in Alaska – Fairbanks – time lapse video of a ‘day’ in two minutes. The sun barely rises above the horizon.

Winter Solstice in Alaska:

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How does Jack London use foreshadowing?

by D. Marolla

Learning Target: How does Jack London use foreshadowing?

Answer (10 points): Which is more valuable / effective:

  • Instinct (the Husky dog) – OR – The Man, who has reason but ‘lacks imagination’. Explain your opinion in a few sentences. It’s the dog’s instinct vs. the man’s reason.  Which is better in this situation?

Make sure you’ve read the first four pages of the story, or listened to the first 10 minutes.  The links are in yesterday’s assignment.  Thank you.

Please copy these Notes in your English Class notebook:

  • Author – Jack London
  • Setting – Alaska, in winter. Snow / cold / dangerous
  • Conflict – Man vs. Nature
  • The main character is alone, except for a dog ‘companion’.
  • The main character is alone, isolated.
  • The author notes that the man ‘lacks imagination’.

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How Does “To Build a Fire Begin”? Using Foreshadowing

by D. Marolla

“To Build a Fire” – Jack London

Learning Target: How does Jack London’s fiction reflect non-fiction?

Title: “To Build a Fire” by Jack London

Please Answer (10 points): Judging from the title, explain / predict what the story is about.

·       Use the following to help: it takes place in the winter in Alaska,  there is 1 man, the main character, it is negative 75 degrees below zero temp. And we are reading this now, as we approach winter, as the weather begins to get cold. Using that information and the title, what do you predict the story will be about?

Listen to the first 10 minutes Read aloud: 

Or read the first four pages (1-4) of “To Build a Fire:

The story – Online PDF: https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/to-build-a-fire.pdf

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