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Reflections on To Build a Fire
The story is so different than other story which I have ever read. The story only had two characters, man and dogs. And the main character was nameless. The author did not give a name to this man. I felt this style was so cool and different.
There are some different thoughts about the man in different time. In the beginning of this story, the man was so overconfident that he thought he could overcome the lower temperature. The weather was seventy-five below zero. When I read this part, I think the man was seem to mad. I am curiosity about this part, as follows. Is it possible that he did not have any concept of temperature? Is it possible that he did not have the concept that human are homoeothermic animal? Human can not bear the lower temperature I think the man had a tragic flaws was overconfident. Because of his overconfidence, make him die in the end of this story. If the man did not have overconfidence, maybe he can still alive many years. In addition to overconfidence, I think he was the person who was foolish and he didn’t have any self-knowledge. When he felt the temperature was so cold, he decided to do something made he feel warm and alive. For example, he ever tries making him feel warm by making a fire. Unfortunately, the snows which on the tree fell make the fire go out. But he was so unlucky that he got many unexpected result. Whatever he did, he wasn’t evading the fate which fated he will be dead.
When I finished this story, I am sympathetic about the destiny of the man. In my opinion, the man was somewhat poor because his fate seems to fated by someone. He cannot evade the fate which fated he will be dead. The man can not have any free will to change the destiny. In my opinion, he was a tragic protagonist.

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