Introduction
What is the setting of the story?
What is Yukon (I will accept Canadian Territory/Alaskan)
What does the man lack?
What is imagination?
Where did the man build his second fire?
What does the man think could be his only solution after his last fire goes out?
What is killing the dog and putting his hands inside to keep warm
Do you agree or disagree with the man when he sends the dog ahead of himself to aid in his own safety? What would you do?
What is....
What is the weather like at daybreak when the story begins?
What does the man have for lunch?
What is biscuits and bacon
What did the man from sulphur creek warn him?
How does the dog know to leave and head to the camp?
What is...
Why do you think the protagonist is referred to as "the man" as opposed to being given a name?
Will accept:
What is he represents "every" man
What is we are less likely to be attached to the character
What freezes as soon as it has contact with the air?
How does the (second) fire go out? *Not the last
What happens to the man when he sits in the snow?
What is, slowly dies
The narrator of this story makes sure to say, "there was no keen intimacy between the dog and the man" (15). How does this comment play out in the story? How would you characterize the man's relationship to the dog?
What is..
How are the man and the dog similar? How are they different?
What is the dog has better instinct than the man. The man doesn't notice his surroundings like the dog
What is the man's destination?
What is camp with his boys!
How does the man attempt to build the third fire?
What is lights match with friction from his leg
What does the man think of while he slowly dies
The main character in this story seems to take a pretty easygoing attitude toward his dangerous situation. It's not until things are really, really bad that he starts to panic. Would he have been better off if he'd panicked earlier, or was he right to remain calm for so long? Why?
What is..
Why do you think London continues to emphasize the coldness, and how the man had never felt such cold before?
What is to show that he is ignoring the danger of nature
Where does the man keep his lunch?
What is next to his chest? His body heat will keep it from freezing?
How does the third fire go out?
What is he catches smoke in his nose, he coughs, then the fire goes out.
The man said sleeping off to death is like taking an...
What is anesthetic
What does the story teach us about death? The man realizes that he wants to “meet death with dignity” (as opposed to “running around like a chicken with its head cut off”). What do we mean when we talk of meeting death with dignity?
What is...