TO BUILD A FIRE
BY
JACK LONDON

Outline
Jack London (ID)
• Family
• Biography
• Famous books
Summary of story
• Conflict
• Conclusion
• What I learn from this story.
• My opinion

Jack London
January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916

Identification

William Henry Chaney (An itinerant astrologer)
Flora Wellman (A music teacher and spiritualist)
John London (Jack step father-poor farmer)
Marries Bess Maddern (Married on 1900)
He has two daughter Joan and Bess
Family

Biography
Began reading at the age of 10 and he was on street selling a
newspaper.
He leaved the school at the age of 14.
Began writing at the age of 17.
Worked at many hard jobs
He worked as a sail man on a ship.
at the age of 24 he admitted to the University of
California at same time, he start writing and published
his works.

Famous Works
Wrote 50 books :novels , short stories ,essays ,but most of them
are fictions.
First book “The Son of the Wolfe” published in 1900
His best works are Alaskan stories: "Call of the Wild"
Autobiographical novels: "The Road”
Philosophic work “The Sea Wolfe”
Short stories : “To Build a Fire”

Summary of story
He wrote this story base on survival story.
The story was start with a strong man was going to a
camp in Henderson Creek by using Yukon trail.
trail is turned aside and the man got out from the trail.
Yukon was very cold and the man became upset with
weather condition
got a new partner(gray husky) when he made the first
fire.
The ice was broken and the man felt down and
becoming wet.
made a fire near the tree.

CONT.
Remembered the old man advice ( don’t go alone)
The snow felt and extinguished the fire.
Man try to build a new fire but he failed .After that, he think
to kill the dog and use dog fur to warm his hand.
Man body start freezing so, he became afraid and start
running to maintain his body temperature.
He can’t move so he was freeze and died.
The dog whined loudly when the man remained silent for a
while.
Dog turned to camp direction.

Conflict.
1.External conflict:
 Cold and Freezing weather.
 He can’t make a fire (second
and third time).
 Hungry.
1.Internal conflict:
 he didn’t listen to old man
advice.

Conclusion
The man dies frozen and the dog ran searching for
fire in the camp.

What I learn from this story…
 1-This story is about listen to people advice and have a
friend for a trip.
 Be honest with yourself , don’t show off and don’t go
throw something beyond your capability.

Thank you
Prepared by:
TALAL ALQAHTANI

References:
1.http://www.jacklondons.net/
2.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Build_a_Fire
3.www.google.img.com