To Build a Fire
to build a fire
How do you feel about the way the story ended? Did you predict this kind of ending? explain.
How do you feel about the way the story ended? Did you predict this kind of ending? explain.
I think that there is a lot of foreshadowing in this story so I expected the man to falter. The Man's spit freezes before it hits the ground at the beginning of the story; the man steps through freezing water; the man builds an emergency fire under a snowy tree. All of these factors lead to the man's final demise.