A Matter ofA Matter of LifeLife andand DeathDeath

To Build a FireTo Build a Fire byby Jack Jack London London

Presented by Presented by Carwyn GamblingCarwyn Gambling

About the manAbout the man

The main character is a man who has The main character is a man who has high cheek bones, a very long pointed high cheek bones, a very long pointed nose, and a long amber beard from nose, and a long amber beard from chewing tobacco. chewing tobacco.

The man’s personality is that he is The man’s personality is that he is very bland and only worries about the very bland and only worries about the things in life and not in the significances.things in life and not in the significances.

The problem in the book is that the The problem in the book is that the man does not care what happens to man does not care what happens to anybody, including himselfanybody, including himself! !

ResolutionResolution

The problem is The problem is completely resolved completely resolved because the man dies. because the man dies.

We learn the We learn the theme from the theme from the character because of character because of his actions. For his actions. For example, when he was example, when he was dying he didn’t try to dying he didn’t try to save himself and he save himself and he didn’t care if his didn’t care if his friends would be sad friends would be sad or not.or not.