Jack London's To Build a Fire follows an unnamed protagonist, who is only referred to as "the man", as he travels the path of Yukon during a severe snowstorm. With his husky wolfdog, he decided to meet friends at an old crossroads before six o'clock. The man, who had been warned not to travel alone in the Klondike, moved forward despite the difficult weather conditions on the ground. Later, he falls in the snow in what seemed like a safe place. With his feet and fingers soaked, he lights a fire and begins to dry himself. The man builds the fire under a spruce tree in order to take his twigs and place them directly on the fire. Every time he pulled a twig, a branch would spill its load of snow, putting out the fire. He grabs all his matches and lights them simultaneously to set fire to a piece of bark; it goes out soon. The man decides to kill the dog and use its warm body to restore its circulation, but fails to kill the animal and lets the dog go. The man tries to escape the idea of ​​freezing to death, but he quickly falls. He decides that he should face death in a more dignified way; the man falls into a calm sleep. In the March 1986 issue of the Journal of Modern Literature, Lee Clark Mitchell of Princeton University opened his article "'Keeping Your Head': Repetition and Responsibility in London's 'To Build a Fire'" by criticizing the style of narration of naturalism. Mitchell claims naturalism as a slow, boring, and simple way to captivate an audience; and Jack London is the epitome of that description. Mitchell states: “There is a certain skepticism about [London's] very methods of composition; the speed with which he wrote, his strangely childish plots...all convinced readers to ignore the technical aspects of his...... middle of paper ......only reading from a point of view objective view the audience is able to place itself in a position similar to that of man. A story about a man with no name or face to visualize leaves only his personality for readers to connect with. In "To Build a Fire", the man's determination is the character of the story, through all the events that happen, he is always ready to meet his friends, "the boys", at six o'clock. Although it took another writer's opinion to help me understand the true intentions of London's "To Build a Fire," my appreciation for the work grew with my understanding of what distinguishes naturalism other styles of writing. Works Cited Mitchell, Lee Clark. "'Keeping Your Head': Repetition and Responsibility in London's 'To Build A Fire'." Journal of Modern Literature 13.1 (1986): 76. Academic Research Premier. Internet. February 18. 2012.