Friday, February 19, 2010
TO BUILD AN AWEESOMMEE FIRE
What a beautifully constructed story this was. I felt as if I was experiencing life in the horrible conditions as the main character. Unfortunately, the story did not end happily, for I would have chose to read of survival. But this is not Hollywood. There are many literary terms that could be used to describe this poem, as discussed in valuable class time. The ideas of Realism, which as described by an undisclosed internet source, is the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life, without embellishment or interpretation. The term also describes works of art which, in revealing a truth, may emphasize the ugly or sordid. The world is harsh and unforgiving, and unfortunately the character was unable to live a life post-story. This is a classic example of survival of the fittest at its best, and the main character was not the fittest. I believe that he was fighting hard to live, but deep inside his intuition told him he would not be so fortunate. Also presented deep inside the lines of the story, the uses of naturalism are consistently expressed. Naturalism was an extreme literary movement that shaped the lives and minds of writers and other literary figures. Naturalism, described by an online source, used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. The uses of naturalism and realism are vivid. If I could change the story, I would have written to see him survive and live to tell his grandchildren his story.
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Mr. Gordon does a great job in his summary about Jack London's "To Build a Fire", and has great word usage. Mr. Gordon's statement about survival of the fittest the best way to describe what happened to the man in this short story. I agree with Blake, that I much rather read stories ending in survival but as he also says, "this is not Hollywood". Blakes observation of naturalism is noticed and he does a great job explaining his views on how the story vividly shows naturalism and realism. I found it interesting that Mr. Gordon would of changed the ending and added that he would have it so that the man would tell his grandchildren the story. That is very caring of Mr. Blake.
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