To Build a Fire

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naturalist literature short film short story

"To Build a Fire" is a classic naturalist short story by Jack London about a man's fatal struggle for survival in the brutal Yukon wilderness.

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Label Occurrences
To Build a Fire canonical 4
To Build a Fire (1908 version) 2
To Build a Fire (1969 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naturalist literature ⓘ
short film ⓘ
short story ⓘ
short story ⓘ
adaptedAs To Build a Fire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: To Build a Fire (1969 film)
author Jack London ⓘ
Jack London ⓘ
basedOn To Build a Fire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
containsMotif extreme cold ⓘ
fire as survival ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts fatal struggle for survival ⓘ
harsh Yukon wilderness ⓘ
educationalUse commonly anthologized in literature textbooks ⓘ
frequently taught in high school English courses ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1902 ⓘ
1908 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn The Century Magazine ⓘ
The Youth's Companion ⓘ
genre adventure fiction ⓘ
naturalism ⓘ
survival fiction ⓘ
hasRevisedVersion To Build a Fire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: To Build a Fire (1908 version)
hasSymbol dog as instinct ⓘ
fire ⓘ
literaryMovement American naturalism ⓘ
literarySignificance classic of American literature ⓘ
exemplar of naturalist short story ⓘ
mainCharacter Husky dog ⓘ
unnamed man ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient ⓘ
notableVersion To Build a Fire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: To Build a Fire (1908 version)
originalLanguage English ⓘ
setting Yukon goldfields ⓘ
surface form: Klondike region

Yukon Territory ⓘ
style detailed description of environment ⓘ
objective narration ⓘ
targetAudience general adult readers ⓘ
theme hubris ⓘ
human versus nature ⓘ
indifference of nature ⓘ
individual versus environment ⓘ
survival ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898) ⓘ
surface form: Klondike Gold Rush
tone bleak ⓘ
detached ⓘ

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Jack London → notableWork → To Build a Fire ⓘ
John Griffith Chaney → notableWork → To Build a Fire ⓘ
To Build a Fire → hasRevisedVersion → To Build a Fire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: To Build a Fire (1908 version)
To Build a Fire → notableVersion → To Build a Fire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: To Build a Fire (1908 version)
To Build a Fire → adaptedAs → To Build a Fire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: To Build a Fire (1969 film)
To Build a Fire → basedOn → To Build a Fire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: To Build a Fire (1969 film)
John → notableWork → To Build a Fire ⓘ
subject surface form: John Griffith Chaney