“To Build A Fire” |
Theme-driven questions
- Define in one concise
sentence the moral of the story that the man learns too late.
- What specific ways
would you contrast the man and the dog? Again, state this in one specific
sentence.
- How is nature portrayed
by London in this story?
- What is the thematic
significance of London calling the main character “the man”?
“The Things They Carried”
- Can you make an
argument than man is part of nature, and if so, what role does man play in
nature in this story?
- What does the
soldiers’ discussion of a “moral” symbolize about the actions of man in
war?
- How do the men show
respect for nature in the way they operate, on a general level?
- In what way would you
compare the soldiers in Vietnam to London’s Yukon-trekking man? What can
you say each character symbolizes about man?
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