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To Build A Fire By Jack London (notes)

Landyn Miller avatar Landyn Miller
9 September 2022
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Where/when does the story take place?
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Yukon at 9:00
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What does this man lack?
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Imagination
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What does this man travel with?
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Wolf dog
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This is the first time that ____.
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He is this far north
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Where is this man's destination? What time will he get there?
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Wants to get to the camp at 6:00
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What will he find there?
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Other men Food Fire
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What does the man have for lunch?
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Biscuits and bacon
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Where does he keep his lunch?
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next to his chest - his body heat will keep it from freezing
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What freezes as soon as it has contact with the air?
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Spit
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What does this dog know?
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that it is no time to be traveling alone and in the cold - has a menacing instinct that this is a dangerous journey
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What does the man fear that might happen?
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He fears falling under the creek and getting wet
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How did the man build his first fire?
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Matches
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What does he do afterwards?
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Eats his lunch
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What does he think about?
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The old man from Sulpher Creek who commented on the cold
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What happens after he eats his lunch?
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Falls through the snow and gets his feet wet
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What did the man from Sulpher Creek warn him?
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That no man should travel alone after 50 below
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Where did he build his second fire?
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Under a spruce tree
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Since the man had successfully build the second fire, he feels the old Timer's advice was "_____"
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Womanish
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How does the fire go out?
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Snow from the tree falls onto the fire
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How does the man attempt to build the third fire?
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Lights match with friction from his leg
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How does this fire go out?
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He catches smoke in his nose, he coughs, then the fire goes out
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At this time, what does the man remember?
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The warning of the Old Timer of Sulpher Creek
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How does he try to start another fire?
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He lights all 70 matches at once
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What starts burning?
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His hand
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What does the man think could be his only solution?
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Killing the dog and putting his hands inside the carcass to keep warm
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Why can't he do this?
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He doesn't have enough strength
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In panic, what does he do?
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Begins to run
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Why does he stop running?
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Lacks endurance
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The man starts to see things when he sits in the snow. What did he see?
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The banks of the creeks, the old timber-jams, the leafless aspens, and the sky
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What happens to the man when he sits in the snow?
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Slowly dies
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The man said sleeping off to death is like ____.
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Taking an anaesthetic
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What does he think of as he dies?
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The boys