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London and American Naturalism — Homework
Reread "To Build a Fire" before answering.
- 1.Define literary Naturalism and explain how it differs from Realism.
- 2.Describe the chain of small errors that leads to the man's death.
- 3.What does the contrast between the dog's instinct and the man's reasoning suggest about the story's view of human intelligence?
- 4.Why is "nature is indifferent" a more precise description of this story's antagonist than "nature is cruel"?
- 5.In five or more sentences, explain why no single error in the story is dramatic on its own, but their accumulation proves fatal.
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