To Build a Fire Essays and Criticism

To Build a Fire | Essays and Criticism

To Build A Fire Overview
Widdicombe is a freelance editor of college textbooks who lives in Alaska. In the essay below, she examines the mysterious effect of the merciless cold in ‘‘To Build a Fire’’ and in everyday Alaskan life.
Keeping His Head: Repetition and Responsibility in London's To Build a Fire
Lee Clark Mitchell is affiliated with Princeton University. In the following excerpt, she discusses how London’s repetitious writing style in ‘‘To Build a Fire’’ ultimately undermines the meaning of his language.
Journeying across the Ghostly Wastes of a Dead World
In the following excerpt, Hedrick discusses London's depictions of ''aloneness,'' comradeship, and death in ‘‘The White Silence," "In a Far Country,'' and ''To Build a Fire.''
Alaskan Nightmare and Artistic Success: 1898-1908
In the following excerpt, McClintock attempts to illustrate his assertion that ‘‘To Build a Fire’’ is London's ‘‘most mature expression of his pessimism.''