Thisstory is “To Build A Fire” by Jack London, about an unnamed protagonist who ventures out in the subzero tundra of the Yukon Territory, accompanied by his dog, to visit his friends—ignoring warnings from an older man about the dangers of hiking alone. The protagonist underestimates the harsh conditions. Building a fire becomes essential to survival. Man vs Nature!
In this story, our hero is…too empathetic? Unable to protect himself from seeing the inequities, the injustices, the impossible situation in which some people...
In “Loneliness; concerning Enoch Robinson” some scholars have noted the apparent parallels between author and character, since Anderson also left his hometown, married, had...
Here is another Problem For Violet Strange, Debutante Detective from the series by AK Green. Green was considered the mother of the detective novel....