Into The Wild And To Build A Fire

Both Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and “To Build a Fire” by Jack London contain ironically similar deaths of their main characters both lonely and in brutal environments. Into the Wild focuses on the life of Christopher McCandless; a graduate of Emory University and gifted athlete who has the irresistible urge to make it to the Alaskan frontier. Comparably, “To Build a Fire” centers around the unnamed main character who explores the Yukon in the extreme cold. When McCandless arrives to his destination, he drifts off of the main trail and is forced to venture alone to find his way; likewise, London’s character goes off of the main trail purposefully. Into the Wild and “To Build a Fire” are similar in the thought processes of the main characters;