英美小说要素解析 To build a fire

1、1.What is the dominant mood of the story? How does Londons prose style (particularly his use of imagery ) serve to establish and to intensify that mood? 2.What comment does the story make about the relationship between man and nature? 3.Does the story have a theme? If it does, describe it.,Group 6,W

2、hat is the dominant mood of the story? How does Londons prose style(particularly his use of imagery) serve to eatablish and then to intensify that mood? presented by 林玲芷,dominant mood of the story ： isolation helplessness depression melancholy,Evidence and Data,1. A man is climbing the high earth-ba

3、nk in Yukon alone, and the man has no experience of climbing in -75. - These two sentences show the mood of isolation and helplessness. 2. “day had broken cold and gray，exceedingly cold and grey”. - This sentence hints at the depressing atmosphere. 3.He is shocked when the fire dead.(P53) - This sen

4、tence shows the mood of helplessness. 4. The whole story shows the depression and melancholy.,Londons Writting Style Social Darwinism: the survival of the fittest Naturalism mingled with Romanticism Forceful and colorful Subjectivity and enthusiasm His characterizations were often stiff and his dial

5、ogue stereotyped.,How does Londons prose style(particularly his use of imagery) serve to eatablish and then to intensify that mood?,In this story, we can see that London establish and intensify the mood of isolation, helplessnee, depression and melancholy through two kind of prose style. First, Soci

6、al Darwinism( the survival of the fittest) Second, Third-person Omniscient (all knowing-he/she/it/they/them told by the author; all characters feelings/thoughts are revealed),First style-The author from two aspects tell us the theory of Naturalism: natural selection and survival of the fittest . On

7、the one hand, between different species, the story shows the competition of human beings and dog. In the extreme cold environment, if one cant adapt to the harsh natural environment, there is only one outcome - turned out to be the victim of the nature. In the story, the man failled to fight against

8、 the nature, and in the end, he is dead. On the contrary, the dog survived. On the other hand, in this story, we describe many of the natural environment, which is to highlight strong power of nature and humans wekness, helplessness. Although the man is trying to compete with the natural, but ultima

9、tely failed to break the control of the natural environment for human.,Second style-The author operates as a third person and an outside odserver; he tells the story in an objective way as he knows everything and it is on concern for the man.,What comment does the story make about the relationship b

10、etween man and nature?,presented by 黄家艳,For the first place, thetheoryofthesurvivalofthefittest is one of important comments. wehuman beingsareverypowerful, but comparedwiththenature, we are fragile and obscure. Ifwewanttohaveastandinthisnature, weshouldlearn how to showour reverencetowardthenaturea

11、nditsrules, i.e. we should respect natural awesome power and revere its natural power.,Inaddition,basedonthestory,theauthoralsoputsforwardthenecessityandinevitabilityofkeepingaharmoniousrelationshipbetweenthemanandthenature. ONLY in doing this way, can we survive in the nature.,Does the story have a

12、 theme? If it does, describe it.,To build a fire symbolizes an onion; the external theme he illustrates is the mans struggle to meet up with his friends, i.e. human should respect nature and revere the power of nature .,Further more, once you peel the outer layers off, you realize that he intertwine

13、s the deeper meaning of ignorance, the survival, and knowledge. The mans instincts and sense allow him to understand the weather is definite drawback, but ignorance and the stubbornness triumphs. He goes into this adventure without knowledge of the dangers that can be occurred, he did not realize What he was getting himself into. His eagerness traps him into a ball of risk and threatens his life. After something he becomes