Jack london's tragic and often-anthologized short story "to build a fire" takes place in canada's
yukon territory during the winter. this dramatic setting, where the temperature is seventy-five
degrees below zero, is so frigid that the main character's spit freezes in midair, and a six-foot layer
of snow and solid ice covers the ground. in this weather, the man, accompanied only by a dog, a
native husky, foolishly attempts a long journey through the unforgiving landscape. remarkably, the
man's perpetual comment regarding the impossibly bleak, frozen wilderness is simply that it is
"cold.

why does the author focus on london's character's use of the word cold?

1. to point out the difference between london's description of the setting and the character's
ability to comprehend his circumstance

2. to express that mere words cannot convey the bleakness of the setting in the yukon territory

3. to show that london admired the man for his brave endurance of the yukon weather

2. to express that mere words cannot convey the bleakness of the setting in the Yukon Territory

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

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