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Knowledge or Instinct? Jack London's "To Build a Fire"

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Young scholars closely read " To Build a Fire," to explore the use of narrative point of view and debate the distinction between knowledge and instinct. The elements of literary naturalism and how they relate to Jack London's work is examined in this lesson.

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character analysis, characters, instincts

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character analysis, instinct, juxtaposition, knowledge, omniscient point of view, english language arts
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9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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