Overconfidence and Arrogance in To Build a Fire by Jack London Essay

Overconfidence and Arrogance in To Build a Fire by Jack LondonOverconfidence and arrogance direct to the death of the man in JackLondons To Build a Fire. This overconfidence in his own abilitiesled to him making poor decisions and scorning the advice of those whoknow what they be talking about. Instead, he laughs at the old manafter he tells him a man should travel with a partner (1769) andgoes out into the quick-frozen weather anyway. He knew that it was 75degrees below zero and that his body was desensitize but he didnt carebecause he thought he could get by it. Even when he was about to diehe thought, freezing to death is not as bad as people thought itwas(1772) and when he got back to the states he could tell the folkswhat real cold was.(1772) plainly the man did not take thesituation seriously. Instead of dying with haughtiness he thought abouthimself running around like a chicken with its head cut off. (1772)He time and again snubs the warnings that he is receiving from nature.He encountered many warnings that it was too cold to be outside.First...