caraxphernelia
caraxphernelia
24.05.2020 • 
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He had forgotten to build a fire and thaw out. He chuckled at his foolishness, and as he chuckled he noted the numbness creeping into the exposed fingers. Also, he noted that the stinging which had first come to his toes when he sat down was already passing away. He wondered whether the toes were warm or numb. He moved them inside the moccasins and decided that they were numb.

–“To Build a Fire,”
Jack London

What effect does the man’s conflict with nature have on continuing the rising action?

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