"To Build A Fire"

Sometimes people deserve to be hurt or even killed for their stupidity. The story “To Build Fire” tells of a man just like that. The man was sexist, self-conscious and inexperienced as he traveled off down the Yukon Trail awaiting for him, were not his friends at their camp, but farther down the trail, awaited a long painful death. There is also in real life people who just need to learn something from their stupidity by death or pain. People who pursue extremely dangerous feats ought to be condemned for their foolish and lack of awareness.
In the story “To Build Fire,” a man plans to travel down the Yukon Trail and meet his friends at their camp miles away. On his way, he came upon an old man who had warned him to bring a traveling partner along on the trail because the trail had very dangerous weather at that time of year. The man completely...