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This question is incomplete. I've found the complete question online. It is the following:
What evidence from "To Build a Fire" might lead you to inference?
The man is arrogant and overconfident.
A)Working carefully from a small beginning, he soon had a roaring fire, over which he thawed the ice from his face and in the protection of which he ate his biscuits. For the moment the cold of space was outwitted.
B)He had felt the give under his feet and heard the crackle of a snow-hidden ice-skin. And to get his feet wet in such a temperature meant trouble and danger. At the very least it meant delay, for he would be forced to stop and build a fire, and under its protection to bare his feet while he dried his socks and moccasins.
C)Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. All a man had to do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone.
D)He looked at his watch. It was ten o'clock. He was making four miles an hour, and he calculated that he would arrive at the forks at half-past twelve. He decided to celebrate that event by eating his lunch there.
Answer:
The evidence that leads to the inference that the man is arrogant and overconfident is:
C)Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. All a man had to do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone.
Explanation:
"To Build a Fire" is a short story by author Jack London. The main character is a man traveling alone but for the company of a dog in the harsh cold of the Yukon region. This man has been warned by an older man about the perils of traveling alone. As a matter of fact, he was clearly told not to do so. However, he is quite arrogant and overconfident when it comes to his abilities. He not only underestimates nature, but also judges the old person who has tried to advise him. That is precisely what the excerpt in letter C shows:
C)Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. All a man had to do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone.
Unfortunately, he ends up dying for not being able to build a fire when he should. Nature easily overcomes him and his arrogance.
Answer:
B)Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. All a man had to do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone.
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