Jack London’s short story To Build a Fire and Chief Seattle’s oratory The Land Is Sacred to Us both relate to the conflict between the Native American and the opposing white man who possessed a divergent outlook towards nature. Although London’s work was written during the naturalism movement, years after Seattle’s oratory, To Build a Fire can be viewed, through the use of extended metaphors, as a complementary work to Seattle’s speech. ... After failed attempts of lighting a fire, the thought of death finally entered the man’s head and a strange thought emerged. If he could warm himself with the heat from the carcass of the dog, maybe he could build another fire with warmed hands. ...
Chief Seattle’s oratory encompasses these same main ideas. ... In one section, the man attempts to build a second fire. ...
Spanning over time and cultures, Chief Seattle’s The Land Is Sacred to Us and Jack London’s To Build a Fire both address the importance in respecting one’s surroundings.
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