Part one of term paper
In Arthur Gordon's short story "The Sea Devil" and in Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire," it is clear that in spite of the many differences the two stories have many more similarities. First, although there are more similarities between the two stories, there are still many qualities that portray the antithetic nature between the tw ...

Part two of term paper
... aware of the panicky feeling that it caused"(364) Also, In "To Build a fire" the young man did receive advice; "he knew that he should have listened to the man."(357) Conversely, In "The Sea Devil" the old man did not receive any advice. Furthermore, In Jack London's story the young man did learn a lesson, but he died; "Then the man drowsed off into what seemed to him the most comfortable sleep ever."(365) Contrarily, the man in Arthur Gordon's story learned a lesson; "He knew one thing. He knew he ...