"To Build A Fire"

Part I of Essay
The human body is astonishing. Even with its ability to regulate its temperature, to a certain extent, we can only survive in an extremely low range of temperature. Once this range of temperatures has been exceeded, the human body begins to loss certain function essential ....

Part II of Essay
.... death. It affects his ability to think clearly, his awareness and his memory. The first area which is affected by the cold is the mans memory. This is shown when the man sits down for lunch, removes his mittens and unzipped his jacket. "The action consumed no more than a quater of a minute, yet in that brief moment the numbness laid hold of the exposed fingers" (p.227). Then the man strikes his fingers against his leg and is immediately met with a sharp pain. He then places his fingers back in the mitten and removes his other hand to fini ....