TO BUILD A FIRE - jack london Which quotation from the text best highlights the man's
ignorance to the potential dangers of nature?
A "Fifty degrees below zero was to him just precisely fifty
degrees below zero. That there should be anything more to it
than that was a thought that never entered his head." (
Paragraph 3)
B "He would be in to camp by six o'clock; a bit after dark, it was
true, but the boys would be there, a fire would be going, and a
hot supper would be ready." ( Paragraph 4)
C "The man's red beard and mustache were likewise frosted, but
more solidly, the deposit taking the form of ice and increasing
with every warm, moist breath he exhaled." ( Paragraph 7)
D "Sometimes there were alternate layers of water and ice-skin,
so that when one broke through he kept on breaking through
for a while, sometimes wetting himself to the waist." (
Paragraph 11)