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London describes the man as a "chechaquo" meaning that he is a new trekker of this land. He creates the man as unimpressionable with regard only to the physical challenges he faces with respect the deathly cold temperatures paired with the absence of the sun. London states that the man neither contemplates nor appreciates the frailty of human existence in such harsh conditions. These flaws in the man prove tragically absent later in the story when death becomes him without the benefit of understanding his place in the wilderness.

2.) The naturalistic perspectives of this story are found in the depictions of the Yukon's inherent dangers of snow, harshly freezing temperatures and solitude. London subscribes to naturalism in his descriptive account of both the story's setting and the treacherous journey that the man follows. Just as naturalism is employed, the romanticism aspect is used throughout the story as well. The description of the rugged landscape is not only......

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