PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?
1 point
“It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe.”
“All a man had to do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone.”
“…and when he spoke peremptorily, with the sound of whip-lashes in his voice, the dog rendered its customary allegiance and came to him.”
“Then the man drowsed off into what seemed to him the most comfortable and satisfying sleep he had ever known.”

“It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe.”

Explanation:

According to a different source, this question refers to the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London.

Part A asked what the student to choose a statement that best described the central theme of the story. The answer to this was: "In the struggle of man against nature, nature always wins."

Therefore, the quote that best supports the answer to Part A is: "“It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe.”

In this quote, we learn of the ideas that the author has regarding the human condition. Although he states that these are not thoughts the character had, he includes them in this text in order to motivate the reader to think about them. The author tells the reader that humans are weak because of their need for a certain temperature. He also refers to humans as "frail," and as only being able to live within certain conditions. This demonstrates how weak and vulnerable men are when struggling against nature.