Compare To Build A Fire And Those Winter Sundays

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There are one story and one poem called, ‘To build a Fire’ by London and ‘Those Winter Sundays’ by Hayden. It’s a term of whether those poems have eternal life, imagine life would be so beautiful and can imagine easily like a movie whereas stories do not. The stories limited the imagination. I disagree with it. So how can the story have in depth of envision and the poem does not have any length of creativity? Firstly, the short story called ‘To Build a Fire’ by London was based on a man with his dog were outside in the cold, alone in the dark with the fire only to hope that he could survive the night. “He pulled the mitten on hurriedly and stood up. He was a bit frightened.” (London, 391) The man stood up because he was frightened and cold. …show more content…

Next is the poem called, ‘Those Winter Sundays’ by Hayden was based on the story of a young boy wondering about his father as he worked on every Sundays to make sure the house was warm for him. “Sundays too my father got up early.” (Hayden, pg. 1047) this showed that the father got up early on every Sundays while the readers rest on Sundays, so they would think why they would get up early on a day off. Also, it wouldn’t make sense to work on Sundays. The reader couldn’t imagine working on Sundays; they’d rather have the day off than working. Additionally, the readers doesn’t quite understand why the boy’s father worked on Sunday when he could very well take a day off, so the readers doesn’t feel like the poem is working for them. “What did I know, what did I know of love’s austere and lonely offices?” (Hayden, pg. 1047) That form of question made the readers confused for a minute until they realized that he was thinking of his father and what made him who he is. The readers don’t understand fully of his experience because some of them may not have same feelings as he

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