To Build A Fire

   Okay, this story really wasn't my favourite. It was good, I just didn't like it.
   I think the descriptions in it were very good. I liked the way the bitterness of the cold was described, and how you could almost feel like your fingers and toes were the ones dying from severe frostbite.
   However, I think my big problem was the fact that I kept wondering how the heck somebody could be so stupid as to venture out alone except for a dog on a day-long journey when it's -75 degrees out. The entire story I felt like bashing my head on a table. What idiot would do that? And what's more, why wouldn't he have waited for a better day.
   And the dog. I felt so sorry for the dog. He knew better than to venture out, but had to because otherwise he would be whipped. I got so upset when the man tried to kill the dog for the sake of his own survival. It was a hideous image, and I was actually really happy when the dog got away. Plus, he used the dog as a tester for the hidden springs. If you're stupid enough to venture out in icy weather, I think you deserve to fall into a hidden spring, with the exception of venturing out to save someone else. Don't make your dog do it. That's cruel.
   I did like the description of death at the end though. It would be a pretty awful way to die, but it sounds better than other ways. Like the show Dexter. I would NOT want to die in a way like the victims of Dexter.
   So yeah, not my favourite story, but still it was good.