Journal 16

This quote relates to both Swede in “The Blue Hotel” and the hiker in “To Build
a Fire” because both are effected by outside forces and also with their own
traits. In “The Blue Hotel” the Swede becomes drunk and then loses his temper and his control. He was given a drink by Mr. Scully and then he begins to cause trouble with the other guests. The other guests encouraged the Swede and Mr. Scully's son to fight. In the end Swede gets killed. If it weren’t for the outside forces, Swede’s traits, and the weather, which brought them together none of that would of happened. The hiker’s death in “To Build a Fire” was brought on because of nature and his own traits. The extremely cold climate was mainly the reason he died but also because of his body, he was not meant to be out in the cold for that long. If he would have listened to the people that told him not to go out by himself he probably could have survived.