Question

Which excerpt from Jack London's "To Build a Fire" best expresses the dominance of nature that is part of the Naturalist perspective?

A."[The cold] did not lead [the man] to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature . . . it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe."
B."When it is seventy-five below zero, a man must not fail in his first attempt to build a fire--that is, if his feet are wet."
C."The dog had learned fire, and it wanted fire, or else to burrow under the snow and cuddle its warmth away from the air."

Answer 1

A."[The cold] did not lead [the man] to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature . . . it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe." Literary and artistic naturalism aims at accuracy and objectivity and cultivates realistic and even sordid portrayals of people and their environment.

Answer 2

Well, you missed the actual option and that's "He knew that at fifty below spittle crackled on the snow, but this spittle had cracked in the air. Without any doubt it was colder than fifty below". that's more precise and detailed.