If one assumes that the fate of the man trying to light
the fire was totally determined by previous actions or his previous life, the connection
to social darwinism, or the idea of survival to the fittest is relatively straight
forward.
The man ignores all kinds of advice suggesting
that he ought not to attempt his journey that day and even more importantly not alone.
He even receives warnings of a kind from the dog, but all of them come from people or
things that are wiser than he is.
His pride is what leads
to his eventual death as he ignores all of the wisdom sent his way and even forgets
simple things about how to survive in the wild.
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