"To Build a Fire" --- Naturalism mini-unit

In class we have been introduced to Naturalism and Realism which deal with the harsh reality of life and how nature doesn't care about humans. Nature will go along with its course without worrying about human life. In the story "To Build a Fire" the narrator describes a man who decides to walk out in the freezing cold. We see how the man has no imagination and no common sense to know that it is too cold to be walking around. Then man also has a companion, a dog who knows the danger of being alone so he stays with the man. In this story the dog has more common sense than the man since he knows it is too cold and dangerous out. The dog is smarter than the man because the dog knew how to deal with the situation while the man simply went along through the dangerous conditions. Naturalism is connected with this story since it's showing how the forces of nature are stronger than man and man can never go against it. The man's confidence in this story end up hurting him since he is clearly weaker than nature. Naturalism emphasizes the way humans don't know how to deal with risky/deadlysituations. They only know what's right in front of their faces, but don't know how to react or save themselves.