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Characters

There are only two characters in "To Build a Fire," a man and a dog, although some count Nature as a third character. In the story, Nature is portrayed as the antagonist – the foe against which the man is pitted for survival. However, Nature doesn't act deliberately – it simply is, and it is the man's own folly and arrogance that causes his death.