How To build a fire made me feel

Throughout my entire reading of “To Build A Fire” by Jack London, I had the feeling of cold and somberness. I have felt incredibly cold before such as when my apartment lost it’s heat and we were in sub -10 degree weather but reading this I felt a cold that had never befallen on me, a cold that made me think of nothing else but the cold. I felt this as many stories simply tell you what the main character was feeling once or just stating that it’s cold or the temperature but never go into detail about how the character is feeling. In “To Build A Fire” there are constant details such as the man’s blood shivering from the cold and the cold actively taking away the man’s life energy shows just how cold he is. Another detail that gave me the feeling of cold is the comparison between what cold the man has gone through and the cold that the dog has felt throughout their lives. When a dog who has lived in the cold their entire life is feeling cold then  the severity of the cold is much more understandable. Lastly is the desperation that the man was going through to feel warm which to proves worthless as he eventually died from the cold.