What does the description of the setting help the reader better understand?
Undoubtedly it was colder than fifty below – how much
colder he did not know. But the temperature did not
matter. He was bound for the old claim on the left fork of
Henderson Creek, where the boys were already. They had
come over across the divide from the Indian Creek
country, while he had come the roundabout way to take a
look at the possibility of getting out logs in the spring
from the islands in the Yukon. He would be in to camp by
six o'clock; a bit after dark, it was true, but the boys
would be there, a fire would be going, and a hot supper
would be ready.
- "To Build a Fire,"
Jack London
how dark it is outside
why the man is alone
that the man has reached his camp
what the man is likely to have for dinner