How does Brian show that he has learned a lesson about survival? 1. By pushing harder, Brian realizes that determination is the key to moving the raft through the water.

2. After cooking the fish he caught, Brian decides to take some time to relax and watch the sun set.

3. When the raft is finished, Brian recognizes that it is too late to go out to the plane and he needs to wait until morning.

4. When the raft gets stuck, Brian understands that he cannot control the branches and the logs.

1. find at least 9 adjectives from this opening passage used to describe the setting of the story- "to build a fire" setting: day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little-travelled trail led eastward through the fat spruce timberland. it was a steep bank, and he paused for breath at the top, excusing the act to himself by looking at his watch. it was nine o'clock. there was no sun nor hint of sun, through there was not a cloud in the sky. it was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun. this fact did not worry the man. he was used to the lack of sun. it had been days since he had seen the sun, and he knew that a few more days must pass before that cheerful orb, due south, would just peep above the sky-line and dip immediately from view.