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…showed last 75 words of 609 total…and ends up freezing to death. These stories are similar in their exploration of man versus nature in that they are both representing mans survival of improbable circumstances. They still have hope, rather than realism stories with no hope. The differences between them is that in "The Open Boat" they have others to count on rather then in "To Build a Fire" were he has only himself. These stories are great examples of naturalistic writing.