Character and Setting in "To Build a Fire," Part 1
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Read the passage from Part 1 of "To Build a Fire."
What do these details about setting reveal to the reader?
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...
why the man is alone
O whom the man admires
O how the man finds trails
what the man enjoys

A. why the man is alone

Explanation:

what is the purpose of the description in this passage from travels with charley?

to explain how he develops friendships with people

to show his fear of the man

to show that people in the bad lands are dangerous

to show the similarity between the man and the place

i believe the answer is: b. mr. head had a long, tube-like face with a rounded open jaw and a short depressed nose.

this is because in the un-revised sentence it said that mr. heads face was long and tube-like, and he had a rounded open jaw. this is not a very grammatically correct because of how it seems to drag on with the and, replaced with, with, makes it sound more fluent in the description.