In this excerpt from jack london’s short story “to build a fire,” which sentences best show that the protagonist could be seen as prideful in his abilities rather than ignorant of his surroundings?

The correct answer is D. "Any man who was a man could travel alone."

This sentence doesn't mean that he is unaware of the Arctic winter's harsh conditions or danger. It means he thinks that he can conquer it alone. That is his major mistake, which would cost him his life. He makes mistakes on his travel but he is not ready to acknowledge them or learn from them, just as he ignores the advice the old man had given to him.

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.