In "To Build a Fire," the man's overconfidence in his abilities has gotten him into a situation that he cannot ultimately control. What is this an example of? dramatic irony rising action conflict anticlimax

the answer is conflict

Answer: the correct answer is "conflict".

Explanation: in "To build a Fire" by Jack London's, the story's protagonist, simply referred to as "the man," warming himself after falling through the ice in the extreme, frigid cold of the Yukon Territory, discovers the folly of building a fire beneath a snow-covered tree.

The man gets into a situation that he cannot handle and this is definitely a conflict.