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?

A) he was feeding it with twigs the size of his finger

B) those old timers were rather womenish, some of them, he thought

C) any man who was a man could travel alone

D) lifeless they were, for he could scarcely make them move together to grip a twig, and they seemed remote from his body and from him

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Larson · Answer 1

Choices 'B' and 'C' both suggest that he felt that he was

better than some others, and proud of his abilities.