Read this passage from "To Build a Fire." Knowing how the story ends, what literary element or device is the author using in this passa When it is seventy-five below zero, a man must not fail in his first attempt to build a fire-that is, if his feet are wet. If his feet are dry,
he fails, he can run along the trail for half a mile and restore his circulation. But the circulation of wet and freezing feet cannot be resto
running when it is seventy-five below. No matter how fast he runs, the wet feet will freeze the harder.
All this the man knew. The old-timer on Sulphur Creek had told him about it the previous fall, and now he was appreciating the advice.
Symbolism
Foreshadowing
Figurative language
Verbal irony