In "To Build a Fire," if you were the dog what would be your point of view?

Concerning the dog's point of view in London's "To Build a
Fire," the question isn't as unusual as it may seem, since London was quite fond of
writing stories from a dog's point of view.  Also, this is the kind of question that
gets you to think about the story and what the dog sees, but there really isn't a
correct or incorrect answer.  You can probably write anything that is serious and
thoughtful and do just fine.

With that in mind, I'll
suggest some ideas and ask some questions that you can keep in mind if you
like:

• As London would write the story, the dog
  would probably make value judgments about the kind of master the man in the story is. 
  Is the man gentle and kind, or does he beat the dog any chance he
  gets?


• Does the dog see the man as knowing what he is up
  against?  Does the man respect nature and its power?  The dog is a part of nature, in a
  sense, in that he is more fit to survive in the cold conditions than the man is.  What
  does the dog think about the man's feeble attempts to survive? 
  


• Why won't the dog go to the man when the man calls him
  near the end of the story?  What does the dog sense?  How does he know not to trust the
  man at that point? 


• How does the dog feel when he takes
  off to head to the next place of warmth?

The
thoughts and questions above should help you write a thoughtful
piece.

By the way, just in case you mean something a little
different in your question than what I've interpreted, technically, telling the story
from the dog's point of view would be using first-person narration if you have the dog
actually doing the talking or writing, or third-person limited omniscient, if you have a
speaker telling the story from the dog's point of view and reading the dog's
thoughts.