In "To Build A Fire", by Jack London, what is the significance of the dog's final movement towards civilization at the end of the story? What does...

In the final moments of the story, the dog realizes that the man is dead when he starts smelling the decay of the man’s body. The dog no longer needs the man because the man is unable to feed him or build a fire. The dog jogs off towards the camp where he will find other humans who will satisfy his needs and let him into the warmth of the camp.  The dog is reacting...

In the final moments of the story, the dog realizes that the man is dead when he starts smelling the decay of the man’s body. The dog no longer needs the man because the man is unable to feed him or build a fire. The dog jogs off towards the camp where he will find other humans who will satisfy his needs and let him into the warmth of the camp.  The dog is reacting to his instincts and his underlying intuition to survive. The dog does not mourn the man’s death because he understands it is the way of nature to take life of those unprepared newcomers who have lost their basic instinct to survive the harsh cold. The dog is relying on what he has always known it takes to survive, and his wolf heritage makes him a wise creature able to understand what he must do to win against nature.  He is driven solely by his instincts rather than his imagination or abilities to reason.