Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-30079834-20181115211123/@comment-30079834-20181124031207

What about the Chechaquo from To Build a Fire? Even though he only wanted to get to his nephews' camp, he is shown to be quite abusive to his dog on some occasions. In the book, it is implied that the man treated his dog like a slave. In the 1969 version, he endangers his dog into crossing the frozen lake under the snow even though he didn't want to endanger himself. He also called his dog a lazy slut or slug and tried to kill him with his knife, but he couldn't pull it out of his pocket, due to his numb fingers because of the cold. When he tried to thaw it off by running, he tried to get his dog away from him and tried to kick him on one occasion.