What is the character's motivation in the excerpt?
Read the excerpt from an adaptation of "To Build a Fire."
As he sat and regained his breath, he noted that he was
feeling quite warm and comfortable. He was not
shivering, and it even seemed that a warm glow had
come to his chest and trunk. Then the thought came to
him that the frozen portions of his body must be
extending, and he made another wild run along the trail.
And all the time the dog ran with him, at his heels.
The man is internally motivated by his loyalty to the
dog.
• The man is internally motivated by a survival instinct.
O The man is externally motivated by the hope of peer
recognition
The man is externally motivated by the urgings of the
dog
