in"To Builda Fire,"there is an external conflict between instinct and civilization society and the individual animals and nature nature and human beings

## Step 1The question is asking us to identify the external conflict in the story "To Build a Fire". The options given are: instinct and civilization, society and the individual, animals and nature, and nature and human beings.## Step 2The story "To Build a Fire" is a survival story where the protagonist is in conflict with the harsh conditions of the Yukon wilderness. This conflict is not between instinct and civilization, society and the individual, or animals and nature.## Step 3The conflict is between the protagonist and the harsh conditions of the Yukon wilderness, which is a representation of nature. The protagonist's struggle to survive in the harsh conditions of the Yukon wilderness is the main conflict in the story.