Read the passage from Part 1 of “To Build a Fire," Part 1 by Jack London.

He remembered the advice of the old-timer on Sulphur Creek, and smiled. The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below. Well, here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself. Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. All a man had to do was to keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone.

What theme is expressed in this passage?

Group of answer choices

Too much pride can lead to one’s downfall.

The man thinks that the old man and others like him are weak.

The man is content he did not take the old man’s advice.

It is always best to travel alone

Too much pride can lead to one’s downfall.