Jack London Essay

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Jack London: A Life Full of Experiences

Jack London, a god gifted writer, uses all of his imagination and

experiences to write out the novels Call of The Wild and White Fang.

London had trouble growing up due to bad parenting. Due to the

challenges in his life he had to explore the world. He used his experiences

that he got from the wild to write his novels. London, having been active

himself in nature, describes the dangers he faced in Alaska such as, Famine

and death, in the novels Call of The Wild and White Fang.

Main characters in the novels Call of The Wild and White Fang are

wolves. In Call of The Wild the main character is a Husky dog and in White

Fang the main character is a gray cub wolf. Wolves in this novels were used

to pull on to sleds. People needed wolves in the gold rush in Alaska to pull

to place as Jack London said in the White Fang, “ It was because men,

groping in the artic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because

steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousand

of men rushing into the Northland. These man wanted dogs, the dogs they

wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dog, with strong

muscles by which to toil and furry coats to protect them from the frost.”

These dogs were treated harshly and each day they had to face challenges.

violent with his owner and Spike bites of his owners hand because the

treats him badly. However later on in the story Spike saves his next owner’s

life because the owner is kind to Spike. This is a thoughtful lesson, anger

brings anger and love brings love. London wrote in Fang Fang, “ Food and

fire, protection and companionship, were some of the things he received

from the god. In retu...

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(58). He had to write short stories to make a living. He had wrote over

50 Short stories but he started to become famous after publishing,

The Call of The Wild. In this novel jack used the experiences he

gained from Yukon travels. But the difference was that in the book

the story is told through eyes of wolves. London went to write more

success full novel, such as, White Fang. Also, his short stories,

which did not bring Jack London much fame, are somewhat

considered classics.

Jack London married Bess Maddern in 1900, and he had two

Daughters named Joan and Bess. After five years London divorced his wife

And married Charmain Kittredge. His second wife became the persona for

many of London’s female characters and who avidly joined him on his many

travel ventures. London also encouraged his second wife to start a writing

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