Jack London Research Paper

Authors across the world are familiar with one man; this man wrote classics and set precedent (an example) to all authors across the world for his ideas. This man made it to thousands of lucky readers, and made them connects to characters that aren’t even human. He made individuality mainstream, and being with nature an acceptable concept again. You should know his name, Jack London: author, husband, and father, visionary. (source1)

Jacks early life was one of struggle of reward, his full name was John Griffith London born in San Francisco, January 12, 1876 to a wealthy mother (Flora Wellmon), and actual father is unknown but most likely is William Chaney. His mother was very ill in his early childhood, and in infancy was raised by Virginia Prentiss, who acted like a mother for most of his life. His mother remarried and moved to Oakland where jack completed grade school. His family in this early part of his life was well off working class people. As he grew up he adopted the nickname “Jack” and by his teenage years was working hard labor jobs such as Oyster Fishing, and Fish Patrol. At 19 he returned to school and finished high school. He became a socialist and joined the “Boy Socialist of Oakland”, he was always a very active reader and even began to write a little to escape his troubles as life as a factory worker. He submitted his work only

Rumors about the cause circulated but nothing concrete was found till later. “In 1995 a group of forensic fire experts visited the site and concluded that the fire resulted from spontaneous combustion in a pile of linseed oil-soaked rags left by worker” (source 2). London wanted to redo his creation, but at the time of his death in 1916 the house remained as it stands today, the house still stands as a reminder of his dream and lost hope. (Source