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Jack London
Jack London is one of the most famous American writers. He wrote many great books over his short lifetime. Many of his stories are about animals and nature, which most people can relate to. Because of his great stories, he was able to be a financial success. London’s books are read in most grade schools in America. To say that he was a great writer would be an understatement. Jack London, one of America’s most famous writers, wrote the novel The Call of the Wild which contains many themes including the themes of: the double, myth of the hero, and survival of the fittest.
Jack London’s life was short, but he accomplished a lot in a short amount of time. Jack London was born in 1876 in San Francisco (Stasz pg. 1). He was an illegitimate son of an astrologer and a Welsh farm girl (London, Jack par. 1). His mother, Flora Wellman, married John London late in 1876 (Stasz pg. 1). According to David Hartzell, Jack London’s early life was etched and scarred by poverty (pg. 1). His family moved around in order to find subsistence (pg. 1). They finally settled in Oakland where Jack was raised by his mother Flora, a music teacher and spiritualist, and by stepfather John London (Jack London – Biography and Works pg. 1).
At the age of 10, Jack sold newspapers to help his family make ends meet (Hartzell pg. 1). Also at the age of 10, he became an avid reader and borrowed books from the Oakland Public Library (Jack London – Biography and Works pg. 1). He quit school at the age of 14 and worked as a seaman, rode in freight trains as a hobo, and adopted socialistic views as a member of protest armies of the unemployed (Jack London – Biography and Works pg. 1). Over the next several years, he worked hard labor for ten cents an hour, twelve to fourteen hours a day, six or seven days a week (Hartzell pg. 1). After working in hard labor, he decided to travel to Alaska to try his hand at gold prospecting (London, Jack 1876-1916 par. 2)....
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