Jack London is a very creative and intelligent writer. His writing has a positive effect on many people. Jack London was born on January 12, 1876, in California. He was born to Flora Wellman and William Channey, but his father wanted nothing to do with him. So, his stepfather John London was his father figure. London had a lonely childhood because of his parents that paid little to no attention to him. Also, because he moved so much so he could never keep a friend. The only one who was actually there for him as a child was his pet that he loved and adored. That’s why dogs are in most, if not all, of his stories. As a teenager, London had to drop out of school and help his family make money to survive. London had many jobs in the process of supporting his loved ones. When he got older he traveled a lot. He was very adventurous and went to many places such as the Yukon, North Pacific, New York, Japan and Washington D.C. London did decide to settle down at a certain point of his life, when he decided to get married to Bessie Madern and have his two children Joan and Bess. London did decide that he and Bess weren’t a great match so London divorced her. About a year later, London married his “Mate Woman”, Charmian Kittredge; she was whom he stayed with until death. His love for his daughters and dogs kept him inspired to write books. All his books have his incredible life experience from his travels and adventures. Those travels helped him come up with the ideas of his award winning stories. Although he died at age forty, he had many experiences that may seem unbelievable. Writing was only one of his many jobs that kept him occupied in life as Alfred Kazin once said "that the greatest story London ever wrote was the one he lived." L... ... middle of paper ... ....2013. "Overview: “To Build a Fire”." Short Stories for Students. Ed. Ira Mark Milne. Vol. 7. Detroit:Gale Group, 2000. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Nov.2013 "Overview: White Fang." Novels for Students. Ed. Jennifer Smith. Vol. 19. Detroit: Gale, 2004 Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Nov. 2013. "Overview: The Call of the Wild." Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them. Joyce Moss and George Wilson. Vol. 3: Growth of Empires to the Great Depression (1890-1930s). Detroit: Gale, 1997. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Nov. 2013. "Overview: 'The Law of Life'." Short Stories for Students. Ed. Sara Constantakis. Vol. 35. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Literature Resource Center. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. Stasz, Clarice, Jack [John Griffith] London. 19 Aug.2001 Copysale 26.Sep.2013.
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Fang the main character is a gray cub wolf. Wolves in this novels were used
Stevenson was born in November of 1850 in Edinburgh, Scotland. At 17 he enrolled in the town’s university for engineering, but soon found he wanted to be a writer. He met his wife, Fanny, who lived in California. Stevenson ventured over to her and wrote a book about it. He wrote a couple books from his own experience at this point. He then began writing short stories, then children’s books. Then, around 1885, he began to write romances and novels. Stevenson goes on an expedition around the Pacific. This experience inspired many books, and moved him into a darker style of writing. He died in December 1894.
The story of Jack London's life really is one of rags to riches. He was born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876 as John Griffith Chaney. I'd like to take you through the story of his life and examine a few of his significant literary works along the way.
Nathaniel Hathorne Sr., his father, a ship captain, died of yellow fever at sea when Nathaniel was only four. Elizabeth Clarke Manning, his mother who was overly protective started pushing him toward isolated pursuits. Growing up he became shy and mostly kept to himself. You would think that him pushing towards being a writer that he would be more out and really creative right? Wrong. Nathaniel got most of his inspirations when he was alone, cut off from the world. And with that being said, it can be seen or read that he did some of his best work when he was in solitude (Nathaniel Hawthorne - Biography, 1).
Hawthorne’s father was a ship Captain in the U.S. Navy and died of yellow fever when Hawthorne was four-years-old. After his father died his mother became overly protective of him and that left him to be shy and bookish. Later on that is what molded his career as a writer. In 1821 Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College and graduated four years later
Jack London’s To Build a Fire follows an unnamed protagonist, who’s only referred to as “the man”, as he travels the Yukon Trail during a severe snow storm. Along with his husky wolf-dog, he determined to meet friends at an old junction by six o’clock. The man, who was warned not travel in the Klondike alone, presses forward through the terrain’s harsh weather. He later falls through the snow in what looked to be a secure spot. With his feet and fingers soaked, he starts a fire and begins drying himself. The man constructs the fire under a spruce tree in order to take its twigs and drop them directly onto the fire. Each time he pulled a twig a branch overturned its load of snow, eventually blotting out the fire. He grabs all his matches and lights them simultaneously to set fire to a piece of bark; it soon goes out. The man decides to kill the dog and use its warm body to restore his circulation, but is unable to kill the animal and lets the dog go. The man attempts to run from the thought of freezing to death but he quickly falls down. He decides he should meet death in a more dignified manner; the man falls off into a calm sleep.
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London’s actual name was John Griffith Chaney and he was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco, California. His mother, Flora Wellman, was unwed while his father, William Chaney, was a man of many trades, and he worked as an attorney, journalist, and also worked in the field of American astrology. London’s father was never permanent in his life and as a result, his mother married a man named John London, and the three moved to the Bay Area before they established themselves in Oakland. Jack was raised in a blue-collar, working-class family, but struggled throughout his teenage years because of the lasting impact of his father’s absence. As a result of his troubled childhood, London had a variety of jobs, comparable to his father, and he could never keep one for very long. From pirating oysters, working on a sealing ship in the Pacific to finding employment in a cannery, London’s undertakings did inspire him. Whenever London found any spare time, he would practice writing. His career in the writing world sparked in 1893, when his mother encouraged him to submit a story that was based off his adventures of surviving a typhoon on a sealing voyage, despite having only an eighth grade level education. A twe...
Nathaniel Hawthorne, known for his use of allegory and symbolism, is now one of the most studied authors. He became famous for his novels and short stories that revealed the portrayal he had of the world. His works have been properly recognized for more than a century. Hawthorne’s perspective of life comes from his history that gave him a sense of inherited guilt. Even with the setbacks during his journey to success, Hawthorne managed to surpass them and become the wonderful writer he is known to be.
In order to see how cultural and historical situations affect literature throughout history, it is important to get a brief history on each era discussed in this paper. The first era we will be reviewing will be writings from 1865-1914. The Civil War was just ending in 1865. America lost over a half of million Americans in the war. The nation was in a state of disorder and the south was devastated. Nevertheless, the country prospered. America became industrialized and saw innovations such as; the railroads, telegraph, telephone, and electricity. The population of the United States had also started to increase due to immigration.