Expository Report
"I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze
than it should be stifled by dry rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor,
every atom of me in magnificent glow,
than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time"
This quote is a great example of how London loved to adventure and was a colorful celebrity. He did not spend all his time writing, but instead loved to kick back and have fun.
Jack London fought his way up out of the factories and waterfront drives of West Oakland to become the highest paid, most popular novelist and short story writer of his day. He wrote passionately and prolifically about the great questions of life and death, and the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, he wove these elemental ideas into stories of high adventure based on his own firsthand experiences at sea, in Alaska, or in the fields and factories of California.
Considered by many to be America’s finest author, Jack London, whose name at birth was John Griffith Chaney, was born on Market Street in San Francisco, California, on January 12, 1876. Before Jack was born, his real father left his mother. As a young child, Jack loved to go out fishing in his small boat with his step-father.
Jack had little formal schooling. Initially, he attended school only through the 8th grade. In later years, Jack returned to high school in Oakland and graduated. He eventually gained admittance to U.C. Berkeley, but stayed only for six months because he said it was boring.
Jack’s extensive life experiences included: being a laborer, factory worker, oyster pirate on the San Francisco Bay, member of the California Fish Patrol, sailor, railroad hobo, and gold prospector in the Klondike from 1897-1898. These job experiences are believed to be where he got the plots and settings for most of his stories. Jack also uses repetitive imagery as a way to describe the setting and characters.
By following a strict writing regimen of 1,000 words a day, Jack was able to produce a huge quantity of high quality work over a period of eighteen years. Jack had become the best-selling, highest paid and most popular American author of his time. Fifty-one of his books, hundreds of short stories, and numerous articles were published.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how london loved to adventure and was a colorful celebrity.
- Describes how jack london fought his way up from the factories and waterfront drives of west oakland to become the highest paid, most popular novelist and short story writer of his day. he wrote passionately about the great questions of life and death and the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity.
- Explains that jack london, considered america’s finest author, was born on market street in san francisco, california, on january 12, 1876. his real father left his mother.
- Narrates how jack had little formal schooling. he attended school only through the 8th grade, then returned to high school in oakland and graduated.
- Explains jack's extensive life experiences include being a laborer, factory worker, oyster pirate on the san francisco bay, member of the california fish patrol, sailor, railroad hobo, and gold prospector in the klondike
- Explains that jack was the best-selling, highest-paid and most popular american author of his time. his books, short stories, and articles have been translated into over 70 languages.
- Describes his books, including the call of the wild, white fang, the sea-wolf, john barleycorn, martin eden, and the star rover. his short story, "to build a fire", is considered an all-time classic.
- Explains that despite his socialism, most people considered him a living symbol of rugged individualists.
- Describes jack's ranch life, including raising bulls, horses, and pigs. he also loved to sail around the world with his wife.
- Describes how jack london married his math tutor and friend bess maddern in 1900 and married charmian kittredge in 1903. together, they played, traveled, wrote, and enjoyed life.
- Describes how jack and charmian london's dream house began to take shape early in 1911. plans were laid for moving the london’s specially designed, custom-built furniture and other personal belongings into the mansion.
- Explains that earle labor and jeanne campbell reesman's jack london was published by twayne publishers.
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- Jack London's Literary Successanalytical essayJack London was actually born as John Griffith Chaney, in San Francisco, on January 12, 1876. His books, including White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and Martin Eden, positioned Lon-don as one of the most well-known American authors of his era. Believing that “You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club,” London was renowned for his adventures, plots, and exotic settings; additionally, he developed exciting characters through his use of Symbolism, Social Darwinism, and most notably the use of the Naturalism movement.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that jack london was born as john griffith chaney, in san francisco, on january 12, 1876. his books included white fang, the call of the wild, and martin eden.
- Explains that jack was the son of a lawyer, columnist, and revo-lutionary leader american astrology, william chaney. his father was absent throughout his life and his mother married john london.
- Analyzes how london's life experiences in the yukon influenced him to embrace socialism, which he never deviated from.
- Analyzes how london penned from a socialist perspective, which was apparent in his novel the iron heel. jack clarified that his opinions were swayed by his involvement with people from the lowest poverty levels.
- Explains that jack london was a prominent participant in the naturalist movement. he examined the darwinian connection between people and animals, highlighting how nature suppressed animalistic survival disposition in dangerous conditions.
- Analyzes how naturalism denotes persons who see life decisively from a scientific method-ology. london conveys this idea most successfully in the open-ing depiction of setting in white fang.
- Analyzes how london asserted in white fang that even though beauty smith was a monstrosity, the true fault of it lay somewhere else.
- Explains that white fang promoted the natural view of survival of the fittest. his strength and intellect made him the most dreaded dog within the camp.
- Analyzes how jack london, an innovator in the blossoming world of commercial fiction and magazine fiction, gained international recognition and wealth from his fictional tales.
- Describes how jack london lived abundantly and found great literary success in spite of his fren-zied lifestyle. he distributed more than 50 books and retired to a ranch near sonoma, california.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how critics and commentators interpreted the call of the wild as an allegory of human nature, well-written escapist literature, and as london's symbolic auto-biography.
- Explains that jack's poverty led him to embrace socialism, which he stuck to the rest of his life. london purchased ideas from stories from other writers of the time.
- Analyzes how jack london, a committed socialist, supported socialism, women's suffrage, and prohibition, but his ideas lacked precision and consistency.
- Describes jack london as an american naturalist whose writings were influenced by his personal experiences and the teachings of charles darwin, karl marx, and friedrich nietzsche.
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- Opines that jack london was one of america's greatest authors. his tales dealt with nature, the men and women who neglected the fact that they were mere mortals.
- Analyzes how jack london's tale of bassett, a collector of prized species, explores the cannibal-infested island of guadalcanal.
- Analyzes how london portrays the significance of bassett setting his eyes upon the red one.
- Analyzes how bassett realizes that he is looking upon a forgotten memory after his death, despite his almost fully paralyzed body.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that jack gantos became a good writer from reading all the books he read, all his writing, and his experiences before becoming an author. he dealt drugs and used counterfeit money and went to jail.
- Analyzes how jack gantos was out of control of his own desires as a young man. he wanted to do many things when he was young.
- Explains that jack would deal drugs and smuggle 2000 lbs of hash across the ocean. like the main character in go ask alice, spark was addicted to drugs.
- Narrates how gantos smuggled hash across the ocean and sold it in new york. he was found guilty of using counterfeit money at shops to get books and supplies.
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In this essay, the author
- Describes jack washburn as a kid who enjoys baseball, elk, deer, dogs, cats, and fish. his favorite show is the big bang theory.
- Explains that jack's homelife includes his father, mother, and two siblings. he likes to improve on his athletic ability, with a video game, here and there.
- Explains that jack washburn has been involved in sports since he was a high school classmate of webster high school class of 2019. his father, jarrod, inspired him to play baseball.
- Explains that jack enjoys baseball and basketball because of what he does for and in them.
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- Opines that norman bridwell deserves recognition as a profound american author.
- Narrates how norman bridwell dreamed of going to college to study to be an instructor but he never had enough confidence to do it. he was bullied a lot, and his gym teacher gave him pencils and notebooks.
- Explains that norman's mom influenced him, and he wanted to do better when one editor from harper and row told him that his art was not good enough.
- Explains norman bridwell's first book, clifford the big red dog, was published in 1962 by scholastic.
- Explains that norman bridwell's the witch next door was the only book he wrote that wasn't about clifford the big red dog.
- Explains that norman bridwell has a lot of interesting things about him, like clifford the big red dog was going to be named tiny but his wife didn't allow it (teachers).
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that jack london was a famous journalist and author of many books. he decided to call himself jack when he was young.
- Explains that jack was born on january 12, 1876, in san francisco, california. his mother flora wellman took care of him and his father william chaney was never a part of his life.
- Analyzes how jack's crazy stories of animals and men against the environment, and survival against hardships were all mainly from his experiences. his thirty-day imprisonment made him decide to study education and have a career in writing.
- Narrates how jack was attracted to sonoma valley because of its magnificent natural landscape. he bought equipment for the farm and livestock for his "mountain ranch."
- Concludes that jack london wasn't like every author, but he had a hard life and ended up with success. he wrote from his experiences and struggles.
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In this essay, the author
- Narrates how jack london, born in san francisco, grew up in extreme poverty. he worked in a cannery and as an oyster pirate, seaman, and jute mill worker.
- Explains that london's philosophical thoughts were greatly influenced by the four great teachers of him: darwin, spencer, marx, and nietzsche.
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In this essay, the author
- Describes john mctaggart as a twenty-three-year-old male with dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, and thin lips. his walk is distinct, slow and casual, with his chest and stomach pushed forward.
- Explains that jack graduated from high school, and attended college classes before realising that college wasn't for him. he has a large family consisting of two brothers from his father's first marriage, one brother from her mother'
- Narrates how mctaggart grew up in culver city, california, and traveled extensively as a child. he is now married and has an 11-month-old son named alexander.
- Explains that mr. mctaggart has a great sense of humor, and can make most people feel comfortable in his presence. he is very moral and puts others before himself.
- Describes jack as a charming man who has impressive selling skills and dreams of becoming an owner and winery operator. jack is optimistic and sees the good in every situation.
- Explains that jack loves the outdoors, and is lucky to have a job where he gets to spend most days outside. he loves to go camping, shoot guns, ride atv's, play video games, brew beer, ferment wine and play with his son and dogs.
- Describes john mctaggart as a unique man who strives to make the people in his life better, by challenging them mentally, and physically.
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