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1876-1916 Jack London an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. More Pics Jack London Life Works Analysis Martin Eden Life (1)name: John Ariffith London; born in San Francisco (2)lived in the lowest part of society in his youth (3)decided to change his life by intellectual effort (4)his works were rejected many times (5)at last succeeded and became a millionaire (6)fame and upper class life made him feel boring; committed suicide Works The Call of the Wild (story of a dog) White Fang (story of a wolf) The Sea Wolf Martin Eden (autobiographical) (Arthur Morse, Ruth Morse) (disillusionment and broken American Dream) More about his Works “The Sea Wolf portrays the protagonist’s growth from a lover of an art to a self-sufficient seaman, revealing the savageness of human nature when faced with the natural force. Matin Eden tells how the protagonist changes from a toiler to a best-selling author. When he fails to resolve the inner conflict between his desire for marriage and his resistance to compromise in a class-oppressed society, he finally drowns himself. London once told Upton Sinclair that he wrote this novel as “an attack on individualism.” Analysis (1)Social Darwinism, Neitzchean superman, socialist doctrines of Marx (2)Naturalism mingled with Romanticism (3)Limitations: formless, clumsy yet vigorous style; stiff and stereotyped characters and dialogues Keesh Keesh was a thirteen-year-old boy who lived at the North Pole a long time ago. His father died of struggling with a bear in order to keep the people in the village from starving. After that, Keesh lived alone withe his mother. Klosh-Kwan Klosh-Kwan was the chief of the village who lived in a large igloo. In the beginning, he could not believe Keesh, but he admired him later. Ikeega Ikeega was Keeshs mother who lived on