Jack-London

JackLondon(1876-1916)Content•1.Occupation•2.EarlyLife•3.Views•4.WorksOccupation：•Novelist,journalist,shortstorywriterandessayist.•Asailor,agoldprospector•Apioneerintheworldofcommercialmagazinefiction,hewasoneofthefirstwriterstobecomeaworldwidecelebrityandearnalargefortunefromwriting.•Hewasalsoaninnovatorinthegenrethatwouldlaterbecomeknownassciencefiction.•Heisuniversallyadmittedasoneoftheleadingnaturalistwritersofthe20thcentury.•BorninahumblefamilyinSanFranciscoonJanuary12,1876.•Hislifefullofbitterness.•Desertedbyhisfather.•BroughtupinOaklandbyhismotherFloraWellmanandhisstepfatherJohnLondon.SohisnamechangedfromJohnGriffithChaneytoJackLondon.•Hestartedtoworkattheageof10.Withverylimitedformalschooling,heeducatedhimselfinthepubliclibraries.Earlylife•Sailingwasoneofhisfavoriteactivities.•Whenhewas13,hesucceededincrossingtheSanFranciscoBayinastorm.•Hebecameasailorat17andtraveledtoBeringSeatohuntseals.•In1896,thesecondgoldrushalsoattractedJackLondontojoininthisactivity.Butduetothehealth,hereturnedhome.•1900wasaturningpointinLondon’sliterarycareer.Inthefollowing16years,hewroteabout50novels,includingaseriesofNorthtales,seaadventure,essays,andplays.EarlylifeView•Socialism•Hewrotefromasocialistviewpoint（TheIronHell1984,novel）•London'ssocialismgrewoutofhislifeexperience.(HowIBecameaSocialist,essay)•LondonjoinedtheSocialistLaborPartyinApril1896•Naturalism•Heisoneoftheleadingnaturalistsofthe20thcentury.Works•Hewrotemanyworks,includingshortstorycollections,novels,plays,poetryandsoon.•London’sthemostfamousnovelsare•TheCalloftheWild(1903),野性的呼唤•TheSea-Wolf(1904)海狼,aseanovelwhichalsoishisfirstcollectionofshortstoriesaboutthebrutallifeinYukon.•WhiteFang(1906)白牙•MartinEden(1909).马丁.依登Hediedattheageof40onNovember22,1916,ofaself-injectedoverdoseofmorphine.TheCallOfTheWildJACKLONDONBackgroundTheCalloftheWildishismostfamouswork.Theseexperiences,especiallyhistimelookingforgoldinCanada,areseeninthework.BuckIsacrossbetweensaintBenardandascotchshepherddog,therefore,hehasthewolfssizeandstrength.Wealwayscallthisdogwolfdog.JohnThorntonBuck’sfinalmaster,JohnandBuck’srelationshipistheidealforhumanandanimal.Briefintroduction1.Sold2.MetJohn3.Johndied4.ReturntothewildThemeThelawofliving:Survivalofthefittest.Thankyou