Jack London

JackLondon(1876-1916)JackLondon’sLife•JackLondonwasafamousAmericanwriter,HewasbornonJanuary12,1876inCalifornia.Hisfamilywasverypoor,andJackhadtoleaveschooltomakemoney.Heworkedhardinmanydifferentjobs.Later,Jackreturnedtoschool.Butdidn’tstaylong.Intheyear1897,hewenttoAlaskatofindgold.•Insteadofgettingmuchgold,hefoundideasforhisbooksandstories.Hewentbackhomeandbegantowrite.Hiswritingwerewarmlywelcomedandhebecamerichandfamouswhenhewasunderthirty.ButJackLondonwasnotahappyman.Inpoorhealth.Hetookhisownlifein1916.Hewasthenonlyfortyyearsold.HisMajorWorks•ThePeopleoftheAbyss(1903)深渊中的人们•TheCalloftheWild(1903)野性的呼唤•TheSeaWolf(1904)海狼•WhiteFang(1906)白牙•TheIronHeel(1908)铁蹄•MartinEden(1909)马丁.伊登•TheValleyoftheMoon(1912)月谷•TheStarRover(1915)星游人•TheLittleLadyoftheBigHouse(1916)大屋里的小妇人WritingStyle•Forceful,andcolorful;•Subjectivityandenthusiasm•Hischaracterizationswereoftenstiffandhisdialoguestereotyped.•JackLondonisconsideredas“FatherofAmericanProletarianLiterature”.MyLove:TheCallofTheWild•JackLondonisbestknownforhisbooksTheCalloftheWild,andIknowhimbecauseofthisbook.ThroughBuck’sexperienceslivinginthewild,JackLondonwantstotellusthattheworldisdominatedbythosewhoaremuchstrongerandmorepowerfulthancommonpeople,andonlythestrongeronescouldexist.Thisisthelawofclubandfang.Buckgraduallyrealizesthelawandbeginstoobeythelawafterheisstolenandtakentothewild.•Thesavageenvironmentwhichisfulloftricks,dangersanddeathsturnshimtobemorepowerfulandcunning.Finally,hebecomestheleaderofhisteam.Similartothewild,oursocietybecomescruelerandcrueler,andlivinginthesocietybecomesharderandharder.Ifyouwanttoexist,tohaveagoodlife,youshouldbetoughenoughtostandthesufferings;youshouldkeepalert,watchandlearn;youshouldmakeyourselfstrongerthanothers.Thisisthelawofliving.•Ithinkeveryoneofushasacallinourhearts.Thecallisourdream,goalorsomethingwereallywanttodo.However,underthepressureofsociety,weoftenhavetogiveupourdreamsorgoals,anddothingsweareunwillingtodo.SoweshouldlearnsomethingfromBuck:Justfollowthecall,andbeyourself!Thanks