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This paper will cover a character analysis of the books "Animal Farm" by George Orwell and "Call of the Wild" by Jack London. The analysis will be to compare and contrast one major protagonist or one major antagonist from each book. Also, this paper will demonstrate and integrate human development concepts such as socio-emotional, cognitive and/or physical development: gender, intimacy and sexuality issues that the characters encounter within the book. Also, symbolism will be covered along with other literary applications that are apparent within the characters of both tales.

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This paper examines how personal tragedy can often be an inspiration, how writing can serve as a reflection of events as well as therapy in many circumstances, and how one writer who displays such an example in his writing is Jack London. It attempts to show that, while London's writing is often overlooked, it should rather be considered a staple in the canon of American literature for its clarity and significant messages regarding man and his place in the world. It explores how London's personal experiences influenced his writing and, therefore, explains why his stories are important in modern literature.

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"London's youth may have impacted him in a negative way that he was never completely able to overcome, but he did not allow this to stop him from writing. Rothberg describes London as an alcoholic who "destroyed his own talent" (Rothberg 1). He wanted desperately to be a success in business and failed much like Mark Twain. He makes a "brilliant beginning and then cannot develop from there" (1). London witnessed a pattern of failure experienced by his parents, who were always trying get-rich-quick schemes that forced them to move all over the San Francisco Bay area. Rothberg asserts that this pattern of "failure and flight" (2) scarred London permanently. In addition, London was illegitimate and this knowledge "weighed heavily" on him and, according to Rothberg, "was one of the most important factors in shaping his personality" (3). London died of a self-administered overdose of morphine, which was used to treat the pain of nephritis, caused by alcoholism."

Tags:call, wild, morphine, suicide, white, silence

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Jack London was a creative American novelist and short story author whose works deal romantically with the overwhelming power of nature and the struggle for survival. This paper examines how his literature falls into the category of naturalism, since typical naturalist fiction places the human, a creature living by survival instincts, against a cruel world. It also discusses how through his literature such as "The Call of the Wild", London perpetuated the vision that for man to survive he must fight his environment.

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"Fascinated with the Arctic region, London developed what has been called his code of the North. To survive, one must be as harsh as external conditions, and one achieves such toughness by imposing an austere discipline on oneself. Deeds are far more significant than words. One must shun pride and arrogance and must be unselfish and tolerant. When the individual reaches this level of personal advancement, he or she can be elevated into a mythical space beyond civilization and the material world. For instance, Buck, after surviving human brutality, numerous fights with other animals, and the harsh exigencies of nature, heads off into this primordial paradise at the end of the novel, a prime illustration of how Naturalism sometimes resembles Romanticism."

Tags:survival, wild, naturalism, call, animals

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This paper examines the life and writings of Jack London, born in San Francisco in 1876. It discusses his contributions to literary cannon and the major happenings during his life. Some of his works discussed include "Son of the Wolf" and "Call of the Wild".

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"Jack wrote of the Polynesian people and culture of the islands, breaking the curse and popularizing Hawaii as a beautiful and pristine landscape with many natural phenomena. This untitled writing, which Jack published in many newspapers and tourist booklets proved to dispel the leprosy theory and catapulted Hawaii as a major tourist attraction."

Tags:griffith, san, francisco, writer, gold, rush

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"ack London in "The Call of the Wild" uses the story of the dog Buck as a dramatization of his belief that there is a "primordial beast" within each of us that can be evoked given the right circumstances. This is what happens to Buck, a civilized dog who is taken from the home he has known and placed in a deadly, cold, and primitive environment and forced more and more to fend for himself, to defend himself against the encroachments of friend and foe alike, and for whom self-preservation becomes the most important and immediate value. As Buck is transformed from a civilized dog to a wild animal, so would a human being placed in the same situation find that his or her civilized trappings were striped away to reveal the savage living inside the veneer.

The book begins with a poem that sets the stage and defines ... "

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"INTRODUCTION

Jack London was a writer best-known for his adventure stories, many of them set in the wilds of the cold North or at sea. He also wrote newspaper articles, science fiction, and other generic works. London was a California writer who often included certain information about the state or his own attitudes toward the state in his fiction, and what he wrote said much about the nature of California and the entire West Coast in his day, though often transferred to more wilderness regions of the nation.

LIFE
John London was born in 1876 in San Francisco. The family lived on several farms and ranches in California, and London completed grammar school in 1891 in Oakland. He worked in a ..."

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" This study will provide a comparative analysis of Jack London's The Call of the Wild and Sheila Burnford's The Incredible Journey. The study will emphasize the differences between the two novels with respect to the audiences and purposes for which the authors are writing. Although both works are about animals, Burnford's story is typical of much children's literature in that it is carefully designed to make her child readers "better" in both a personal and social sense (braver, more loving, better citizens, etc.), while London's tale is meant to challenge his adult readers with respect to their perception and experience of human reality.

Burnford herself said that The Incredible Journey was "not intended . . . as a book for children," although it was the recipient of the Canadian Children's Book of the Year award for.."

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This paper is a critical analysis of the theme of "the primordial wilderness" in Jack London's novel, Call of the Wild. The theme of the paper concentrates on whether the character of Buck willingly heeds the call of the wilderness or is driven to experience it out of necessity.

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This essay traces the philosophical and psychological basis of the narrative. The importance of the contrast between the city and the country is noted. It focuses primarily, however, on the realization of inner savagery and the sublime nature of the complete surrender to "The Call of the Wild for Buck" in his journey of self-realization.

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"Jack London's The Call of the Wild concerns the adventures of a dog named Buck. The story takes place during the time of the Alaskan gold rush in the late 1890s. At the beginning of the novel, Buck lives a free and easy life on Judge Miller's ranch in Santa Clara, California. This peaceful existence is interrupted when one of Judge Miller's workers steals Buck in order to pay off a gambling debt (London The Call of the Wild 23). Buck is sold to dog-kidnappers who transport him to Alaska to work on a sled team. On the dog-sled team, Buck quickly learns the laws of survival of the frozen North. He soon becomes the leader of the team, by overcoming the dog Spitz in a savage fight to the death. However, Buck's adventures take a turn for the worse when the team is purchased by three incompetent gold seekers: Charles, his wife Mercedes, and his brother-in-law Hal. The dogs are..."