He was named John Griffith London, which he later changed to the pen name Jack London. ... Jack wrote the Call of the Wild, which he sold for $2,000. ... The most famous one is Call of the Wild. Call of the Wild is an example of the contradictory theories of individualism and socialism. ... Call of the Wild is only one of many stories, which will never let us forget Jack London. ...
Jack London (John Griffith) (1876-1916) Prolific American novelist and short story writer, whose works deal romantically the overwhelming power of nature and the struggle for survival. ... JOHN BARLEYCORN, which describes the London's drinking bouts, connects him with such authors as Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac. ... Jack London was born in San Francisco. ... As for "The Sea Wolf", none of this author's stories of wild out-of-door life has ever equalled the popularity of this romance of the seas. ... Jack London uses Van Weyden's ordeal at the hands of a devious crew...
A story by Joyce called "A little cloud" shows how a man by the name of Chandler dreams of being famous. ... "Every step brought him nearer to London, father from his own sober inartistic life". ... What was he actually doing to get to London?. ... In addition, he says "The wild garden behind the house contained a central apple-tree and a few straggling bushes". ... The problems is that these people wanted to be something else, or do something else to change their normal so-called life. ...
From the story of the dream land called "Kubla Khan," to the story of an unlucky seaman in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Coleridge's writing was always wildly imaginative and showed many aspects of his troubled life. ... The thirteenth child of a minister and school master, Coleridge entered Christ's Hospital to study in London at the age of 10 (Tucker 324). ... Their utopian idea was called Pantisocracy. ... "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a wild, mystical, and picturesque narrative that in many ways is a splendid dream (Moulton 218). ... By this time, Coleridge's f...
