Jack London
Jack London’s characters and settings reflect his life in his works. This is most obvious in his novels The Call of the Wild, Martin Eden, and To Build a Fire. Jack London was born in 1876 in San Francisco, California. He lived with his father and mother. His father was an astrologer and his mother supposedly talked to the dead. He grew up not being cared for and with very little education (Adventures 482). Jack London finished school through the 8th grade (Wilson 1). When he turned eighteen he became an illegal “oyster pirate” in San Francisco. Although he did not have very much education, he entered the University of California. He became dissatisfied with college life and left during his first year. He then followed the latest gold rush in the Yukon Territory. London did not come back with gold though. He returned with
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Approximate Word count = 569
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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