Jack London : The Cinderella Man Of Literature

“Jack London is King” this was carved in to a block of wood found at the bus where Chris McCandless’s body was found. Chris McCandless admired Jack London as a man and a writer. Chris went into the wild’s of Alaska to prove that he could live off the land, with no modern conveniences, and no human contact. Jack London wrote stories about men and animals experiences against the environment, and survival against hardships, which were written from his own life. His works included individualism and the study of the laws of nature. Chris wanted to explore his own individualism, who he was, and how he was to live the rest of his life.

The author highlights different points in the story with several scenes of action. One part in the story that really stands out to me is when Jack London writes:

Throughout the book, the author Jack London was mentioned numerous times. Many of the excerpts from his writings were placed in the beginnings of the chapters. “London

Jack London’s writings reflect the social and intellectual turbulence of the turn of the 20th century. When asked why he wrote, he simply responded it was for the money. Some basic themes that

Albert Camus was a renowned author and journalist; not only that, Camus’ occupation was a philosopher that profoundly contributed to absurdism. Camus was well known in the 1940s for his political journalism, novels and essays. (Biography) With works such as The Plague and The Stranger, Albert Camus impacted the world with his literature to an extend. Albert Camus endured many hardships from his childhood life all the way to his adult life, but living a short life he lived as a innovative mastermind. His works have left an everlasting impression on the literary world, and were able to leave a spellbinding legacy.

When I published my first novel in 2000, I was a thirty-three year old woman who had made the decision to become a writer at the age of nine. At the age of nine, I had heard the name: James Baldwin but had no conception of his magnitude, of his impact on the world. I had not read his work and so did not and could not know that ultimately and eventually my entire writing career would be the manifestation of his very profound observation.

Irving, like everyone, had several difficulties in his life. The first difficulty Irving had was about living through a writing profession. During Irving’s time in the early 19th century, writing wasn’t a profession in America that could be taken seriously for a living. (Hedges) America’s publications were too small (Washington), foreign publications that were imported to America were too cheap, and American literature hadn’t fully emerged yet. (Hedges) Irving was born just after the Revolutionary War and the nation was just too young. (Dickstein) But Irving’s financially dependent family firm, P.&E. Irving, went bankrupt in 1818 and he had to write for a living. (Washington)

It’s no secret that John Steinbeck was a formable figure in world of the written word. His created fictions have been cemented into educational curriculum in the middle/high school and university levels. While it can be debated of his literary genius, no one can deny the amount of influence he has had during the 20th century and beyond. Although Steinbeck is most commonly thought of a novel author first, the tendency of overlooking his involvement in journalism. His participation in this field has overarching effects on his fictional writing styles that produced some of the most prolific narratives works of the past century. His style boasted to be at its base the most honest form of writing. Pioneering a new frontier of journalism, Steinbeck entered an arena of that many authors have not considered. Taking the role as a “literary journalist,” Steinbeck adopted unique techniques in order to find the most authentic and frank stories, covering a variety of important issues, as well as using the same journalistic narrative structure to his fictional works.

Despite beginning the essay on a negative and sorrowful note, Miller ends with a reassuring and almost hopeful sentence, he says, “The only way out is through” (Miller 442). This can be interpreted as a sign that perhaps Miller thinks that there is hope for the future, not only the literate arts but for their impact on humans and role in society. Ultimately, there is significant use for the literate arts in todays society and it is “good for” almost everyone and everything. The literate arts diversities a persons education because they demonstrate different types of views for all different subjects and although the means of information are rapidly changing, there is still power behind reading and writing. Miller is correct we he argues that

This is just one example of where the author’s tone is all positive. Real criticism just cannot be found anywhere in this paper. The author of this work is constantly praising Woolf, with comments such as how Woolf has “vivid descriptions and flowing language” (Thoughts). Through words such as these, the loving tone of the author is revealed. Due to the overly praiseful tone of this paper, the author’s analysis becomes weak and

London presents his theme through the characters survival instincts. The character has a solution but even with this choice nature is still too powerful to overcome, because his fingers were so frostbitten and numb that he was unable to grip the knife or the dog to save himself. Similarly, the story’s setting is another aspect that London uses to show the overwhelming power of

     Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois, to Dr. Clarence Hemingway and Grace Hall Hemingway. Oak Park was a mainly Protestant, upper middle-class suburb of Chicago that Hemingway would later refer to as a “town of wide lawns and narrow

Unusually, I was a late subscriber to the idea of observing deeply into the capital 's wonders; London is possibly the most eclectic megalopolis of the West, it stirs ambition like no other place, in some professional sectors it 's like swimming against the tide if you 're not registered in London. Realistically for me, it probably was six years ago, when I took note of what 'London urbanity ' offers, before then, I was probably too busy, fatigued and self-orientated to allow London a laborious thought in the early noughties; I recall, it took a nudge from famous authors who resided in the capital, such as Iain Sinclair, J.G. Ballard and Hanif Kureishi, to name a few, who systematically embraced the capital within their creative works. Their savoir faire wordage spurred me on to experience London with fresh eyes; I owe much to their observations, they introduced me to London 's identities - just enough, so you can muster your own observations and prose. The process was like peering through a keyhole at collective humanism - entirely unique to the voyeur. For London truly is a collaboration of creativity and creed, to state the City has one identity stroke congruence is veraciously wrong. London is that versatile, it has a plethora of characteristics, rich in detail, purpose and belonging; why everyone has an opinion - whatever the experience, London demands respect. Author: Craig Taylor takes this analogy a step further and in the book: 'Londoners; ' he strings together

As seen in multitude of London's works, symbolism plays a major role in his writings. One of London's greatest works of

Readers of fiction often encounter the temptation to become familiar with biographies of novelists and others writers. From pieces of real-life information, readers can uncover truths about fiction created by celebrated authors inspired by their own lives to produce thought-provoking pieces, novels, short stories, or otherwise. However, knowing too much about an author can hinder readers from fully immersing into a story without biases. There is a fine line between using biography knowledge to the advantage of literary interpretation and spoiling the reading experience with redundant details. In his novel Washington Square, Henry James transports both himself and readers to the America of his youth. Aware of basic facts from the author’s