Джек Лондон

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T h e n o v e l i s t a n d s h o r t- s to r y w r i t e r J a c k L o n d o n i s o n e o f th e f a m o u s A m e r i c a n w r i te r s o f XX century. H e w a s b o r n i n 1 8 7 6 i n S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l i fo r n i a . I n h i s c h i l d h oo d J a c k w a s r e a ll y a v o r a c i o u s r e a d e r . A t th e a g e o f 8 h e r e a d a b oo k a b o u t a r i c h a n d f a m o u s I ta l i a n w r i te r w h o u s e d to b e a p oo r p e a s a n t i n h i s y o u th . H e w a s fa s c i n a te d b y th e unu s u a l fa te o f th i s w r i te r .

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Jack London grew up in a family of a poor farmer. His family could hardly make both ends meet. One day his father became disabled and a 13-year Jack had to leave school and earn money to support his family.

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In that time, he had to work 14 hours a day for a miserable salary under inhuman conditions at the factory. This 14-year-old boy faced the social injustice of the capitalistic America. He saw strong men that firstly became unemployed then homeless. He hated that kind of job. Jack London decided that he would never spend his life like that.

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When Jack London became older, the San Francisc o newspape r publishe d hi s wor k «Typhoon off the Coast of Japan» that was base d o n hi s ow n impressions . Th e wor k was highly praised by critics. It was his first success. Fo r th e nex t 1 8 year s i t wa s publishe d about 50 works. The characters of his storie s live d a lif e o f adventure s an d hardships.

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Jack London saw the lovely nature of Arctic and its severe but fair laws of survival. He showed it in his dog stories - "The Call of the Wild"(1903) and "White Fang” (1906) . They are some of the best works in the animalistic literature. The writer teaches us to be kind with animals. Animals are not only good helpers to people, but also their friends.

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J a c k L o n d o n w a s s t r o n g a n d t a l e n t e d . H e l i v e d a l i f e o f a d v e n t u r e s a n d h a r d s h i p s , s o h e k n e w w h a t h e w a s w r i t i n g a b o u t . I n h i s n o v e l “ M a r t i n I d e n ” h e d e s c r i b e s h i s b i o g r a p h y . W h a t a h a r d l i f e h e l i v e d ! M a r t i n E d e n w a s a s e c o n d - c l a s s c i t i z e n . H e c a m e t h r o u g h d i ff i c u l t i e s i n h i s l i f e . M a r t i n r e a c h e d f a m e a n d f o r t un e a n d b e c a m e a f a m o u s w r i t e r . F i n a ll y , t h e d oo r s o f h i g h s o c i e t y w e r e o p e n e d f o r h i m . В и t h i s i d e a l i s t i c d r e a m s c r u s h e d . H i g h s o c i e t y t u r n e d o u t t o b e f u ll o f f a l s e a n d hypocrisy.

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Jac k Londo n Th e ver y firs t stor y « Th e Lov e o f Lif e » caugh t m y fancy . I wa s struc k b y th e wil l o f a sic k ma n wh o foun d himsel f alone , sid e b y sid e wit h a wolf . Bot h th e ma n an d th e wol f wer e sic k an d weak . An d eac h o f the m wa s waitin g fo r th e other to grow still weaker and faint i n orde r t o fee d o n him . Th e ma n won . Whil e readin g th e stor y I admire d th e courag e an d huma n spiri t o f th e hero .