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JackLondon 1876 1916 BiographyLiterarycareerMajorworksWritingstyle ThemeSignificanceTheSeaWolf JackLondon sLife HewasborninSanFranciscoonJanuary12 1876 theillegitimatesonofaself taughtmanandaneccentricwoman HetookthelastnameofhisstepfatherandwascalledJohnGriffithLondon Attheageof13 hetookajobinacannery andattheageof15hewasthecaptainofanoysterpirateboat Helivedonthefringesofsocietyuntilhewasseventeen In1893hebecameasailor Forthenextfouryearsheworkedhiswayaroundtheworld Determinedtogetaneducation hewenttohighschoolattheageofnineteen enteredpreparatoryschool andthenspendasemesterasaspecialstudentattheUniversityofCaliforniain1896 Londonhadtodropoutafterafewmonthstomakemoneyforthefamily Buthereadextensivelybyhimself HeasatrampandparticipationintheKlondikegoldrush 淘金热 in1897 Hefailedtofindgold buttheexperiencebecamearichsourceforhisliterarycreationlater In1916heresignedfromtheSocialistPartybecausehecouldnotresolvethetensionexemplifiedinhisfiction Hediedofuraemia 尿毒症 onNovember22 Newsboy报童 at10 Oysterpirate 16 Ahardlaborer muscleseller Atramp流浪者 beggar at18 Aknowledgepursuer Asuccessfulwriter Arancher 大农场主 ThePeopleoftheAbyss 1903 深渊中的人们Loveoflife热爱生命TheCalloftheWild 1903 野性的呼唤TheSeaWolf 1904 海狼WhiteFang 1906 白牙TheIronHeel 1908 铁蹄MartinEden 1909 马丁 伊登TheValleyoftheMoon 1912 月谷TheStarRover 1915 星游人TheLittleLadyoftheBigHouse 1916 大屋里的小妇人 HisMajorWorks WritingStyle ForcefulandcolorfulSubjectivityandenthusiasmNaturalismmingledwithRomanticismLimitations formless clumsyyetvigorousstyle stiffandstereotypedcharactersanddialogues ThemeofJackLondon sWorks InfluencedbyMarxismandDarwinism andalsobyNietzsche s 尼采 viewofsuperman Londonbelievedbothinthesuccessoftheworkingclassandinthetriumphofthestrongestindividuals Primitiveviolence Anglo Saxonsupremacy biologicalevolution classwarfare andmechanisticdeterminism Strongandweakindividualsinthecontextofirresistiblenaturalforcessuchastheseaorthedesert Significance Breakingthroughsomeforbiddenareainliterature violence death sexetc Greatlyinfluencingthe20thcenturywriterssuchasHemingwayandFaulknerHopeforhumancivilizationFatherofAmericanproletariat 工人阶级 literatureRealist spokesmanofsocialismGreatthinker TheSeaWolf WolfLarsen thecaptainofshipGhost HumphreyvanWeyden asurvivorfromastormandthenbecamethemateofGhost MaudBrewster aladywhoWolfLarsenandWeydenloved GeneralPlots Weydenmetahugestormandallpeopleontheshipweredisappeared buthewassavedbythecookofGhost Hebecameacabinboy Hehelpedthecookwashdishesandcutpotatoes Inthemeanwhile hefoundWolfLarsen scrueltyandselfishness buthealsorealizedthedifferencebetweenthecaptainandtheotherpeopleontheship Heandthecaptaindiscussedaboutphilosophy literature astronomy etc Manysailorswantedtokillcaptain soatlast Weydenbecamethemostreliablepersontocaptainandhewasappointedasthematetohelpthecaptain GeneralPlots Afterastorm Maudwassavedbythem andthecaptainfellinlovewithher butshewasalwaysafraidofhim Weydenlovedher too Finally Humphreyandshedecidedtoescapefromthe hell WeydenandMaudlandedonanisland Theylearnttobuildhousesbysealskin Lifewashappythoughhardbeforethe Ghost came WolfhadnoabilitytokillWeydenforbadheadache WeydenandMaudtriedtorebulidtheship ButWolfdestroyedtheirwork Wolfwasblindatlast andhisillnessmadehimveryweakly Asaresult hisrightearcouldn thear evencouldnotmovehisrightarmorleg ButMaudandWeydenstilltookcareofhim Daybyday Wolfbecameweakerandweaker finally hekilledhimself TheSummary Thisbooknotonlydescribesthefightbetweenhumanbeingsandnature butalsothefightbetweenmanandman WolfLarsenbelievedthatthebigcreatureseatthelittleones andheneverrespectedothers livesatall Bythosecharacters wecanseetheconflictionofcivilizationanduncivilization thestruggleofhumanityandinhumanity Itshowstheauthor sviewsandvaluesoflife anditalsopraisedhumanbeings noblespirits Jack snotablesayings Youthisalwaysyoungandelderlywillonlygrowold青年总是年青 只有老年才会变老Theonlywaytogetsmartist