The Ghost reflects the harsh conditions of industrializing society. “I did not dream that work was so terrible a thing. From half-past five in the morning to ten o’clock at night I am everybody’s slave” (London 39). Hump is starting to stand on legs of his own and constantly notes the cruelties that the everyday worker suffers from, and after only a few days of arriving on the Ghost he describes himself as the most miserable he has ever been with a swollen knee, multiple burns, lacerations, aches, and filthy with dirt. Hump is bumped down the social ladder and given a reality check that points out the flaws in everyday society. Flaws that show the intense work conditions and serious health risks being faced by workers who work for dirt wages.
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This also leads to Wolf Larsen’s demise within “the allegory of social Darwinism, in which Wolf find himself unable to compete in emerging economic realities of the early progressive era in the United States” (Link 158). Social Darwinism says that individuals and groups of people can be at downfall for the same as natural selection extinct animals. Wolf Larson was made extinct by society because of his failure to keep up with changing times. This reflects the harsh industrial society because if a man has to lose everything because he did not keep up with the latest technological advancements then is that really fair. In the current cutthroat capitalist society, yes, technology makes life easier and society run smoother and if a business fails because they failed to progress than they are at their own fault. Just like Wolf Larsen is at his own fault for being abandoned by his crew for the better opportunity on the advanced
This also leads to Wolf Larsen’s demise within “the allegory of social Darwinism, in which Wolf find himself unable to compete in emerging economic realities of the early progressive era in the United States” (Link 158). Social Darwinism says that individuals and groups of people can be at downfall for the same as natural selection extinct animals. Wolf Larson was made extinct by society because of his failure to keep up with changing times. This reflects the harsh industrial society because if a man has to lose everything because he did not keep up with the latest technological advancements then is that really fair. In the current cutthroat capitalist society, yes, technology makes life easier and society run smoother and if a business fails because they failed to progress than they are at their own fault. Just like Wolf Larsen is at his own fault for being abandoned by his crew for the better opportunity on the advanced