Jack London Accomplishments

with very little to eat and they couldn’t mine since everything was frozen. But during all of this endearment of the harsh artic weather during his time in the Yukon gave him plenty of inspiration and ideas that he was soon going to use to write short stories and novels. During the down time in the harsh winter for the miners one of Jack London’s colleagues came up to him while he was laying on his bed and he told Jack that there was still a way to mine even while everything was still frozen. Jack was persuaded that there was another way to mine for gold even if everything was frozen solid. So they ventured off in the hunt to find gold first thing the next morning. Once they reached their destination they starting to mine and early into their search they came across what they were all dreaming of, gold. …show more content…
In disbelief some of the veteran miners came over and took a look at their so called findings and had to break the bad news to them and told them that they had found worthless iron pyrites. Discouraged Jack lost his interest in mining and from that moment on he never went looking for gold again. Jack knew he wanted to become a writer. Jack enrolled in Oakland high school and wrote for the high school literary magazine, The High School Aegis. A lot of his work there was focused on his life as a hobo and all the experiences he has had during that time in his life. He even published a short story one of many named “Frisco Kid’s Story” while attending Oakland High School. He really wanted to give the reader a personal view of his life as a hobo and understand what he has seen and went through while he was a hobo. He also wanted follow his beliefs and hopefully make a difference for society, so he started to protest against social