Many young readers only look at what a story is about, rather than how it is written. Many authors use style devices, movements of literature, and thematic meaning in their works. Jack London wrote "Love of Life" and "To Build a Fire," with these ideas in mind. London uses a lucid style, many movements of literature of his time and deliberate thematic ideas in his many tales of the gold rush. According to http://www.biography.com/people/jack-london-9385499, Jack London was born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. He was originally named John Chaney, but his mother was married to John London, so his name was changed. London only had an 8th grade education, and he worked riding trains, shoveling coal and on a sealing ship.
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The use of Indian language shows the "local color" of the Yukon and shows the culture of the area. Determinism is used when the man in "To Build a Fire" dies. It is predetermined that he will die, by an outside force. It is also used in "Love of Life" when the man can't catch a ptarmigan but nature can as seen in this quote: "A black fox came toward him, carrying a ptarmigan in its mouth." Realism is a component of each story as well. The Yukon is real, the gold rush was real, and the Hudson Bay Company was real. Jack London incorporated real-life things in the stories as well as conflicts such as in "Love of Life" when the man kills the wolf in a fight for survival. London used naturalism in these writings as well by having the characters' environment shape their behavior. For example, in "To Build a Fire," the extreme cold shaped the man's reaction: "...there was neither bend nor feeling in his fingers...This threw him into a panic." London incorporated these movements of literature into his
The use of Indian language shows the "local color" of the Yukon and shows the culture of the area. Determinism is used when the man in "To Build a Fire" dies. It is predetermined that he will die, by an outside force. It is also used in "Love of Life" when the man can't catch a ptarmigan but nature can as seen in this quote: "A black fox came toward him, carrying a ptarmigan in its mouth." Realism is a component of each story as well. The Yukon is real, the gold rush was real, and the Hudson Bay Company was real. Jack London incorporated real-life things in the stories as well as conflicts such as in "Love of Life" when the man kills the wolf in a fight for survival. London used naturalism in these writings as well by having the characters' environment shape their behavior. For example, in "To Build a Fire," the extreme cold shaped the man's reaction: "...there was neither bend nor feeling in his fingers...This threw him into a panic." London incorporated these movements of literature into his