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An 8 page paper which examines the use of nature, violence, brutality and racism in Jack London’s Call of the Wild. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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speaks of the wild, adventure, and the unknown. It is a work that is clearly possessed of examinations of nature, and the power of nature. But, it is also a
work that presents the reader with elements of violence, brutality and racism. The following paper examines the elements of nature, violence, brutality and racism as noted in Londons work.
Jack Londons Call of the Wild In understanding some of the history of this particular novel one author notes that Jack, upon
his return from the Yukon, which inspired this story, he was offered a job at the post office (Albert). "The offer had its attractions. London felt responsible for the care
of his mother, now a widow. He had returned from the Klondike with gold dust valued at $4.50, a small sum even in those days" and although he wrote, the
interest in Alaska had essentially faded in the nation and he made a total of $40 in one year (Albert). But, he continued, did not take the job, and the
nation was left with one of the most powerful stories of the harsh side of America, and the realities of nature. And, it was written in a style that
was apparently controversial at the time, but clearly desired. One critic, in looking back at the time wrote, in 1928, "that a heated controversy took place during the eighteen-nineties over
the inclusion of fact, brutal fact, in fiction" (Veggian). This is an element that clearly sets the stage for Londons novel, one that is clearly filled with brutal facts in
the form, or mind, of a dog. The elements of nature in this book are very diverse. There are elements that speak
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