Jack London’s Apparent Conflict in Novels

In history, many extraordinary authors have written about struggles among two or more forces. Even in the earliest times, Homer, one of history’s greatest writer and philosophers, has written such pieces as The Odyssey, the fable of a common man who challenges elements he has no control over, and successfully overcomes them to achieve glory. Jack London, while a great philosopher in his own way, does not write about common mortal men overcoming fate, …

…s stories portray conflicts beyond some of his reader’s wildest dreams. London incorporated these conflicts because of inner conflicts among himself, and also because of the time period which he lived in, and the life in which he lived. Because of this, London’s stories and conflicts are some of the most intriguing and controversial in American Literature, as he seems to take a silent stand in all aspects of life through his novels.