Questions tagged [jack-london]
Questions about the works of Jack London (1876 – 1916) or his life as a writer.
7
questions
1
vote
1
answer
71
views
Meaning of "drew the lower jaw in" from "To Build A Fire"
In the story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, there is a line which I find too complex to interpret.
After some manipulation he managed to get the bunch between the heels of his mittened ...
9
votes
4
answers
3k
views
Meaning of the phrase "If ever a man leaped across time into the raw..."
I'm reading Hearts of Three written by Jack London. Right in Chapter I, I found the following sentence:
If ever a man leaped across time into the raw, red drama and tragedy of the primitive and the ...
0
votes
1
answer
61
views
Use of "antithesis" by Jack London
In White Fang, Jack London writes:
"But he was anything save a beauty. To antithesis was due his naming. He was preëminently unbeautiful."
How is "antithesis" used in the example ...
7
votes
2
answers
890
views
The oldest tradition stopped before it got back to him
The following passage is taken from The Call of the Wild. What do the boldfaced parts mean?
This lost mine was steeped in tragedy and shrouded in mystery. No one knew of the first man. The oldest ...
1
vote
1
answer
584
views
What does it mean to "meet the introduction halfway" in "The Call of the Wild"?
In chapter 1 of Jack London's The Call of the Wild, the dog Buck gets a beating:
He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken. He saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man ...
12
votes
1
answer
362
views
Why did Martin Eden live at night with the gods in a colossal nightmare?
Re-reading Jack London's Martin Eden for my project, I've come across this passage:
Martin had ascended from pitch to pitch of intellectual living, and here he was at a higher pitch than ever. ...
52
votes
2
answers
19k
views
Why was The Call of the Wild banned?
I periodically see Jack London's The Call of the Wild on banned book lists, but I'm not sure why it would be – it doesn't seem that controversial. I found ALA's page cataloguing the reasons given for ...