Yukon Jack: The Life Of Jack London

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for the man in “To Build A Fire,” he faces his death because of his solitude.
London may be implying that if he had someone to guide him through the early stages of life, he might have turned out to be a more fulfilled and successful person.
By the age of twenty-three, London had held a numerous variety of jobs. He had been everything from a newsboy to an oyster bed pirate. He even bummed his way through the United States. In 1897, he traveled to Canada to try his luck in the Yukon Territory gold rush. This is the motivation behind his 1906 novel, White Fang. White Fang Centers around the ability of a man, through love and kindness, to tame a savage wolf, and turn it into a loyal domestic animal. This may not be relevant when talking about the relationship between London’s life and the novels theme. What is relevant though, is that the story did take place in the Yukon, a place where London had been during his life. The story contains struggles of man’s survival against ...

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