Jack London
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Jack London
Jack London was a writer. To understand him better we need more background on him. Jack’s father is William chancy. He was an astrologist and a no body to jack. He denied being Jack’s father for as long as he lived. (Schroeder, p20) Before he was an astrologist he was a lawyer. (Sunsite, p1) He ran away when jack when flora got pregnant. Flora got depressed and tried to kill her self but failed. 1st she took pills but nothing happen. Then she shot her self in the head it glanced off her she went to the hospital. (Schroeder, p20) She remarries to John London in 1876. Then she moves to Oakland. (Sunsite, p1) John London was a workingman. He worked as a salesman but the war injury cause him to quit. (Schroeder, p20) Then he worked as a farmer in Oakland. (sunsite ,p1) He fought in the civil war that caused an injury to his lungs. (Schroeder, p20)
Jack liked books even when he couldn’t read he looked at the pictures. Jack was seen with books on hand (Schroeder, p24). He learned to read and write in Oakland. (Sunsite, p1) He had a lot of jobs like oyster pirating. Oyster pirating was good for him until the drinking life style caught up with him and caused him to quit. He got so drunk he got alcohol poisoning and almost died. Then he joined the California fish patrol and that involved drinking to so he quit that too. Then a friend got him on the Sophia Sutherland