Martin Eden as Jack London
Jack London's best novel "Martin Eden " is full of despair and fight with the failures and disappointment. It is nearly as moving as the biography of the author himself. Jack London perfectly revealed the life of the sailor and worker, which is very similar to his own life story in spirit and content also.The main character of the book, Martin Eden worked extremely hard to reach the heights of intellectual development. He worked not only by studying, but al
He was out of bourgeois world, but could not return to his class also. The American Dream of success fascinated both Martin Eden and Jack London. Also, Jack London's mother was alive, while Martin had only a sister. Martin's destiny reflects the experiences of the author's own life. so he had to stand a lot of hard physical work, from which he had to make his living. The same we can say about Martin Eden. Firstly, Martin Eden was not married at all, while Jack London had two wives during his life. Secondly, Martin Eden had no children. During the first years of writing, Jack London met with many difficulties, which influenced Eden's literary work too. What is more, Martin was much younger when he committed a suicide than Jack London at the time he ended his life. On the other hand, there are also some differences in the stories of those two men. Furthermore, Jack London hated oppression and capitalism. Eden, as well as London could not find the way through stereotyped society and their life, full of contradictions. In conclusion I think that "Martin Eden " is very realistic and persuasive story, in which author frankly tells the sweets and the bitters of life of a young man, according to his own experience.
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