5. JACK LONDON
12/1/1876 – 22/11/1916
- Jack London, pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney
- 20th century, one of the most extensively translated
of American authors.
6. JACK LONDON
Explored San
Francisco bay
Went to Japan
as a sailor
Quit school
Became a
militant socialist
seek a fortune
in gold rush
Worked as
a writer
Entered the
University
7. JACK LONDON
- One of the world's outstanding authors with practical
experience plus natural talent and passion for literature.
12/1/1876 – 22/11/1916
- Jack London, pseudonym of John Griffith Chaney
- 20th century, one of the most extensively translated
of American authors.
8. JACK LONDON
- The autobiographical novel “Martin Eden” (1909)
began to win acceptance
- “The Son of the Wolf”: Tales of the Far North (1900),
a collection of short stories gained a wide audience.
- London completed 50 books of fiction and nonfiction
in 17 years.
- His popularity remained high throughout the world
after World War II, especially in Russia
10. JACK LONDON
- Extended the tradition of realism, aiming at an
even more faithful, unselective representation of
reality, without moral judgment.
- Was the brilliant American realist writer
- Referred to the philosophies between the nobility
and the lowly that make human personality
manifest in very sharp conflicts.
12. Be a short story of Jack London
“SOUTH OF THE SLOT”
Be published:
- First time in The Saturday Evening Post, May
1909.
- In 1914, by Macmillan in a collection of Jack
London’s stories, The Strength of the Strong
13. “SOUTH OF THE SLOT”
The title refers to a location in San
Francisco, now called SOMA, or South of
Market.
Jack London had subsequently spent time
during visits there and knew it well.
A Great Earthquake in 1906 and divided
San Francisco into 2 sections_ a metaphor
of the “class cleavage of society”
14. “SOUTH OF THE SLOT”
slums, laundries,
ware-houses,
large and luxurious
houses
theaters, hotels and
expensive stores, banks
Factories, railroad
yards
15. The fight between newly formed labor union and the rich who
ruled San Francisco society
“SOUTH OF THE SLOT”
Social setting:
25. 1. What year
was the
work first
published?
A. 1909
B. 1914
C. 1906
26. 2. What place
in San
Francisco does
the title refer
to?
A. South of
Market
B. SOMA
C. A and B
27. 3. What is this
slot created
by?
A. human
B. earthquake
C. self-formed
in nature
28. B. In the conflict between labor union
and the upper class.
A. In the peaceful context, people have
a prosperous life.
C. In the context of the poor being
enslaved and tortured by the rich.
30. A – After finishing the book, Freddie expressed conservative views and
criticized southern unions.
B – Bill happily married to Mary.
C – Freddie “transformed” Bill while witnessing Mary battling off the
police.
D – The workers were surprised at Freddie's polite behavior.
E – Freddie pretended to be a worker in the south to collect materials
for his book.
F – Bill fell in love with Mary Condon.
G – Bill was born, a completely different person from Freddie.
H – Freddie was engaged to Catherine, an educated and conservative
lady.
31. A – After finishing the
book, Freddie expressed
conservative views and
criticized southern unions.
B – Bill married to
Mary.
C – Freddie turns into Bill
while witnessing Mary
battling off the police.
D – The workers
were surprised at
Freddie's polite
behavior.
F – Bill fell
in love with
Mary
Condon.
G – Bill was born, a
completely different
person from Freddie.
H – Freddie was
engaged to Catherine,
an educated and
conservative lady.
E – Freddie pretended
to be a worker in the
south to collect
materials for his book.
34. Freddie Drummond & Bill Totts
Freddie
● Be a professor of
sociology at the
University of California.
Bill
● Be pretended to do social
research for a book.
● Live and work south of
market for six months to
gather subjects of his
book
● Get trouble in making
friends and getting used to
the working life.
● Gradually, become a very
good imitation
AT THE BEGINNING
35. Freddie Drummond & Bill Totts
Freddie
Keep a negative view of laborers in south of Market:
● be lazy, ignorant brute,
● only get drunk and into fight and other terrible
trouble
When 2nd book was
published
36. Freddie Drummond & Bill Totts
Freddie
● Be not comfortable at
parties, always shy, never
socialized
Bill
Be a member of
high society
● Drink and smoke, to cuss
and fight.
● No vices or any temptation
● Hate tobacco and beer
● Enjoy drinking in beer halls,
dancing with the girls
FREE &
COMFORTABLE MAN
● Eat in greasy spoons
● Regret the times being
Professor Drummond
A STANDARD
MAN
37. Freddie Drummond & Bill Totts
Freddie
● Criticized the strikers from
his classroom in Berkeley.
Bill
Be a member of high
society
● Work on the
Longshoremen’s Union
called a strike
● Fight with the police
and the next day
38. Mary Condon
● A wild black-haired and brave woman with a
powerful voice, which filled with passion
● President of the International Glove Workers
Union Number 974.
● A person who Bill Totts fell in love from the
moment he first saw
39. Catherine Van Vorst
• Be an aristocratic girl with cold beauty
• Be reserved and conservative
• Watch calmly with dignity, about the
excitement
• Coolly say “ What savages they are!”
A good partner for Professor Drummond:
Her insensitivity influenced by social manners:
41. B. known to drink and smoke, to cuss and
fight
A. comfortable at parties, always shy, never
socialized, no vices or any temptation
C. quiet, polite and very formal, considered
a standard man
1. What kind of person is Freddie?
42. B. hate tobacco and beer, never drank
anything stronger than a light wine at dinner
A. lives freely and comfortably, do anything
he wants
C. hard working and always focused on work
2. What is Bill’s personality?
43. B. a hard worker who always completes every
job well
A. a lazy, ignorant brute who would only get
drunk and into fight and other terrible trouble
C. a natural linguist, talk in a friendly manner
with other workers
3. What is the view about poor workers
at south of the market in Freddie's 2nd book?
44. B. Because he falls in love with Catherine.
A. Because of the pressure from family and
relatives.
C. Because they have the same background
4. Why Catherine is a good partner
for Freddie?
45. B. A wild black-haired woman with a powerful
voice
A. A gentle, beautiful and educated woman
C. A gorgeous, intelligent and reserved lady in
an aristocratic family
5. How did the author portray Mary?
47. 3 Themes
The massive environmental
influence on personality.
The author are
supporting for Socialism
Socialism
Doubleness Naturalism
Refers to:
The class division
The dual identity
49. “Living environment
could alter personality”
Be demonstrated by the simultaneous change
in living environment and characteristics:
• Before the experiences in the south of
the slot
• After the experiences in the south of the
slot
50. His true love can be considered the chief
factor for the total turning into Bill Totts
“ True love could have people
making "unusual decisions””
53. B. Doubleness, critical realism, socialism
A. Doubleness, naturalism, socialism
C. Naturalism, socialism, critical realism
2. What themes are included?
54. 3. Through the
story, which
ideology do you
think the author
is advocating
for?
A. Socialism
B. Monarchy
C. Capitalism
55.
56. Group 1 Trang chủ Phim T.hình Mới & Phổ biến Danh sách của tôi
10 years later
Play Favorite
The drama tell about the life of Bill after marrying with Mary, there
are thousands of problem around their marriage.
Will he have a happy ending? Can they maintain their love in the
poverty?
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Bill Tott Mary Catherine Julia
(daughter
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