1.
GROUP 1
1. Phạm Thế An
2. Phạm Thúy Dung
3. Dương Thanh Mai
4. Trần Thị Thanh Phương
5. Trần Thị Thùy Trang
6. Vũ Thanh Xuân

2.
Th. Ph ngươ
An
Xuân
Dung

3.
 Griffith Chaney,
better known as Jack
London, was born
on January 12,
1876, in San
Francisco,
California.
 He was the son of
Flora Wellman, an
unwed mother

4.
 His father was never part of his life,
and his mother ended up marrying John
London, a Civil War veteran, who
moved his new family around the Bay
Area before settling in Oakland.

5.
 Jack London grew up
working-class.
 He rode trains, pirated
oysters, shoveled coal,
worked on a sealing
ship on the Pacific and
found employment in a
cannery.
 In his free time he
hunkered down at
libraries, soaking up
novels and travel books

6.
First marriage (1900–1904)
London married
Elizabeth "Bessie"
Maddern on April 7, 1900,
the same day The Son of the
Wolf was published. During
the marriage, London
continued his friendship
with Anna Strunsky, co-
authoring The Kempton-
Wace Letters, , an epistolary
novel contrasting two
philosophies of love.
He had two daughters
Their first child, Joan, was
born on January 15, 1901
and their second, Bessie
(later called Becky), on
October 20, 1902
Bessie Maddern London and daughters,
Joan and Becky

7.
Second marriage
After divorcing Maddern,
London
married Charmian
Kittredge in 1905.
London was introduced to
Kittredge by his MacMillan
publisher, George Platt
Brett, Sr., while Kittredge
served as Brett's
secretary. Their time
together included numerous
trips, including a 1907
cruise on the
yacht Snark to Hawaii and A
Many of London's stories
are based on his visits to
Hawaii, the last one for
10 months beginning in
December 1915.
Jack and Charmian London
(c. 1915) at Waikiki

8.
Jack London was
an American novelist,
journalist, and social
activist.
A pioneer in the then-
burgeoning world of
commercial magazine
fiction, he was one of
the first fiction writers
to obtain worldwide
celebrity and a large
fortune from his fiction
alone.

9.
Between 1900 and 1916, he
completed more than 50 fiction
and nonfiction books,
HUNDREDS OF SHORT
STORIES AND NUMEROUS
ARTICLES. Several of theSeveral of the
booksbooks and many of the short
stories are classics and still
popular; some have been translated
into as many as 70 languages.
Between 1900 and 1916, he
completed more than 50 fiction
and nonfiction books,
HUNDREDS OF SHORT
STORIES AND NUMEROUS
ARTICLES. Several of theSeveral of the
booksbooks and many of the short
stories are classics and still
popular; some have been translated
into as many as 70 languages.

10.
His stories of high
adventure were based on
his own experiences at
sea, in Alaska, or in the
fields and factories of
California. His writings
appealed to millions
worldwide.
Jack London was
also widely known for
his personal exploits.
London was part of the
radical literary group
"The Crowd" in San
Francisco and a passionate
advocate of
unionization,socialism, and
the rights of workers.
London was an atheist.He
is quoted as saying,“I
believe that when I am
dead, I am dead. I believe
that with my death I am
just as much obliterated as
the last mosquito you and I
squashed.”

11.
Gold rush and first success

12.
• The Cruise of the Dazzler is an early
novel, set in his home city of San
Fransisco in 1902.
• It is considered a boy's adventure
novel.
• Main character: Joe Bronson – a
school boy.

13.
• Based on his own life in his
autobiographical novel John
Barleycorn.

14.
• Story summary
• Dissatisfied with his dull life at school.

15.
+ Joined the crew of a sloop in San Fransisco Bay.

16.
• Became a pirate.

17.
• Met Frisco Kid – a boy of about Joe’s
age.
• Tried to escape from the pirates.
• Finally, they came back the
mainland.
• Reuinted with his family.

18.
The Call of the Wild
▪ It is a short
adventure novel/
adventure fiction.
▪ It was published in
1903 and set in Yukon,
Canada during the
1890s Klondike Gold
Rush.
Presenter: Vu Thi Thanh Xuan

19.
Brief Summary
• It is a short story with the
central character being a
dog names “Buck”.
• He has the human-like
tendency, intelligence,
strength and dignity.
Presenter: Vu Thi Thanh Xuan

20.
Brief Summary
• Firstly, he has a comfortable life
but then he is stolen and sold by
Manuel.
• Then, he came to “Man in the
red sweater”.
• Then, he is sold to Perrault &
Francois and has to deal with
Spitz – a cruel dog.
• Then, he is brought to the Scott.
• The next owner is Charles and
Hal.
• The final one is John Thornton
whom Buck really loves and
devotes.
• After John is killed, Buck comes
to avenge for his beloved master
and leave man’s world, also
Presenter: Vu Thi Thanh Xuan

21.
- White Fang – Jack Jack LondonWhite Fang – Jack Jack London
This is a story
about the journey
of a Wolf-hybrid
dog named White
Fang, residing in
the Yukon of
Canada during the
Klondike gold rush
in the late 19th
.
White Fang is a
reverse version of
the call of the wild;
in the call of the wild,
the main character is
the original Buck-
name dog is a dog
sled has been wild
instinct turns into a
wolf. Also the white
Fang has been tamed
by the love of people.
Both works are described
the harsh, brutal in
nature as well as
harsh, cruel attitude of
man, and its influence for
the change of the nature of
the main character is the
dog, and the reaction of the
dog for the murder or love
from the owner is the people-
the individuals that White
Fang " the gods "with
enormous powers and
prestige.
CONTENT

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A large part of the novel is written from the
way the look of the animal, allowing Jack London
surveys the way that animals see the world of them
and the way that we look at the human species.
White canine world violence survey of animals, and
equally violent world of the human being-see-is--.
The book also refers to the more complex themes:
morality and redemption.
This work bring
particular precision
prose style of Jack
London and using the
voice and perspective of
his creation

23.
White fang has been
adapted to film several
times, including the
1991 film.