Jack London for the CSET English and CSET Multiple Subject
Aug
09
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makes his adventures more exciting because readers can relate to what he’s going through.
Animal tales, especially those purporting to be based on the truth about the natural world, were in vogue by the time Jack London published The Call of the Wild. Central to London’s novel is the journey from civilization to the wild of an animal hero. The reader’s ability to identify with the hero will be enhanced if the tale is told from the point of view of the animal; but that is a point of view no human can truly understand, much less communicate. Having to use words to describe the consciousness of an animal puts an immediate limitation on what an author can accomplish. The human point of view will necessarily intrude.
Animal tales, especially those purporting to be based on the truth about the natural world, were in vogue by the time Jack London published The Call of the Wild. Central to London’s novel is the journey from civilization to the wild of an animal hero. The reader’s ability to identify with the hero will be enhanced if the tale is told from the point of view of the animal; but that is a point of view no human can truly understand, much less communicate. Having to use words to describe the consciousness of an animal puts an immediate limitation on what an author can accomplish. The human point of view will necessarily intrude.
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