American Author Thesis Paper
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2 comments:
I found Jack London to be a great choice for my author. I read Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea-Wolf. London's books are mainly about animals or people getting involuntarily placed in the wild, and their struggle to stay alive. He gives a personal aspect to the animals in Call of the Wild and White Fang which I had never experienced before and I really enjoyed it. His writing is very solid but in some of the books the story seems a bit ridiculous; for example in Cal of the Wild, Buck, a dog, kills an entire tribe of Native Americans. Although it does seem superficial, all of the events bring character and excitement to the stories. All of the novels were relatively similar making it very interesting and easy to write the paper. I, overall, really enjoyed writing my Thesis about London.
Jack London is among the most famous authors on the list, odds are, most of you have heard of his books, you probably own some of them too, maybe Call of the Wild or White fang would be my guess. That was what I picked for. Wow am I stupid. I honestly could probably not have picked a worse choice, for all his fame. True, his books are short, but they are not very well written. Ok that just may be the understatement of the year. I tend to read a book straight through, like cover to cover—or as close as possible. It was like wadding through a sea of toilet paper, and not much more profitable, perhaps less pleasurable. I read the same books as did Adam but I disliked the fact that the characters were able to succeed in every venture, because it ruined any suspense in the stories. For those of you who actually intend to read your AAT books, I implore you: don’t be as dumb as I was and go with Jack London.
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