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Jack London and Henry David Thoreau

Jack London and Henry David Thoreau. By (Student Name Removed). Jack London (1876- 1916). Jack London was a journalist, author, and social activist. He wrote “White Fang” and “Call of the Wild”.

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Jack London and Henry David Thoreau

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  1. Jack London and Henry David Thoreau By (Student Name Removed)

  2. Jack London (1876- 1916) Jack London was a journalist, author, and social activist. He wrote “White Fang” and “Call of the Wild”

  3. I would rather be ashes than dust!I would rather that my spark should burn out    in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom    of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.The function of man is to live, not to exist.I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.I shall use my time. I would rather be ashes than dust!I would rather that my spark should burn out    in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom    of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.The function of man is to live, not to exist.I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.I shall use my time. I would rather be ashes than dust!I would rather that my spark should burn out    in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom    of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.The function of man is to live, not to exist.I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.I shall use my time.

  4. Jack London Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876. He traveled around the country as a young man, and these travels influenced him into becoming a socialist. He used his writings to endorse socialism, and other causes which he believed in. Jack London was married twice and had two daughters with his first wife.

  5. Jack London State Park Jack London He developed kidney disease and died of renal failure in 1916. There is a park named after him in California. His widely read outside of the U.S. because his works were translated into many languages.

  6. Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862

  7. Thoreau American poet, philosopher, and essayist. He was a vigorous advocate of civil liberties. He grew up in Concord Massachusetts. Thoreau became good friends with the famous writer Waldo Emerson during his time at Harvard.

  8. Thoreau • Involved in the Transcendentalist movement, this was one of the most significant literary movements of the 19th century. • Wrote an essay titled “Civil Disobedience” • Most famous work is “Walden: or, Life in the Woods”. This is a recording of a period in his life which he lived alone on Walden Pond for two years.

  9. Death He dies on May 6th 1862. His poems and letters to Emerson were published posthumously. Thoreau remains a symbol of civil disobedience and isolation.

  10. http://london.sonoma.edu/credo.html http://london.sonoma.edu/jackbio.html http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/thoreau/

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