The Forming And Collapse Of "the Mountain Of Life"

This paper mainly analyzes the most famous 19th century American writer, the Jake London's contradictory literature thought and the life through the"Sailor On Horseback " , the biography which does for Jake London by Irving Stone. The paper's subject is composed of three parts:London's life experience before his successful, his literature thought and the reason why he ended in that way.In the introduction, the author first introduces the biography of Irving Stone's which as rich life experiences as London's. This kind of background enables him more profound to understand London than the other biography writer, and then revising London's world for the readers. Irving Stone Frequently fictional character's dialog in the historical evidence foundation which can reduce the distance between the history and the literature, the biography and the novel, make the host's image more vividly. His "Sailor on Horseback" becomes the first and the best choice for the public to understand Jake London.In the first part, the author mainly introduces London's life experience before he becomes famous. The author start analyzes from London's born question, Stone insisted that William H Jenny is London's father. And then is a series of social activity, London used to work as oyster thief, police, sailor, stroller, fosse in Alaska. This legendary experience has provided the source material for his creation which is also the origin which his thought forms. At the same time, London has also exposed the contradiction with socialism in his vagabond's life which passes through his life.In the second part, the author will introduces London's literature thought and the social thought. London lives on the main prop of the socialism thought, he is the warm communism propagandist and sincere practitioner through the analysis of "Iron heel".Stone believed that Nietzsche's Superhuman Theory has attracted London. Jake London approves and be proud of the Superhuman Theory. The author will mainly analyze the influence of the Superhuman Theory on "Seawolf". Nietzsche beautifies the powerful individual, his superhuman can overcome all barriers and follow"the slave-owner morals", and they do not pity the weak people. But London doesn't worry about this fact; He does wants to believe these two contradictory thoughts.London agrees with Spenser's social theory of evolution because of his own life, only the fittest can survive. He put this theory into his work, and get the narrow-minded theory that the white people are superior.Althought learn from Spenser, the main performance is "the Daughter of snowy". But London has the different idea on revolution way with his teacher. In conclusion, London only absorbed advantageous and interested thing from the advanced thought at that time.The third part is about the reason that forms London's last end, the individualism which made his paradise extrication in his works and also leads him far away from the socialism activities day after day and finally withdrew from the communist party in 1916.The conclusion part is the summary appraisal to the Irving Stone's" Sailor on Horseback". Although he is an ambivalent, we will never forget his passion about life, his abomination to the unjust phenomenon, his pursues to truth and his contribution about socialism. He is the mountain of life!...