NATURALISTIC DETERMINISM IN JACK LONDON���S STORIES

The monograph Naturalistic determinism in Jack London'sstories examines how nature affects people's lives in Jack London's exciting short stories like The White Silence The Wisdom of Trail The Sickness of Lone Chief and The Law of Life. It explores the idea that where someone lives and their family background have a big impact on their life making it hard to change what happens because of strong external forces. The study also talks about naturalism in literature which challenges the idea that people fail in life only because of their abilities. London's work is seen as part of this naturalism movement where characters in his stories make decisions influenced by nature and survival instincts. The ideas of Charles Darwin help explain naturalism in the late 1800s making it a convincing way to understand how things were back then.