The Sea-Wolf

Jack Londons novel The Sea-Wolf originally printed in 1904. It is the realistic story of a gentleman scholar Humphrey van Weyden who is saved by a seal-hunting schooner after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay. This story tells about a man whose struggles with good and evil result in his demoralisation disintegration and death. Book reveals how raw nature can cause a human being to lose their grip on reality. The Sea-Wolf explores issues relating to class strength and will power. The books central character Humphrey van Weyden is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen the powerful and a moral sea captain who saves him.