How did local color writing about the legendary West by writers such as Owen Wister, Mary Austin, and Jack London compare with native American writings by Zitkala–Ša (also known as Gertrude Bonnin), Ohiyesa, and Sarah Winnemucca in their characters’ relationship to the land?
a. Westerns romanticized cowboys and gold miners as they exploited the landscape; native writing sadly recorded the loss of the land to the influx of American settlers.
b. Westerns of this period romanticized attacks on natives as a crusade against infidels, while native writings offered an ideal of coexistence with white settlers.
c. Westerns tried to depict the psychological effects of the frontier on the individual cowboy’s perspective, while native writings drew from tribal traditions to give a communal meaning to events.
d. Westerns attempted to debunk the heroic myth of the Old West by depicting cowboys as humble caretakers of the land; native writings portrayed cowboys more realistically as their unthinking enemies.
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a. Westerns romanticized cowboys and gold miners as they exploited the landscape; native writing sadly recorded the loss of the land to the influx of American settlers.
b. Westerns of this period romanticized attacks on natives as a crusade against infidels, while native writings offered an ideal of coexistence with white settlers.
c. Westerns tried to depict the psychological effects of the frontier on the individual cowboy’s perspective, while native writings drew from tribal traditions to give a communal meaning to events.
d. Westerns attempted to debunk the heroic myth of the Old West by depicting cowboys as humble caretakers of the land; native writings portrayed cowboys more realistically as their unthinking enemies.
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Jack London
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born
January 12, 1876
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November 22, 1916
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male
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San Francisco, California, The United States
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Jack London was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing.
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White Fang by Jack London avg rating 3.72 — 7,232 ratings — published 1906 206 editions |
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The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories by Jack London avg rating 3.78 — 1,909 ratings — published 1981 12 editions |
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The Sea Wolf by Jack London avg rating 3.87 — 1,189 ratings — published 1904 90 editions |
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To Build a Fire and Other Stories by Jack London avg rating 3.96 — 722 ratings — published 1986 10 editions |
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Martin Eden by Jack London avg rating 4.17 — 554 ratings — published 1909 50 editions |
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The Call of the Wild & White Fang by Jack London avg rating 3.95 — 503 ratings — published 1903 51 editions |
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To Build a Fire by Jack London avg rating 3.82 — 450 ratings — published 1908 14 editions |
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The Iron Heel by Jack London avg rating 3.73 — 239 ratings — published 1908 48 editions |
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Novels and Stories: The Call of the Wild/White Fang/The Sea-Wolf/Klondike and Other Stories by Jack London avg rating 4.24 — 153 ratings — published 1980 16 editions |
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John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs by Jack London avg rating 3.83 — 144 ratings — published 1913 30 editions |
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"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."
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— Jack London
"A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog."
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