Sophie And The Seawolf PDF Download

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The sea lion, one of Jack London's best-known novels, is based largely on his 1893 trip aboard the Sophia Sutherland (or Sophie). Like the Phantom of the novel, Sophie sailed to the north end of the Pacific to hunt seals. London came out with the raw material for a novel. A decade later, the experience bore fruit in one of the most important works of the American maritime tradition. The sea lion of the novel's title is Wolf Larsen, captain of a sealing schooner who rescues literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden after a collision in San Francisco Bay. However, instead of returning it to the shore, Larsen forces Van Weyden to play the role of a cabin boy. When the Ghost crosses the North Pacific, Van Weyden must earn his legs and master such worldly tasks as washing pots and peeling potatoes.You must also learn to protect yourself, as Larsen's unpredictable episodes of wild cruelty have infected the entire crew. At sea, Larsen can interpret the tyrant as easily as any agent of border law, but it is anything but petty. He is an educated man who justifies his violent nature with the concept of survival of the fittest. As Van Weyden explains, "the big eat the little they can keep moving, the strong eat the weak so they can retain their strength."