By Courtney Alexa Nigel and Andrew Jack London One theme that Jack London has throughout his stories is cruelty Jack London has written The Call of the Wild Batard and ID: 216599
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Slide1
Atavism
By Courtney,
Alexa
, Nigel, and Andrew.Slide2
Jack London.
One theme that
Jack London
has throughout his stories is
cruelty.
Jack London
has written
The Call of the Wild
,
Batard
, and
The Law of Life
.
Slide3
Atavism
Definition of Atavism:
In
genetics, the reappearance of a characteristic not apparent in the immediately preceding
generations.
Examples of Atavism:
T
he
mutant chickens that had teeth because their ancestors, the dinosaurs had teeth but the chickens don't normally have teeth
.
Batard
had instincts and memories about his ancestors, and felt anger towards other people and wolves.Slide4
Atavism Poem
Written by
Elinor
Wylie.
The poem is descriptive, but vague; you have to think about it to figure out the meaning and the purpose of the poem.