THE LAW OF
LIFE BY JACK LONDON
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The Law of
Life by Jack London
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"The
Law of Life" is a short story by the American naturalist writer Jack
London. It was first published in McClure's Magazine, Vol.16, March, 1901. In
1902, it was published in a collection of Jack London's stories, The Children
of Frost, by Macmillan Publishers
This short
story covers the last 5 hours of the old and dying Inuit chief Koskoosh. His
tribe needs to travel in search of clothing and shelter so he is left to die
because of his age and inability to see properly. Even his son has to leave him
because he has a new family to feed and take care of.
However, the
old Koskoosh is not dissatisfied as he knows the law of life and her desires.
He accepts his fate peacefully and starts to visualize the events of his past.
The images of both great famine and times of plenty vividly comes to his mind.
As an experienced person he contemplates nature and ultimately accepts its
individualism.
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