Darwin's Theory In The Call Of The Wild

Darwin's Struggle for Survival and Bergson’s Creative Evolution Jack London was born in San Francisco California in 1876 and died in Glen Ellen California in 1916. Jack London died from gastrointestinal uremic poisoning, which is another term for food poisoning. He did not have much of an education, but he did study at Berkeley, but was unable to graduate because of the financial circumstances. Jack London is characterized as a talented, imperative and powerful man, for he completes more than fifty fiction and nonfiction novels, hundreds of short stories, and numerous articles. Most of his writing that involves adventure is about adventures that he personally experiences in his own lifetime. London’s most famous book, The Call of the Wild,
Charles Darwin is a scientist, and evolutionist from the 1900. Darwin wrote Origin of the Species Chapter XIV published in 1859. His theory is the struggle for survival, and that in order to live and succeed in life species or people have to learn to struggle first. Darwin believes that if people do not face struggles then they will never know how to be on their own and do things for himself. He believes that man can struggle with himself, another man, and against physical conditions in life. Another theory that is shown in The Call of the Wild is Henri Bergson’s theory about evolution. Bergson is a French Philosopher wrote about Creative Evolution published in 1907. His theory about evolution is much more than inheriting personality and looks, but rather than memories and instincts. Some people believe in Deja vu, but Bergson expresses that Deja vu is really just the memories that people inherit from their ancestors. Jack London uses both of these theories from Darwin and Bergson in his novel, The Call of the Wild. The theorists suggest that change fosters growth; Darwin expresses the struggle for survival with one species against the same species, as well as species against physical conditions, while Bergson argues inheriting memories and instincts
Darwin, the brilliant man, expresses that in order to succeed in life struggling must take place first. What Darwin means by this is that success does not come from people doing things for them, but that they learn to do these things for themselves, so that when it comes time to be independent, it is not so hard because they learn to struggle through obstacles instead of having people do it for them. In the Origin of the Species, Chapter III, Darwin states, “Hence, as more individuals are produced than can possibly survive, there must in every case be a struggle for existence, either one individual with another of the same species, or with the individuals of distinct species, or with the physical conditions of life” (Darwin III). Darwin explains that the struggle for survival does not just include one way a species can struggle, but three different ways . He believes that species can struggle against the same species, against different species, and against the physical condition of life. In The Call of the Wild, London includes Darwin’s idea of the struggle for survival in his own writing. The idea of the struggle for survival against the same species is demonstrated in the novel when Buck decides to fight Spitz to the death. He ventures into the forest knowing he could die in this fight. Buck is the first to charge, but immediately Spitz slashes his shoulder,