Freddie Drummond and Bill Tots

A Cr it iq u e of J a c k L on d on ’s c h a r a c t e r d e v e lop m e n t in “ S ou th of t h e S lot ” a n d F in d in g J a c k L on d on

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North of the Slot

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South of the Slot

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Freddie Drummond

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Omnicient Narration

L on d on c h oos e s to t e ll

Dialogue

Or la c k t h e r e of…

Bill Tots

A n A m e r ic a n L a b or

L e a d e r

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TurmoilF r e d d ie v . B ill, Un ion w or k e r s v . S c a b s

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Leading Ladies

M a r y Con d on Ca th e r in e V a n V or s t

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Bill Totts Breaks Free

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Jack London as Bill Tots

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Jack London as

Freddie Drummond

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London’s Philosophy

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Anthology of American Literature: Contemporary Period: 1945 to the Present. Ed. Paul Lauter. New York: Haughton Mifflin, 2006.

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London.” The Jack London Online Collection. 2004. Sonoma State University. 21 March 2008 http://london.sonoma.edu/Essays/philosophy.html

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