SURVIVAL - TO THE OPEN MIND Jack London’s literary tactics as well as style, helped to define the key theme in The Sea Wolf of being a well balanced individual capable of survival under any circumstances. By placing Maud Brewster in the position to fall in love with Van Weydon, London stressed the need for the genuinely important love between a man and a woman. In presenting the mind as a mightier force than …showed first 75 words of 781 total…

…showed last 75 words of 781 total…of the pack. The extent to which London elevated Humprey’s status, undoubtedly assured the reader of the admiration with which he portrayed him. Throughout the novel, it became apparent of the necessity of freedom in order for a man to achieve their full potential, which is what Humprey did. By becoming as well-rounded as he did, he was able to emerge as victor in the so-called ‘survival of the fittest’, which indeed he was.