1. Unleashing the Writer Within

2. Guiding Questions  What can be said about the relationship between man and nature?  Who appears to be more savage?  What insight about the human condition can be drawn from this short clip?

3. The Call of the Wild (clip) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKBfCu XvIgQ&feature=fvwrel

4. BIOGRAPHY  January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916  Self-educated  Socialist labor party  KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH

5. “Writing’s a business. I’ve got to learn it from the ground up with no overseers telling me what to do”

6. Naturalistic Insight into the Human Condition

7. Conclusion