Jack London's "The Sea-Wolf" is a gripping adventure novel that explores the tumultuous relationship between civilization and the primal instincts of humanity. Set against the backdrop of the Pacific Ocean, the narrative follows Humphrey Van Weyden, a literary critic who becomes a castaway on a seal-hunting ship captained by the ruthless Wolf Larsen. London's prose is marked by vivid imagery and an existential undercurrent, reflecting the philosophical themes of Nietzschean will to power and so ...