A Wicked Woman By Jack London Summary

A wicked Woman is a short story written by Jack London, a socialist writer who puts his personal philosophy in his works, a product of his life experiences and adventures.

In this text written in 1900 we clearly see his personal point of view and the time’s conception of women and family relationships. We can relate to this text to outline some common gender biases that can be found in various writings, from the 18th century to the 20th century, or even in modern works.

This short story is set in Santa Clara, the main character, Loretta, is a young, attractive, pure and gracious girl but her innocence and ignorance of the world make her easily deceivable; she decides to go to her sister’s household because she has rejected his boyfriend’s

The characters have many stereotypical aspects reinforced by typical gender markers, Loretta is a young and pure creature, sweet and sensitive; she is too naïve to understand the world’s bad aspects and listens to her older sister obediently, who is a limiting presence in her life; she is portrayed as overly emotional, gullible and dependent on her affections. Loretta is indecisive in her speech when talking with Ned, a common marker linked to women, who usually show their status inferiority in the way they

Maybe a completely equal world is an unattainable hope but it can also be unnecessary, for we are different and we have different ways of speaking, which will always be part of our language, if a text lacks gender differences it will become boring, and a reader wishes anything but be