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Jack London And The Klondike Gold Rush

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Reading gave Jack hope that someday he’d fine a better life for himself, like some of the characters in the books he had read. Jack London became a successful writer because his mom encouraged him and because of the Klondike gold rush. His mom encouraged him because the text states, When he returned home from his adventure, his mother persuaded him to enter a writing contest for young people. She’s encouraging him to enter the writing contest. Another reason why he became successful writer is because of the Klondike gold rush. Because the text states, When Jack realized he wasn’t going to find any gold, he decided to write and tell stories based on his Yukon experiences. That made him successful because he decided to write

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