JACK LONDON IN SEARCH OF THE IDEAL: THE CULT NOVEL "MARTIN EDEN "

Abstract

The article is devoted to the work of Jack London "Martin Eden". It is established that the tragic discrepancy between reality and the romantic idealization of ideas and personalities becomes the key source of the plot conflict, which leads the protagonist to subsequent disappointment in ideals and loss of life orientations. The main cause of the hero's tragedy is spiritual loneliness, the reckoning that overtakes the one who dares to rise too high, to think too boldly. The article contains such components as a summary, subject matter and description of the main characters of the novel.