LOVE OF LIVE

This out of all will remain—

They have lived and have tossed:
So much of the game will be gain,
Though the gold of the dice has been lost.”
Jack London's short story "Love of Life" is about two gold
prospectors, Bill and an unnamed man, who are struggling to
survive on the frozen Canadian tundra. They crossed the tundra
in search of food, while suffering hunger and exposure to the
elements. When the unnamed man sprained his ankle, Bill
abandoned him and continued through the wilderness, his will to
survive was tested.

Circumstances are turned over in the story when it seems that

Bill was killed by the elements, he carried the sack of gold with
him until the very last minute. The man who sprained his ankle
went to meet him in the wilderness, but forgot to bring his gold.
In the end, he used to crawl through the tundra, without any
weapons. After surviving a wolf's attack, he is discovered by a
group of expeditions traveling by ship in a semi-conscious
state. . He wastaking precautions against another possible
famine—thatwas all. He would recover from it, the scientific
men said;and he did, ere the Bedford’s anchor rumbled down in
SanFrancisco Bay.

This is a story about survival at its purest. It is an exploration of

a man's will to exist. London tells the story in great detail,
recounting the moments of fear, anguish and hunger his
protagonists endured.