The Story

of Keesh
By JACK LONDON
 JOHN GRIFFITH LONDON
He was an American
novelist, journalist, and
social activist. A pioneer in
the world of commercial
magazine fiction, he was
one of the first writers to
become a worldwide
celebrity and earn a large
fortune from writing.
CHAR
ACTER
 KEESH
• He was a thirteen-year- old boy who lived at the
North Pole a long time ago.
• His father died of struggling with a bear in order
to keep the people in the village from starving.
After that , Keesh lived alone with his mother.
 BOK
Father of Keesh
Klosh
Kwan
•He was the chief of the village who lived
in a large igloo.
•In the beginning, he could not believe
Keesh, but he admired him later.
 Ikeega
•She was Keesh’s mother who lived
only with his sole son.
•She loved her son so much.
 Ugh-
Gluk
•Opposed Keesh from the beginning
until the end of the story. So, Ugh-
Gluk is considered as the
antagonist.
Bim and
Bawn
•They are two clever young
hunters who were appointed to
spy on Keesh. They told how
Keesh killed bears when they
came back.
 MASSU
K
•An old man
 SETTING
•The story takes place in a cold
area. We can conclude from the
word “Igloo” which we can find
in the story. Igloo is a type of
shelter built of snow.
 POINT OF
VIEW
•In this story, the author takes place as
third person limited omniscient. It
means that the author knows everything
about the character which he creates,
but there is a place where the author
doesn’t know about the character. The
author doesn’t know what is in the deep
heart of the characters.
 Theme and The
Moral
The theme of this story is the sacrifice which is
forgotten. Keesh tries to prove that his father has
become the savior for his community. He comes
again to make the society aware that they have to
appreciate every sacrifice of the person. We can
derive some moral of this story such as we have to
appreciate the sacrifice of a person and we should
not have bad prejudice towards each other.