Jack London is a famous
American writer. He is known to our public as the author of adventure novels and short stories. As a child, many of us probably read his works on animals: White Fang, Brown Wolf and others. Few of us know that this author was an active public figure who passionately hated the bourgeoisie. He reflected his civic position in the story The Mexican. Thus the ardent socialist tried to awaken the revolutionary spirit among the working people. In this article I want to tell you about this story. So, Jack London, “Mexican,” a summary of the work.
Acquaintance with Felipe Rivera
Felipe Rivera is an ardent revolutionary who recently joined the Junta group. From other members of this organization, whose main activity was the preparation of the revolution, he was distinguished by a very gloomy appearance and heavy character. Mexican blood flowed in his veins. The junta did not like him.
Companions understood that Felipe's life was like hell. Perhaps this left its mark on his character. Only they could not love him. No one knew where he was sleeping, where and what he was eating. No one had the desire to go into his soul and ask about his life. So described the main character Jack London. The Mexican, a summary of which is given in this article, is a story about courage and patriotism.
The first task of Felipe
Soon Felipe was entrusted with the first very important task. Members of the group found out that they had an enemy - Juan Alvarado. He commanded the federal forces. Because of him, the Junta lost touch with like-minded people in California. After Felipe returned from the mission, important contacts with the Californian revolutionaries were restored, and Juan Alvarado was found with a knife in his chest in his own bed. After the success of the first commission, the comrades of our hero became afraid of him. Sometimes it happened that he returned from the next task so beaten that he did not have the strength to get out of bed the next day. Describing all these facts as well as possible, characterizes the main character Jack London. The "Mexican", the contents of which are given here, came out in a large circulation and won the hearts and minds of millions of people.
Junta needs money
The Junta constantly needed funds to carry out its activities. Felipe helped the group as much as he could with his money. Once he laid out as much as sixty gold dollars to rent a room for the organization. But this was negligible. There came a moment when there were only a few days left before the Mexican revolution, everything was ready for this, but there was no money to acquire a sufficient quantity of weapons. And our hero decides to take a desperate step - a boxing match with the famous and experienced athlete Danny Ward for money. But how does Jack London describe events further? The “Mexican”, the summary of which is unlikely to convey the fullness of the contradictory moods of that time, is not just a story about the fate of an individual, but a story about the life of an entire people in a certain period of time.
Felipe and Danny's Fight
For this match, Felipe was offered a good amount - more than one thousand dollars. The newly-minted boxer was not familiar to any of the public, so everyone was betting on Danny. Almost no one set Rivera. But this only inflamed our hero. He was confident in his victory. Although he understood that it would not be easy for him. Danny met his opponent with a hail of powerful punches. The audience roared and demanded blood. But suddenly Felipe knocked out his opponent. Everyone was against the hero, no one wanted to lose their money. Even the judge counted Danny's minutes so slowly that he found the strength to stand up and continue the match.
Victory felipe
The fight lasted several long rounds. At the tenth stage, Felipe showed his opponent his crown technique, three times putting him in the ring. The owner of the show and the coach began to persuade our hero to give up. But that was not in the character of Felipe. The revolution needed funds, and only he thought about that. Danny was rampant. He could not admit that some famous Mexican could defeat him, the famous champion. In the seventeenth round, Rivera pretended to be exhausted. Danny underestimated the opponent and was soon knocked out, now final. At this point, Jack London ended the story "Mexican."
This story can be called outstanding in the writer's work. It causes a feeling of patriotism and a desire to be as strong and strong-willed as the main character. There is a feeling that these feelings are familiar to such an author as Jack London. The Mexican, a summary of which is given in this article, I advise you to read in full.