ABSTRACT
This study examined class struggles and class conflicts in Jack London’s works, aiming to display the situation between the working class and the capital class from a critical point of view. The attitude of the working class towards the capital class; organization, unionization and strikes have caused various social movements. The factors that led to the conflict of these two classes for centuries were explained in London’s works based on criticism of the capitalist system. It is quite possible to examine the social and economic structure of the 19th century in the literary works of that period, where the effects of the Industrial Revolution were heavily felt. In this sence, the examination of the life and works of Jack London, who grew up in the working class, will allow one to draw significant inferences about that period. In order to determine these consequences of the Industrial Revolution on the working class and to observe the circumstances of class warfare, London’s historically profound novels such as The Iron Heel, The People of the Abyss, Martin Eden, Valley of the Moon, Burning Daylight, Lost Face and Mexican were examined as part of the research done for this study. In addition, the political essays and articles written by London have revealed a great deal of information about his worldview, as wel as biographical works written about the author were also used during the research in order to understand his personality in a better way. In the light of all this information, what kind of a role the class conflict has played in history so far and what kind of phenomena it has caused will be presented showing the negative effects of the mechanization period on workers
Keywords : Jack London, Industrial Revolution, Class Conflict, Working Class