London - Themes & Context

• Which themes does London explore?

  Power of humans, loss and absence, a negative emotion of anger and individual experience.
• Context:

  • Corruption - those in power are behind major problems but do nothing to fix them
  • Mental health - mental weakness overpowers physical weakness
  • Hopelessness - no strength to carry on
  • Misery - everyone is full of sadness and anguish
  • Prostitution - many drawn to it at a young age