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…showed last 75 words of 532 total…went to the Yukon Territory for the same thing. Neither Jack nor John came back with gold though. John Thorton found that gold was not what he was looking for. London gave up on gold, but he found ideas for his writings (Call of the Wild). Most of his main characters controlled their own destinies and were always in search for something. John Thorton leaves his mother and father in search for his life goal.