Which sentence best expresses Jack London’s point of view in his essay “The Human Drift”?

a) Nations wage wars to outdo each other in the race to become the most powerful.

b) Hunger is the primary motive that drives humans to wander to greener pastures.

c) The fear of death is the greatest of all human fears.

d) All men wish to achieve immortality in some way.

Answer:- b) Hunger is the primary motive that drives humans to wander to greener pastures.

Hunger is the major impetus that pushes human beings to move to greener pastures. A collection of eight very diverse short stories and plays by Jack London. The title story, “The Human Drift”, defines the ebb and flow of the world’s population over the periods, highlighting the effect of war and disease on checking the numbers. “In the misty younger world, we catch glimpses of phantom races, rising, slaying, finding food, building rude civilizations, decaying, falling under the swords of stronger hands, and passing utterly away.”