Unit 7 The-Call-of-the-Wild

TheCalloftheWild---JackLondonfighttosurviveOutlineIntroductiontoJackLondonBackgroundknowledgeMainplotsCharacters’analysisThemeWritingskillsIn1876,bornBedesertedbyhisfatherIn1890,droppedoutschoolAttheageof17,venturedtoseaIn1897,searchedforgoldIn1900,publishedhisfirstcollectionofshortstoriesIn1902,wenttoEnglandAttheageof40,diedIntroductiontoJackLondon(1876-1916)IntroductiontoJackLondon(1876-1916)novelsTheCalloftheWild(1903)TheSea-Wolf(1904)WhiteFang(1906)TheIronHeel(1908)MartinEden(1909)ShortstorycollectionsTheSonoftheWolf(1900)SouthSeaTales(1911)NonfictionandessaysThePeopleoftheAbyss(1903)Revolution,andotherEssays(1910)ShortstoriesTheWhiteSilence(1899)ToBuildaFire(1908)IntroductiontoJackLondon(1876-1916)BackgroundknowledgeAgoldrushisaperiodoffeverishmigrationofworkersintotheareaofadramaticdiscoveryofcommercialquantitiesofgold.Inthe19thcentury,inAustralia,Brazil,Canada,SouthAfrica,andtheUnitedStatesAfreeforallinincomemobilityImmigrantclutureandproblemsKlondikeGoldRush:OneofthelastgreatgoldrushesinCanada'sYukonTerritory(1898)HelpedopenuptherelativelynewUSpossessionofAlaskatoexplorationandsettlementBackgroundknowledgeBuckCurly/Billie/Nig/SkeetDave/Sol-lecksPike/Dub/JoeSpitzManuelRedsweaterPerrault/FrancoisHal/Charles/MercedesJohnThorntonYeehatsTheCharacters’listMainplot:IntotheprimitiveAcomfortablelifebekidnappedaroughjourneybebeatenbythemaninaredsweaterbeboughtbyPerraultandFrancoisLesson:Hestoodnochanceagainstamanwithaclub.Mainplot:ThelawofclubandfangCurlydieslearnstobeasleddog(sleep,eat)beattackedbyapackofHuskieshurtsbadlyDollygoesmadLesson:1)Youcan’tgodowninafight.2)Nofairplay.Oncedown,thatwastheendofyou.Mainplot:LeadershipUnderminesSpitz’sleadershipfightsagainstSpitztakesSpitz’spositionforcesPerraulttoadmitTheBitterhatredbetweenthem:StealedBuck’sfoodCurlydied（幸灾乐祸）OccupiedBuck’snestBeattackedbyapackofHuskies,SpitzsneakeduponBuckInvinciblerebellious坚韧不拔，富有抗争精神①Reactingtothekidnap②CompetingwiththeRedSweater③TakingafightforleadershipwithSpitz④MakingdisagreementwithHal……Maincharacters’analysis---BuckToknowpreciselywhomorwhattoloveorhate;loyal爱憎分明，忠诚爱主Maincharacters’analysis---BuckEveninthenight,inhisdreams,hewashauntedbythisfear.Atsuchtimeshewouldshakeoffsleepandcreepthroughthechilltotheflapofthetent,wherehewouldstandandlistentothesoundofhismaster'sbreathing.ThemeNaturalism(物竞天择，适者生存)……缺少这种适应性将意昧着快速和可怕的死亡。这也进一步表明了：它那生来就有的、自然的、本质上的道义，那种徒有虚名但却妨碍事情的东西，在残酷的生存斗争中正一点一点地消失。这东西在南方，在爱和友谊的法律下，要赢得别人的好感和尊敬是足够了。但是在这里，在北方，在大棒和狗牙的法律下，不管是谁，要是把这些东西也当回事，那它就是个傻瓜。就它目前所观察到的，再那样去做，它就不能生存，更谈不上成功。HeredityandEnvironmentThemeLoveBuck’slovetoJohnThorntonisdeepandcrazy.Hewaswillingtodoeverythingforhismaster,evenkilledpeople.Thoughhismasterhaddead,hestillcamebacktotheplacewhereJohnThorntonwaskilled,tomournforhimeverysummer.ThemeTheappreciationofhardworkThoughpullingthesledgeisahardtask,DaveandSol-leckslikethejobandevenbeproudofit.EvenwhenDavewasbadlyill,hepreferestocontinuetoworkratherthanbereplacedbyotherdogs.ThemeTheinteresttoadventureTheMembershipoftheIndividualintheGroupTheLawsofCivilizationandofWilderness???Whatisthe“lawofclubandfang”?DiscusstheinfluenceofCharlesDarwin’sandFriedrichNietzsche’stheoriesonTheCalloftheWild.Writingskill---SymbolCurly’sDeathBuck’sTracesBuck’sFirstBeatingswiththeClubMercedes’PossessionsBuck’sAttackontheYeehatsWritingskill---SymbolUndreamedof!criedMercedes,throwingupherhandsindaintydismay.“HoweverintheworldcouldImanagewithoutatent?Materialpossessions,mercyandconsumerismhavenoplaceinthewild.LeadstoherdeathThankyouverymuch~