1.London"s claic tale of survival, about a gentle California dog"s gradual transformation into a fierce arctic predator, calls for a robust, masculine reading.Because it is told from the dog"s point of view, it also demands a narrator who can communicate the nuances of both animal and human emotion.
2.At the beginning of this century, many new writers emerged with the introduction of many new ideas.Among them, Jack London was the most popular one.
His most famous novel is the call of the wild .Although it is a story about a dog, Buck, it vividly depicts the life in the primitive North where people rushed for gold and fortune.
Buck, used to belong to a judge, was kidnapped and sold to North.Then he became a member of a dog-team pulling a sled .In the days of pulling a snow-sled, he learned to conform to the law of nature and obey the master.Finally, he found a basic instinct hidden inside him, which enabled himself to survive the tough environment.This is the call of the wild.
When you read the story, you will feel that Buck is a man instead of a dog, struggling with his fortune and conforming to the law of nature.
Though short, it is really a thrilling story.What you never forget is the tough life in the nature, the brave and crafty dog.Maybe the wild is calling you to go ahead.
While writing for only 16 years throughout his life, London produced an amazing body of work among which, White Fang, Martin Eden, the Valley of the Moon are representative.
3.My Call of the Wild
------ Enlightenment of The Call of the Wild
" He sings a song of the younger world, which is thesong of the pack." (Chapter VII
The Sounding of the Wild)When the last sentence vanished from my eyes, I can stillperceive an echo of a song - a wild song, which knocks upmy dizzy mind that always
cheerfully sink into the so-calledcivilized world without questioning.Wild, is no longer asymbol of the law of jungle but a headspring where streamsout love, paion, bravery, loyalty, friendship, venture, competition and tolerance all these virtues can easily befound in the Call of the Wild.
Jack London (1876-1916) is a worldwide renowned novelist.His stories succefully
reflect the contradictory views ofman’s nature and destiny in and against the wild, and his"fight to survive" notion has gained him and hisworks timele popularity, particularly, the Call of the Wild.
It tells a story of a gigantic dog, named Buck, who is stolen from a rich and comfortable home and forced to learn to survive as an Alaskan sled dog.Buck, at first, is too savage for the company of man until he coincidently encounters his beloved master-kindhearted John Thornton.Finally, John’s incidental death breaks Buck’s last tie to the man and drives him intohis long-desired wild with his pack.In the story, Buck and John simply adopt themselves to answer the call of the wild.When it comes to Buck’s mind that oneday he will eventually leave John- his master, all he wants to do is just to help him finish the gold-rush-trip.He "from then on, night and day, never put a halt, in desperation, he burst into long stretch of flight, did not to stay him (John)…" (Chapter VII The Sounding of The Wild) Buck wished to remember John’s image forever, he "for two days and nights never left camp, never let Thornton out of his sight.He
followed him about at his work, watched him while saw him into blankets at night and out of them in the morning…" (Chapter VII) When I read these words I just could not hold my tears bursting.Can a real man devote himself to loyalty and friendship in such a way? On the other hand, John Thornton is not only a dog-lover but also a brave andventurous man.He is so straightforward and simple that makes him an accommodating man.Once he firmly roots a goal into his heart, it seems that nothing could prevent him from accomplishing it except death.I do not know whether the persistence is the most vital element to make a man succeful, but whatI know is that you are not far away from succe once you occupy it.
It is Jack London who plunges me into the animated wild from the hustle-and-bustle and from desperate city.There, I merely cannot deny the attraction of Buck’s bark, which enlightens me to pursue another lost half of the nature in mankind, and to dig out a true meaning of life.Dare we
imagine that Londonintentionally employs Buck to set us a model with perfectcharacters (count barbarity out)? The answer is affirmed.We, as animals, are from the wild but shedding off more and more wild signs, which demonstrate us as the "uncivilized".However, who can fully guarantee that we have not overlookedsome eential wild-endowed virtues? Especially, nowadays, it seems more crucial for us to stop looking at the post-industrialized world and to ponder for a while.When cheats, betrayals, lies, lusts and crimes stuff a materialized society, whether Londonuses this novel to help himself escape the reality or warn the earthy people, to us, modern man, is all the same.It appears horrible that in modern society many people are enthusiasticallytalking about how to build up "special relations"to the authority, deceiving and lying to each other.To themlife is a mask-wearing proce rather than a hard work.Every time, you browse WebPages, scandals in politics, busine, the entertainment circle and even on campus crowd into youreyes.Oh, what is the eence of human beings? What is thecivilization to us? Do we need to look back at where we came from? Is it good or bad for us to speak out what we thinkand to do what the consciences demand us to? Are we wastingtalents given by the mighty nature? Be an honest, straightforward, warmhearted, emotional and responsible man or be a shrewd, cold hearted and astute hypocrite? While embracing the "civilized" rubbish, we are losing those good virtues, which are the callsof the wild.Once we lose them, we are to lose ourselves,and we will get nowhere.I wish this dreadful thought is totally a fallacy, but, now, it is chilling me hard.One day when I happen to stand on the top of a grand mountain to observe a boundle prairie enveloped by the sapphire firmament and combed by gusts of the rhythmical west wind, a morning sun sprinkles me her warmth and brilliance in a graceful way, however, at that moment, I am afraid that I cannot appreciate these beauties, I am a lost " civilized man" then.
Please, please do not let come true while we are still able to answer the call of the wild.
Rules of Living
The call of the wild is a story about a dog.However, the story also vividly describes the life in the primitive North where people rushed for gold and fortune.
Buck, a dog which was belonging to a judge, was kidnapped and sold to North.Then he became a member of a dog-team pulling a sled.In the days of pulling the snow-sled, he learned the rules of living—obedient to the law of nature and obeys the master.Only in this way, Buck can live.And finally, he found a basic instinct hidden inside him, which enabled himself to survive the difficult environment.At the end of the story, Buck returned to the embrace of nature.This is all about The call of the wild.
The competition which exists in the human society and the spirit what people have is a reflection of ancient wild.It brings a desire to conquer all things.Just like Buck, before he joins the team, he never thought about that he will be in a crowd of dogs and struggling to survive.But Buck is very brave in the tough days and never gives up.When he found he must be faced the rules of living, the unyielding wild in the deep of himself was quickly wake up.
Well, in today"s competitive society, the outcome just in a moment, It caused people can not have hesitation when we face to the every crisis, only to accept bravely, and eventually conquered crisis.So, I think Buck’s spirit is very worth for us to admiring, no matter how difficult the crisis or how bad the environment which we must be face to.But nowadays, many young people have rarely attack, frustration or achievements.They want to avoid all the things what they must be face to them in their future life.
However, on their own road of growth, young people will encounter setbacks and difficulties inevitably.They also should overcome their shortcomings and give play to strong points with the indomitable will.And only in this way, young people will safety living in this competitive society, and never give up when they have any problems.
In a word, we always want to know that in our life there will be happine and safene.And finally we will like Buck, experienced numerous setbacks, stride acro the hardest problem and return to the hug of nature.We must believe our own ability all the time.
A lost world of life
—— About The Call of the Wild
Could you remember the excerpt of The Call of the Wild in our Extensive Reading I? Could you still remember the plot? Do you know where the call is from? That’s the very beginning of the Call of the Wild.
I choose this book for two reasons, that the beginning attracts me and that I once read a book about wolf family of three generations, which is an interesting story about the nature.
About the author, Jack London (Jan 12, 1876—Nov 22, 1916)
Jack London (1876-1916) is an American worldwide renowned novelist, journalist and social activist.His representative works include the Call of the Wild, Martin Eden, Son of the Wolf, White Fang, etc.
He is said to be a natural child.In 1889, he began working 12 to 18 hours for a day at Hickmott’s Cannery.In 1894, he spent 30 days for vagrancy in the Erie County Penitentiary at Buffalo.After many experiences as a hobo and a sailor, he returned to Oakland and attended Oakland High School.He contributed a number of articles to the high school"s magazine.His first published work was an account of his sailing experiences.
His novels succefully reflect the contradictory views of man’s nature and destiny in and against the wild.
The Call of the Wild (1903)
The Call of the Wild is London’s most-read book, and generally considered his best, the most masterpiece of his so-called “early period”.The story was set in 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, in which sled dogs were bought at generous prices.
Buck was a domestic dog in Judge Miller’s home and living a comfortable life until he was sold secretly by the poor gardener and became a sled dog.Buck was a Bernard dog weighed one hundred and forty pounds, tall, strong, and heavy muscled.He couldn’t accommodate to the harsh condition at first.And he wanted to fight, to escape, to go back to his cozy home, but in vain.
The man in red taught him the law of stick and club—one must first adjust himself to his surroundings and learn the rules, and only after that he can do what he wants to do.The club of the man in red called back Buck’s nature as a dog.
When he firstly served for François and Perrault, two couriers, he showed his superior ability to adapt to the environment and his smartne to learn everything he wanted to learn.Curly’s death astonished him and taught him to be cautious.And before he had recovered from the shock caused by the tragic paing of Curly, he was harneed as a sled dog and step by step wanted to be the leader.But the leading dog, Spitz, was
already an excellent one, who also considered Buck as enemy and potential competitor.At last, when Spitz once punished him, hurling backward Buck, he knew the time had come.He killed Spitz and took his place.
When they pulled into Dawson, Buck was sold as usele thing to three gold diggers, who weren’t veteran in sledding and even didn’t know how to get to their destination.Food was eaten up half way.So Charles, one of the three, decided to kill Buck when he couldn’t get up.However, when he aimed at Buck, John Thornton sprang upon him, knocked him down and told him that if Charles stroke Buck, Thornton would kill him.
Thus, Thornton took Buck away.He was the only true friend of Buck.But Buck was a thing of the wild, especially when the calling of wolf from the hills.Once when he came back from hills, he found that Thornton was killed by Indians.What would you do if you were Buck when your beloved friend was killed? Buck became a nut and killed those headsmen and stayed with Thornton for two days and nights, never leaving Thornton out of his sight.And then a nearby wolf howl captures his ears, and he follows the sound to an approaching wolf pack, battling several of these creatures to prove his worth.
Beautiful Language
It was beautiful spring weather, but neither dogs nor humans were aware of it.Each day the sun rose earlier and set later.It was dawn by three
in the morning, and twilight lingered till nine at night.The whole long day was a blaze of sunshine.The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.This murmur arose from all the land, fraught with the joy of living.It came from the things that lived and moved again, things which had been as dead and which had not moved during the long months of frost.The sap was rising in the pines.The willows and aspens were bursting out in young buds.Shrubs and vines were putting on fresh garbs of green.Crickets sang in the nights, and in the days all manner of creeping, crawling things rustled forth into the sun.Partridges and woodpeckers were booming and knocking in the forest.Squirrels were chattering, birds singing, and overhead honked the wild-fowl driving up from the south in cunning wedges that split the air.(Chapter V the Toil of Trace and Trail)
He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken.He saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club.He had learned the leon, and in all his after life he never forgot it.(Chapter I into the Primitive)
His cunning was wolf cunning, and wild cunning; his intelligence, shepherd intelligence and St.Bernard intelligence; and all this, plus an experience gained in the fiercest of schools, made him as formidable a creature as any that intelligence roamed the wild.(Chapter VII the Sounding of the Call)
My understanding
Buck is a cruel, cunning and intelligent image in the Call of the Wild.He killed Spitz to take the leadership, learned apace to sleep under snow and learned fast to steal food without being punished.But in my opinion, Buck in the wild, just as a man in the society, must do what he had done for survival.Jack London compared human to Buck and told us that we must adapt ourselves to the society——learning the rules, learning the neceary knowledge and keeping forging ahead, otherwise we’ll lag behind and be obsolete.That is the life.
The Call of the Wild conjures up a lost world, filled with people and place names that were so common at the turn of the twentieth century, but which have since faded away into history, lost and forgotten.It is by reading Buck"s story that one can once more remember life as it was, digging up this hidden wealth from deep caves of time.
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