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A?lost?world?of?life? 棗?lAbout?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?schools?magazine.?His?first?published?work?was?an?account?of?his?sailing?experiences. His?novels?successfully?reflect?the?contradictory?views?of?man’s?nature?and?destiny?in?and?against?the?wild.? ? 2? 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?surroundin