Law of Life.pptVIP

Quiz one 1. What is Koskoosh’s retrospection about the moose? 2. What does Koskoosh do in the end? “The Law of Life” Jack London Jack London: His Life and Work Born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876. Eearly poverty: exaggerated? From age 13, menial and dangerous jobs Joined an organization of unemployed and got arrested in 1893. Struggled to survive. Formal education: one year in high school and one term at the University of California at Berkeley Believed in the utopian socialism of Marx and the darker views of Nietzsche and Darwinism. 1897-98: writing full time: a disciplined and careful craftsman. Popular novels: The Call of the Wild (1903) The SeaWolf (1904) Martin Eden (1909) Themes of his work: strong and weak individuals in the context of irresistable natural forces such as the sea or the desert); violence He died in 1916 of diseases and drugs. His reception: the best-selling American author around the world by 1916. large amount. Greatly admired. Plot Is there any plot in this story? If so, what is it? Characters An Eskimo tribe: Old Koskoosh Koskoosh’s son and father. A moose Zing-ha Sit-cum-to-ha Style and Language Style: powerful realism and humanitarian sentiment Form: vivid and graphic language philosophical The ending What does Koskoosh do in the end? (film clip: The Snow of Kilimanjaro) Is he happy or is he sad? What is “the law of life”? Discussion Please share your favorite sentences with us. In what way, human beings and animals resemble each other? If you are Old Koskoosh, will you think the same way about human beings and death? What is “will to life”, “will to power”? (what life? What power? ) 生命 (life) “我”的生命，个体的生命，以及个体所经历的生、老、病、死、苦的周期. 就古希腊的、尼采的美学智慧而言，生命（life）更重要的涵义超出个体生命的周期、甚至人类界限，那是贯彻宇宙之间那一股生而灭、灭又生、源源不绝、千变万化、无穷无尽的生机。古希腊民族称这种生命观为：酒神生命。 Apollonian and Dionysian日神与酒神 God of the Sun Wholeness Light Civilization Reason Celebration of self-control Human beings as artists God of Wine