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“The Law of Life” Jack London 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 How many parts can this story be divided into? What is the central idea of each part? It can be divided into four parts. The first part: Passage 1-9 The second part: Passage 10-11 The third part: Passage 12-19 The last part: Passage 20-22 The first part: Passage 1-9 (from beginning to “it is well”) The central idea of this part is: Winter came. The tribe had to make a long trial to survive, while the protagonist, Old Koskoosh, was left alone because of his old age. The second part: Passage 10-11 The central idea of this part is: Old Koskoosh did not complain, because he understood that compared with the species and the race, individual has the least importance. He began to sink into meditations. The third part: Passage 12-19 The central idea of this part is: Old Koskoosh sank deep into the past. He recalled the time of great famine and the time of plenty as well as what he saw when he was young with Zing-ha: how a moose fought with a wolf pack. The last part: Passage 20-22 The central idea of this part is: Death came to Old Koskoosh. He was surrounded by a wolf pack. At his final struggle for life, Old Koskoosh decided to give up to “the law of life”. 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