The-call-of-the-wild--野性的呼唤源自内心PPT课件.ppt

The call of the wild野性的呼唤By Jack ·London;The Call Of The Wild;;; A famous American writer Born on January 12, 1876 in California. His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make money. He worked hard in many different jobs. Later, Jack returned to school. But didn’t stay long. In the year 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold. Instead of getting much gold, he found ideas for his books and stories. He went back home and began to write. His writing were warmly welcomed and he became rich and famous when he was under thirty . But Jack London was not a happy man. In poor health. He took his own life in 1916. He was then only forty years old. ;; 死后，我宁愿是一堆骨灰而不是化为尘土。我宁愿是一颗闪亮的火星投入熊熊燃烧的火焰，而不愿在死灰中窒息。我宁愿是华美的流星，让每一颗粒子都绽放光芒，而不是做沉沉闷闷的，不停绕行的行星。生活应是人的本分。我不会为延长生命而活着，我 为生活而活。;Although it is a short 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 (雪橇). 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. ;故事 发展;Buck, the main character, is a Saint Bernard and Scotch Shepherd cross, which gives him the appearance of an exceptionally large dog that looks similar to a wolf. Buck leads a comfortable life as the pet of Judge Miller in the ‘sun-kissed’ Santa Clara Valley of Northern California. Judge Miller‘s gardener’s assistant, Manuel, along with a friend, abducts the dog and sells him to a trainer of sled dogs, which were in great demand due to the discovery of “a yellow metal” in the frozen lands of the Yukon, Alaska. Slowly introduced to the brutality of his new life, Buck is forced to survive and adapt to conditions in Alaska and the Yukon. He works pulling sleds with other