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姓名：刘志梅 班级：英师一班 学号：20104033061The call of the wildThis novel was written by Jack London, and was first published in 1903.Jack London was born in 1876, at San Francisco, and died at age of 40; in1916.He lived in a poor family. His father was astrologer .His mother marriaged twice and his stepfather had 11 children. Although his life was very difficult ,yet he never gave up studying .He read books no matter when and where he was .He had ever done the work of newsboy ,worker ,thief ,sailor and so on .He made lots of friends and heard many interesting or terrible stories. He also was a adventurer, so he had ever traveled around the world .These experiences offered the materials for his novel.His first a collection of stories The Son of the Wolf published in 1900, and was famous to America immediately. His most famous novel includes The Son of the Wolf, Love of Life , Lost Face .His other works are long story Burning Daylight and The Abysmal Brute ;the story about dogs The Call of the Wild and White Fang and so on .Although Jack London only lived 40 years ,yet he left a large number of outstanding works.His life of adult was terrible .He started to peruse money and enjoy life, and his works also became inferior .At last, he ended up his life with suicide.This book mainly tell a story about Buck .Buck was a huge dog who weighted about 140 pounds .He was stolen from his hosts family and was sold to the south. He met some terrible experiences and became a dog of hauling sled .During the process of cruel train, he realize the law of nature and justice, and he learned craftiness and fraudulence. He played these abilities to such an extent that no one can catch up with his. After the brutal and savage struggle, he eventually became the leader of dogs and wolves. On the way of hauling sled ,he changed several hosts .He got acquainted with John Thornton .Thornton saved Buck from Hal ,and treated him very well ,so Buck loved Thornton so much that he obeyed Thorntons any order and saved Thornton several times .At last ,Thornton was killed by Yachats ,he revenged for his host and walked to the wilderness .Although Buck only was a dog, yet his special experiences reflected the social reality of author who lived in .It also revealed the true life of author who still struggled in society .It was also the reflection of America during the development of capitalism.I think this book is very attractive, you can be absorbed very easily, and your mind will follow the plot and feel happy or sad. This books word is very vivid .The scene is so lively portrayed that you feels as if you are participating .You would worry about the fate of Buck and his partners .The descriptions of environment sets off the atmosphere very well .For example ,in chapter 5,there is a description about northern spring :”The whole long day was a blaze of sunshine .The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life Crickets sang in the nights ,and in the days all manner of creeping ,crawling things rustled forth into the sun .Partridges and wood packers were booming and knocking in the forestThe spring is so beautiful and full of life ,but these beautiful scene cant move Hal .Hal still maltreats Buck and his partners. The beautiful environment sets off by contrast the miserable experience of Buck .This description makes reader sympathize Buck very much ,at the same time ,we also admire Bucks perseverance .The description of fighting between Spitz and Buck also is very lifelike .The action and expression is so proper that you can imagine the picture like watching film .The second, the book express the principle of “survival of the fittest” “survival of the strongest”. Buck lived in a rich and comfortable family before he was sent to the north, but he quickly suited for the life of northern and got more and more strong .He learned the law of club and fang from human and other dogs. He knew “survival of the strongest”, so he still struggled for survival. I esteem Bucks resourcefulness and courage .He is so firm that he never gives up any chance of survival. He loves John Thornton so much that he can do anything for Thornton .He dose such things only because Thornton saves his life and treats him very well .He still remembers Thorntons loving-kindness .After he becomes the leader of wolf, he still returns to the valley that Thornton dies in every year. I like Bucks faith very much, because Buck is not an ungrateful dog and he thinks highly of emotion. On the other hand, Buck is tricky and ruthless, but his characteristic is force by cruel nature. In the north, your kindness and friendliness is regard as coward, and others will kill you.From this book, I find that they love their work so much that they can endure any difficulties, such as starvation, cold, pain, even death and so on. In chapter 4, Dave was very weak, but he still sticks to haul sled. He loves and dedicates himself to his work, and I was shocking by his persistence when I read this part. He looks upon his work as his life, and his love for work even surpass the human kind. In our society, some people always complain about their work and often change the job for some reasons. There few of people who can devote all of their life to the work. We always regard ourselves as the leader of nature, but in some aspects, we cannot compare with the animals. We should emulate animals strong points and overcome ourselves weakness. Dave give his all until his heart stops beating, his action expresses the importance of work. A Chinese proverb says,” you should love your job whatever it is”, so do not complain about your work any more. You should adjust to the environment of your job and put your enthusiasm on it, and then you will find the job is very meaningful and you can find happiness from it.The life is not always meeting sunshine, and it often encounters with cloud or storm. When you meet with miseries, you should face up to it bravely. Hiding from difficulties, you will never beat them. In the book, when Buck faces hardships, he never runs away it. He always takes measures to solve it immediately. Whatever the environment you are in, you should not give up the hope however small. The fate takes over in your own hands. I had ever read a sentence” Today is cruel, and tomorrow is also cruel, but the day after tomorrow is fine, its pity that most of us give up the hope in tomorrow night”. In the harsh situation, maybe you just only stick to one minute, and you will succeed, but most of us abandon the last minute, then we fail. Buck becomes the leader of dog and wolf that is not separating his undaunted struggle.We have dignity, and the animals have it. We should respect life whomever it belongs. The dogs of hauling sled are dignified, and they are dying with dignity. They choose die of work instead of dying of rest. We should learn from the dogs that stand on dignity whatever the situation we encounter.The animals are our friends, and we should treat them well. The animals have their own thoughts and feelings, and they can realize the happiness or sadnes