Unit 7 The-Call-of-the-Wild.ppt

TheCalloftheWild JackLondonfighttosurvive Outline IntroductiontoJackLondon Backgroundknowledge Mainplots Characters analysis Theme Writingskills In1876 bornBedesertedbyhisfatherIn1890 droppedoutschoolAttheageof17 venturedtoseaIn1897 searchedforgoldIn1900 publishedhisfirstcollectionofshortstoriesIn1902 wenttoEnglandAttheageof40 died IntroductiontoJackLondon 1876 1916 IntroductiontoJackLondon 1876 1916 IntroductiontoJackLondon 1876 1916 Backgroundknowledge Agoldrushisaperiodoffeverishmigrationofworkersintotheareaofadramaticdiscoveryofcommercialquantitiesofgold Inthe19thcentury inAustralia Brazil Canada SouthAfrica andtheUnitedStatesA freeforall inincomemobilityImmigrantclutureandproblems KlondikeGoldRush Oneofthelast greatgoldrushes inCanada sYukonTerritory 1898 HelpedopenuptherelativelynewUSpossessionofAlaskatoexplorationandsettlement Backgroundknowledge BuckCurly Billie Nig SkeetDave Sol lecksPike Dub JoeSpitz ManuelRedsweaterPerrault FrancoisHal Charles MercedesJohnThorntonYeehats TheCharacters list Mainplot Intotheprimitive Acomfortablelife bekidnapped aroughjourney bebeatenbythemaninaredsweater beboughtbyPerraultandFrancois Lesson Hestoodnochanceagainstamanwithaclub Mainplot Thelawofclubandfang Curlydies learnstobeasleddog sleep eat beattackedbyapackofHuskies hurtsbadly Dollygoesmad Lesson 1 Youcan tgodowninafight 2 Nofairplay Oncedown thatwastheendofyou 12 可编辑 Mainplot Leadership UnderminesSpitz sleadership fightsagainstSpitz takesSpitz sposition forcesPerraulttoadmit TheBitterhatredbetweenthem StealedBuck sfoodCurlydied 幸灾乐祸 OccupiedBuck snestBeattackedbyapackofHuskies SpitzsneakeduponBuck Invinciblerebellious坚韧不拔 富有抗争精神 ReactingtothekidnapCompetingwiththeRedSweaterTakingafightforleadershipwithSpitzMakingdisagreementwithHal Maincharacters analysis Buck Toknowpreciselywhomorwhattoloveorhate loyal爱憎分明 忠诚爱主 Maincharacters analysis Buck Eveninthenight inhisdreams hewashauntedbythisfear Atsuchtimeshewouldshakeoffsleepandcreepthroughthechilltotheflapofthetent wherehewouldstandandlistentothesoundofhismaster sbreathing Theme Naturalism 物竞天择 适者生存 缺少这种适应性将意昧着快速和可怕的死亡 这也进一步表明了 它那生来就有的 自然的 本质上的道义 那种徒有虚名但却妨碍事情的东西 在残酷的生存斗争中正一点一点地消失 这东西在南方 在爱和友谊的法律下 要赢得别人的好感和尊敬是足够了 但是在这里 在北方 在大棒和狗牙的法律下 不管是谁 要是把这些东西也当回事 那它就是个傻瓜 就它目前所观察到的 再那样去做 它就不能生存 更谈不上成功 HeredityandEnvironment Theme LoveBuck slovetoJohnThorntonisdeepandcrazy Hewaswillingtodoeverythingforhismaster evenkilledpeople Thoughhismasterhaddead hestillcamebacktotheplacewhereJohnThorntonwaskilled tomournforhimeverysummer Theme TheappreciationofhardworkThoughpullingthesledgeisahardtask DaveandSol leckslikethejobandevenbeproudofit EvenwhenDavewasbadlyill hepreferestocontinuetoworkratherthanbereplacedbyotherdogs Theme TheinteresttoadventureTheMembershipoftheIndividualintheGroupTheLawsofCivilizationandofWilderness Whatisthe lawofclubandfang DiscusstheinfluenceofCharlesDarwin sandFriedrichNietzsche stheoriesonTheCalloftheWild Writingskill Symbol Curly sDeathBuck sTracesBuck sFirstBeatingswiththeClubMercedes PossessionsBuck sAttackontheYeehats Writingskill Symbol Undreamedof criedMercedes throwinguphe