对《野性的呼唤》中巴克形象的分析
对《野性的呼唤》中巴克形象的分析
An Analysis of Buck in The Call of the Wild
Abstract Jack London is one of the outstanding writers in 20th century He is renowned both in modern American literature and even the world literature The Call of the Wild is one of the most famous works which is about a dog and a wolf in world literature It tells us a story that a dog Buck was doted on human then sold to traders as a shepherd dog And then he become a leading dog Finally he is assimilated to be a wolf in the call of the wolves During the modeling of the Buck image the writer put the Bucks human nature into wild nature While its wild nature is embodied in the human nature and the human nature and the wild nature were both existed in Buck Eventually the wild nature overcame the human nature and Buck metamorphod from a dog into a wolf The writer revealed the esnce of the intriguing against each other and cruel scrambling in human beings in that real society by metaphorizing the ruin of the wild world human nature and recrudescence of the wild nature
This essay discuss the authors viewpoints and philosophy of his life by analyzing Bucks character changing
Key words Buck Jack London wolf-changing survival of the fittest human nature wild nature
摘 要杰克·伦敦是20世纪初美国极富盛名的作家在现代美国文坛和世界文坛都享有崇高的位他的《野性的呼唤》讲述了一只名叫巴克的狗经历了被人宠爱被人贩卖作为一只拉雪橇犬至成为一只领头狗最后在狼群的叫声中逐渐被同化为一只狼的过程作者在巴克形象的塑造中将巴克的人性寓于兽性中其兽性中又体现着人性人性和兽性在巴克身上争斗最终兽性占据了统治地位巴克蜕变成一只狼作者通过喻写动物世界中的人性的沦丧和野性的复发来揭示当时人类社会人与人之间勾心斗角于残酷争夺的本质本文将通过巴克形象转变的塑造来反映作者对现实文明社会的看法以及自己的人生哲学
关键词巴克杰克伦敦 狼变适者生存人性野性
Contents
I Introduction1
II Background Information1
IIIThe Survival of the Fittest Theory2
A The definition of survival of the fittest theory2
B Survival of the fittest theory in The Call of the Wild2
Ⅳ The Super dog Image of Buck4
Ⅴ The Analysis of the Return of Buck5
A The Return requite the little kindness with everything you can5
B The Rupturegone for the wilderness6Ⅵ HesitationStruggle in the Civilized Society6 ⅦDiscoveringThe Thinking to the Real Society7
ⅧThe Transition of Jack Londons World View and Life Philosophy 8
A Love and hope8
B Environmental determinism9
ⅨConclusion9Works Cited10
Ⅰ Introduction
Jack London an illegitimate child born in San Francisco in 1876 and reared in poverty across the bay in Oakland California had become the highest-paid most widely read and best-known writer in America by the time he was thirty-ven years old In part London achieved such tremendous popularity becau he was the quintesntial America adventurer a westerner living in a country that culturally thrived on and was identified with expiration of unknown territory He lived an adventurous life and then ud events from his own life as fodder for his profession as a writer
The publication that first brought Jack London worldwide fame and continues to be his be
st-known work is a short novel who main character is a Yukon sled dog named Buck That work begun in December 1902 and published in 1903 was entitled The Call of the Wild
Like Louisa May Alcotts Little Women and Harper Lees To Kill a Mockingbird Jack Londons The Call of the Wild is one of tho books that is usually encountered in youth and has a profound lifelong effect on its readers It has been called an adventure story a romance a realistic nature story a dog story a historical or cultural treati and an allegory or myth It holds special appeal for tho who know the wilderness It also appeals to tho who yearn for a special kind of freedom that can only be found outside of societys constraints The adventure in its readers responds to the novel whether the unknown land they would explore is an icy wilderness near the Arctic Circle or some compelling psychological and mythic frontier within human beings themlves Wang Qinling 65
Ⅱ Background Information
The Call of the Wild tells us a dog buck was doted on human then sold to traders as a sh
epherd dog looking for gold in the far North and in the call of the wolves changed as a wolf
The Gold Rush in the Yukon and Alaska has prompted the need for big strong dogs who will be able to pull sleds over icy trails Buck a large animal living in the home of Judge Miller in Santa Clara California is exactly what the explorers want He is an animal with human-like tendencies intelligence strength and dignity Thus far he has enjoyed his civilized life with the occasional nature stroll or hunting trip Manuel a gardeners helper with a penchant for gambling and a need for money manages to kidnap Buck and ll him on the black market He is given to a saloon-keeper and transported via train to the Northland Through a ries of different masters Buck learns to survive the law of club and fang by using his instincts and cunning After the death of his final and friendliest master John Thornton who is killed by Indians Buck succumbs to the call of wild vers all ties with civilization and runs free with a wolf pack
