The Call of the Wild

TheCalloftheWildOnCalloftheWildYuNa,Class2,2021,ForeignLanguagesSchoolI.IntroductionJackLondonisafamousAmericawriterwhowasborninSanFranciscoinapoorfamily.Hismotheriswealthybutunmarried,itissaidthatmaybehisfatherisajournalist,alawyerwhosenameisWilliamChaney.HisfathermajoredinthedevelopmentofAmericanastrology.Becauseoftheillnessofhismother,JackLondonwasraisebyanex-slave,VirginiaPrentiss,whohadagreatinfluenceontheboywhilehegrewup.II.TheStoryorASummaryoftheBookTheCalloftheWildisanovelbyAmericanwriterJackLondon.TheplotconcernsapreviouslydomesticateddognamedBuck,whoseprimordialinstinctsreturnafteraseriesofeventsleadstohisservingasasleddogintheYukonduringthe19th-centuryKlondikeGoldRush,inwhichsleddogswereboughtatgenerousprices.Buckisahugedogwhobecameawilddogbecauseofthelifeexperience.Atlast,itbecameaheadofthewolfs.“Iwouldratherbeashesthandust!Iwouldratherthatmysparkshouldburnoutinabrilliantblazethanitshouldbestifledbydryrot.Iwouldratherbeasuperbmeteor,everyatomofmeinmagnificentglowthanasleepyandpermanentplanet.Theproperfunctionofmanistolive,nottoexist.Ishallnotwastemydaysintryingtoprolongthem.Ishallusemytime.”Howbeautifulthesentenceis!ThisremainsmeofsomethingsaboutJackLondon.BecauseJackLondonisself-educated,London’sideallackedconsistencyandprecision.Forexample,heclearlyacceptedtheSocialDarwinismandscientificracismprevalentduringhistime.Althoughhesupportedwomen’srightstovoteandcreatedsomeofthemostimportantindependentandstrongfemalecharactersinAmericanfiction,hewaspatriarchaltowardshistwowivesandtwodaughters.Iwasattractivebythenameofthebook—TheCalloftheWild.Iliketheword“wild”,whenitcomestotheword,Ifellexcitedverymuch.Inmymind,wildmeansfreedom,characterandbeauty.Wildmeansfreedom.Buckisjustacommondogatfirst.ThereisnodifferencebetweenBuckandcommonpetdog,itsdutyiswalkandplaywithitshost.Itisstrongandfullofpowerjustlikeitsfatherandisflexibleandsharplikeitsmother.Itwassoldbecauseofthepoorlife,thenitbegantoitshardlife.Itexperiencedalotandalwaysruntothefreedom.Asforthefreedom,Iwantsaysomethingsextra.Everyonelovesfreedom,however,noteverybodycanobtainthefreedom.ConsideredthatBuckunderwentanunforgettablememoryandthenseekthefreedombyitself,itisdifficultforittogothoughsomuch.Asforaperson,Ithinkfreedommeanseverything.Onlycanfreedombringsyouhappiness,andonlyfreedomcanachievewhatyourealwant.Ofcourse,itrelatedtoourdream.Weareuniversitystudentsandwearetryingourbesttofindourdreamandtoachievethem.Isnotdreammeansfreedom?Weareforwardakindoflifethatdowhateverwecando.Idobelievethatisfreedom.Wildmeanscharacter.MaybeitisfarawayfrommytopicaboutthebookCalloftheWild,Ijustwanttosharesomeopinionsofminewithyou.Thereisakindofsayingabout90s.theysaythatthe90sissinkintopoverty.Isittrue?Ofcoursenot.90sisagenerationthatfullofcharacter.Theyarebraveandtheyusingtheircouragetodowhattheyeagertodo,theyexpresstheiremotionwithouthesitation.Thisiswhatwewantbutnotdegenerate.Wildalsomeansbeauty.,Ialwaysthinkso.Buckisjustadog,butittellsusanargument“ifyouhavetheability,youcanbesuccessful.”Thatisright,abilityisthemostimportantthingifyouwanttosucceed.fromakinddogtoaheadofthewolfs.Buckadjustthehardenvironmentgradually.Itresistthedark,thedifficulty,theeverythingthatrefuseitselfmoveon.Thatisawild,abeautifulwild.Bcukmakesmethinksofaneventhappenedrecently.Akindofdognamedsiberianhusky,whomadeahit.Infact,siberianhuskyisakindofcutedog,maybeitisbecauseofitswildthatmadeitbecamecrazyandbegantoharmpeople.Anyway,weshouldlovethecleveranimalsonlyifwehaveprotectedourselveswell.TheCalloftheWildisabookthatworthyreading.Youcanfindastrongwillworldfromit.