TheCalloftheWild, also known as The Call of the Wild, is a famous novel published by the writer Jack London on 1903. The story tells the story of a dog named Buck who finally returned to the natural wild environment after suffering. This novel was very popular and was later adapted into a film many times. The whole story is based on the gold rush in Alaska, and tells how Buck developed from a domesticated southern dog into a savage state like a dog and a wolf in order to survive in the sinister environment in the north. Buck is a huge hybrid dog. He was stolen from his master's house in the south and then sold. After many twists and turns, he began to embark on the road of gold rush and became a slave dog pulling sledges. In the cruel process of taming, it realized the laws of justice and nature; The harsh living environment made it understand cunning and fraud, and later it played cunning and fraud to the point where it was far behind. After a cruel, life-and-death struggle, it finally established its position as the leading dog. During the arduous sleigh journey, the owners changed several times, and Buck and Thornton, the last owner, formed a deep friendship. The master once rescued him from the extreme slavery, and he rescued his wild call many times.
The owner of. Finally, after his beloved master suffered misfortune, he went to the wilderness, responded to the wild call he heard many times along the way, and became the leader of the wolves. Although Buck is just a dog, his hard life style reflects the true meaning of personal struggle in the writer's era. This is also a reflection of the naturalism prevailing in American society during the shady period of capitalist development at that time. It reflects Darwin's natural selection thought of "survival of the fittest" in the natural environment and Spencer's view of social choice in social evolution. The author reveals to us that on the road of survival, under the sinister natural and social environment, only elites and superhuman (such as Buck in the novel) have the possibility of survival.
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