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The Call of the Wild is one of the representative works of the American writer Jack London.It was published in 1903.Once appearance,it quickly achieved great success for its beautiful language and multiple levels of the theme.Based on the industrialised and capitalistic society in American history,this novel vividly reproduces the Gold Rush in Klondike.The main plot describes a process of how a domesticated dog degenerated into a wild one and went back to nature.The hero Buck is endowed with human senses and characteristics,for London tried to use animal characters to illustrate moral precepts and exhibit human behaviours.The thesis intends to demonstrate the fascination of this great novel on one hand and on the other hand,to disclose the cruelty of the social reality at that time,in hope of providing a profound comprehension for the readers.
The Call of the Wild is one of the representative works of the American writer Jack London. It was published in 1903.Once appearance, it quickly achieved great success for its beautiful language and multiple levels of the theme. Based on the industrialized and capitalistic society in American history, this novel vividly reproduces the Gold Rush in Klondike. The main plot describes a process of how a domesticated dog degenerated into a wild one and went back to nature. The hero Buck is endowed with human senses and characteristics, for London tried to use animal characters to illustrate moral precepts and exhibit human behaviors. The thesis intends to demonstrate the fascination of this great novel on one hand and on the other hand, to disclose the cruelty of the social reality at that time, in hope of providing a Profound comprehension for the readers.