英語專業(yè)畢業(yè)論文《野性的呼喚》

1、摘 要野性的呼喚是杰克倫敦的第一本暢銷書，也是二十世紀(jì)早期美國最受歡迎的小說之一。這是一部使作者享譽(yù)文壇的作品，雖然它只有簡單的情節(jié)但是它被看作是美國文壇的典范。文章生動(dòng)地分析了杰克倫敦作品主題的特點(diǎn)，那就是對(duì)人與自然沖突的描寫。就野性的呼喚這本書來說，它的主人公巴克最終的回歸行為是作者渴望自由的象征，也是在當(dāng)時(shí)社會(huì)環(huán)境下受壓迫人們的迫切愿望。它指出了作者的寫作思想，那就是人們?cè)谂c自然斗爭中展示出的堅(jiān)強(qiáng)意志。本文試圖通過剖析作品的幾大主題回歸自然，適者生存，社會(huì)生活的折射，抗?fàn)幘窈腿说乐髁x，以揭示其主體的深刻內(nèi)涵，從而探尋其長盛不衰的藝術(shù)魅力。該篇論文深刻分析了“回歸”的含義，在對(duì)原著透徹理

2、解的基礎(chǔ)上闡述了環(huán)境對(duì)人類的重要性，揭示了主題。關(guān)鍵詞： 野性的呼喚；自由；回歸；abstractthe call of the wild is the first seller of jack london, one of the best novels in the early twentiethcentury america. it was this book that made its author famous in the republic of letters. although it has a simple plot, it is considered as a classi

3、c of american literature. the article vividly analyzes the characteristics of jack londons writing theme that is the description of the conflicts between nature and human. based on the call of the wild，the behavior of its protagonist bucks final return is the symbol of yearning for freedom of the au

4、thor as well as the urgent aspiration of people who were repressed at the social circumstance of that time. it points out the authors writing thoughts, that human show how strong they are in their fight against nature. this thesis undertakes an attempt to dissect its themesback to the nature, the su

5、rvival of the fittest, the refraction of social life, struggles of the oppressed and humanitarianism so as to disclose the multiplicity of the theme in it.this thesis analyzes the connotation of “return” deeply. basing on the thorough understanding of the novel, this thesis expounds the importance o

6、f environment to human beings, and reveals the theme. key words：the call of the wild; freedom; returncontentschapter 1 introduction1chapter 2 leaving home to the wild32.1 falling into cheat and leaving home32.2 unable to get away from the club32.3 going into the wild4chapter 3 a painful struggle53.1

7、 the initial practice53.2 the tribulation of the survival53.2.1 following the law of the club and tooth53.2.2 become a leader63.2.3 for the love of his benefactor73.3 the last choice8chapter 4 bucks gains94.1 how to become a sledge dog94.2 how to live in the north94.3 how to repay an obligation104.4

8、 the cruel circumstance10chapter 5 conclusion12references17acknowledgements18chapter 1 introductionthe most famous novel about the animal from the american famous novelist jack london (1876-1916) is the call of the wild. it is one of the masterpieces of the great american writer jack london, and it

9、has always been my favorite novel. it apparently is a dogs story. in the deep part, london makes a reflection of the real human life through bucks life. he treats animals like human beings and human beings are just like animals, recognizing no essential difference between man and animal. jack london

10、s uncanny understanding of animal and human natures give this novel a striking vitality and power. after reading it, people could not help pondering over his own life and thinking about what is the real meaning of human nature that always resounds in the inner heart like the wild appealing buck to r

11、eturn to its arms. bucks story in fact is a humans life story. some interesting comparisons will show how amazingly similar these two worlds are, and some inspirations can be drawn from this allegoric story. one of the characteristics of his novel lies in their themes, especially focusing on the fig

12、ht between the human and the nature and his expression of respect for humans strong will in these fights. but his novel stands out among all this kind of humannature conflict stories because he is clever enough to make cruel story interesting and plotting. in this novel, the whole story is based on

13、a smart dog, buck, which makes it fresh beyond the outlook of a dog and the common description of it. this is a story that takes place in the original wilderness of the backland snow and icebound in north america, describing a dog who named buck to be drawn in the wave of gold rush in alaska. he exp

14、eriences various sufferings struck with soulstirring, and be caused to remember his ancestry by instinct in the howl. generally, the original innate wild of the wolf has revived in his deep soul. finally, under the lure of the wolf, the wildness in the untamed nature brought to his life little by li

15、ttle and his social return to the nature from the civilization. although the novel describes a dog, it gives the dog with the innate intelligence, using “he” and “they” to call them completely. the purpose lies in being reflected the pathetic life of the labor people in a capitalism society by the c

16、areer of a dog, expressing the strong wild that they resist the exploitation and oppression and look forward to the freedom. not only does the story tell that the hero returns to the great universe, but also it emphasizes the process that his soul returns to the wild. use a new writing skill to anno

17、unce the topic of the returning.this novel has 7 chapters. the launch, development and the end of the story is by the clues of the living environment and mind variety of buck. it can be divided into four importance parts: buck was born in judge millers house in the sunny valley of santa clara in sou

18、thern and he had the comfortable life but because of the pan for gold, he was thrown into the abyss of pain and sufferings; the difficult life after buck become a sledge dog and the maltreatment which he was subjected and his resists; the fights between dog and dog and finally buck acquired the mast

19、er policy; buck ruptured the relation to the persons at last, and the call of the wild makes him bring his life to the untamed nature, becoming one member of wolves. chapter 2 leaving home to the wild2.1 falling into cheat and leaving homefirst, in the life of the first four years, buck was in judge

20、 millers official residence with satisfied food all day long and did nothing day by day. he received the great favors fully, did not contend for the life with anyone, and did not need to rush out to work hard at the chores. so he formed the good habits such as gentleness and docility in his personal

21、ity. one day, an assistant of the garden of judge millers official residence lost money because of a gamble; he was being eager to repay the loan so he abducted buck to go out of the house and sold him to a dog trader by the price of 100 dollars as a result. 2.2 unable to get away from the club in t

22、he judges official residence, there was more superiority with buck than other dogs, but can not adapt the weather that the chill of great universe changed. he could not fight with others because he was in a habit of a high-fed life; he always showed self-satisfaction even more a little gasconade. bu

23、t, his thought was completely pure and immature. he easily believed the gardener assistant who he had known.he struggled indignantly and howled when he was aware of that he had fall into cheat already. but it was late. he had been educated immediately from the stick in the hand of a dog trader who i

24、s in a red coat. these were maltreatment and humiliation that he never been subjected to from birth. and this made him become red eyes devil. he tried his best to resist but still failed in the end. in the failure he accepted the law of the club and tooth painfully. should say, thanks to the dog tra

25、der, he beat this basic and initial rule into the bottom of his heart. he beat the blindfold braveness and the cursory style of buck, made his soul be collided with and forced him to return to the most original appearance. he has to accept that he is original and the most common animal in the great

26、universe, although he was born under a very harmonious environment, now that he has already left there, he should go where he exists originally, so he has to return to look for his own marriage in the nature, returning to nature.2.3 going into the wildand then buck took the train and traveled by boa

27、t, being taken to the north which is unfamiliar and faraway from the south. the people who pine for gold needed the sledge dogs because just now the north discovered gold mine. from then on, he had been taken from the heart of civilization and thrown into the life of the primitive that was full of h

28、ardships and struggle. undoubtedly, it is a great turn for him.chapter 3 a painful struggle3.1 the initial practiceon the way north, buck was tortured badly. he was strapped by ropes, starved, and beaten by clubs. buck was in such a rage at being treated so badly that he struggled to throw off the r

29、ope that tied him, rushed to the cage that chained him, and bit the club that beat him with his fang. after he was defeated again and again, buck realized he stood no chance against a man with a club. seeing that groups and groups of new-coming dogs struggled furiously and barked until exhausted, an

30、d were yet defeated by the man in the red sweater one by one, at last when being driven home, buck drew a lesson that “again an again, as he looked at each brutal performance, a man with a club was a lawgiver a master to be obeyed.”(stone irving 1938: 55)in the north, there was a world of freezing i

31、ce and the drifting snow. buck started the career as a sledge dog. he was against the strict cold, started journey at dawn and stopped at dusk, endured hunger, trailed the sledge to walk along lakes and glacier which extended more than 100 miles with his companions from skagway to dawson. after fini

32、shed running 2500 miles less than five months, he is already utterly exhausted, on the brink of death. unfortunately, after this long journey he resale to charless. so the life became harsher with pain and sufferings. buck and his colleagues trailed their scrawny body climb to dawson unsteadily. und

33、er the leather whip they walked on the road difficultly and after being fried the last blood, some of them had been beaten to die or tired to death. buck is also almost tired to death; the spark of the life is weakly to gleam in the body.3.2 the tribulation of the survival3.2.1 following the law of

34、the club and tooththe first time when buck was fastened by an arrangement of straps and buckles to haul a sled, he became a draught animal and this sorely hurt his dignity, but he was too wise to rebel. he buckled down with a will and did his best. buck was a good learner, under the combined tuition

35、 of his two mates and francois, the first time he went to the woods to haul wood, “every time they returned to camp he knew enough to stop at ho, to go ahead at mush, to swing wide on the bends, and to keep clear of the wheeler when the loaded sled shot downhill at their heels.” (fred medics 1994: 1

36、6)back was so good at learning that the first day before it became dark, he could manage quite well under the law of club and tooth. but that night buck faced the great problem of sleeping. buck, as a matter of course, entered his matters tent, only to be bombarded with curses and cooking utensils.

37、fleeing into the outer cold, an idea came to him. he would return and see how his own teammates were making out. and buck found out that they slept in the holes they made them selves. so buck learned to dig a hole in the snow and sleep in it. later on he was so good at making a sleeping hole because

38、 he had an ability to scent the wind and forecast it the night in advance, so he could give himself a warm and cold-proof shelter.3.2.2 becoming a leadersecondly, during his following time in the north he had to learn how to live in the snow and how to become a leader in the team of the dogs.buck so

39、on adapted to survival in the northland environment. this north world of the dogs was the same as the human society that intrigue against each other and law of the jungle. control or be controlled, kill or be killed, was the law. only the stronger can survive in this world. therefore, the ferity res

40、umed in the body of buck, and the cruel and craftiness got ahead of all the other north dogs. he showed hid wisdom, when he fought against spitz for the leadership. buck obeyed and learned to haul a sled when he first came to the northern land; he was too busy adjusting himself to the new life to th

41、ink of anything else. but when he had learned the secrets of survival, he challenged spitz leadership. francois backed up spitz with his whip, while buck backed up the remainder of the team. the decisive battle finally came. time and time again buck tried for spitzs throat, and each time spitz slash

42、ed him and got away. but buck won the battle all the same. now that buck became a victory of fight and had the reigning position in the dogs, why did he still want to go in the wilderness? this is exactly what the author wants to tell us in the fourth part. the author took the call of the wild as th

43、e title of this book, so we can see where the center of gravity in this story is. the novel mentioned that in silent cold night with flaming fire buck heard the mysterious voice from the wilderness for many times, and this kind of magic power which made him have magic, he could not resist it. he dre

44、amed that he returned to the wildness ground which his ancestries lived in. therefore, he usually concentrated his attention on listening to the special voice and produced a kind of feeling of being eager to go to the wild world. he could not help walking into the forest to find and pursue. because

45、this kind of call meant a kind of wonderful hope and a bright future for buck who suffered a lot in the human society. it could make him get away from the mankinds fetters thoroughly and acquired freedom that he desired greatly. obviously, this also symbolized the authors ideal objective of getting

46、away from reality, pursuing freedom.3.2.3 for the love of his benefactorhowever, people cant help thinking that buck had already been accustomed to the cold weather and the labor of north life and finally stayed with his ideal host thornton for the rest time. his life might became comfortable to sta

47、bilize, they once saved the life of the other and lived with each other and they could be regarded as a rightness of life and deaths with total, depending on each other for life as good friend. why didnt buck stay with his host abiding by the law and behave oneself while he had the strong will to ru

48、sh into the forest to follow the call of the wolf? indeed, thornton saved bucks life, and treated him equally and buck got warmth and fondle from him. this was absolutely different with other hosts but buck had to listen to the human to order at any time, as a result he still cant enjoy the full fre

49、edom. he is still regarded as a slave under peoples control, but he received great favors. once, thornton signals hint buck to jump down the cliff imprudently, buck didnt hesitate and prepared to sacrifice his life; for the sake of saving thornton from falling into the water, buck jumped into the wa

50、ter to chase him from the torrent current three times, breaking three ribs for it; thornton at dawson blindly used buck to make a bet, he hoped buck to push the sled carrying 1,000 pounds which would normally need ten dogs to move. buck put together to the utmost whole body energy to finish walking

51、100 yards, win $ 1,600 within five minutes for the host. if thornton did not die, such a thing will take place continuously, always had no end. therefore, although buck got away from the club and fang, he was still been fastened by one chain invisible. being a dog for the sake of hosts friendship an

52、d preparing to dedicate life at any time, he felt that he had no freedom at all. if he wanted to acquire a real freedom, he must escape from mankind and head for wilderness. at that time he wont be ordered loudly by anyone.3.3 the last choice however, the wilderness that buck rushed into is not a ut

53、opia. this was just a place with original appearance completely, there was no ready-made food and drink, desolate and silent, snow and icebound, and rare human footprint everywhere. everything must be strived, shot for and created by us. the reason that buck dared to rush into the wilderness was bec

54、ause he had been chastened by the hard life. he had his mind and body experienced a lot and prepared for the coming wonderful life in the nature. at least he had learned the skill that how to live in the forest and prepared for the freedom in the future. living in the nature gave the opportunity to

55、buck which he can open his eye to the world and mastered his living skills independently. this can help him to receive the free world in the material and spirit. without all of this, he wasnt entitled to existence in the world of the dog. the life of wilderness was free, unrestrained, his soul and t

56、he natural character all can get to release freely over there. as an outstanding and large dog, buck was superior to the other dogs in thinking and body condition, he should belong to great universe, his thought should belong to his own. so it is the fittest finale for him that he returned to the fo

57、rest, returned to wolves. the author hopes that his soul can return to the place where it should go. the soul is free, so it wont be interfered by the external world. buck possessed the right for free, this was also what the author looked forward to.chapter 4 bucks gains4.1 how to become a sledge do

58、gafter was taught by his hosts and under the help of his colleague, he had learned how to master a sledge immediately. this was the essential skill for him to live. he observed constantly in the work and mastered how to work very soon in the practice. labor made him developing quickly in the intelli

59、gence and the physical strength, the mind and body had experienced a lot: his muscles became to burliness; his toe had already become stronger and tougher; he also could endure all kind of the pain and sufferings; he could eat any food fastidiously; he could spend the endless night in the snow and icebound; his sense of vision and sense of smell became exceptional sharp and his sense of he