It is because of the series of human selfish behavior, tragic fate came to the dogs, at the same time, the human also take the consequences -- Hal was buried in the frozen river, Buck finally return to the wilderness, it is a warning of anthropocentrism(人类中心主义).
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Alaska is a frozen land, and the wilderness is vast and quiet. However, the wilderness has a rich meaning under the silence.
(1) The symbol of the sanctity.
(2) The symbol of the justice
DEEP MEANING
The author gave mankind a warning through Buck’ story that wilderness is a land that man cannot seize, wilderness is a uncontrolled symphony of nature. In the wilderness, dogs are aroused by the wild and it is hard to suppress by human . Buck sensed the call of the wilde, which is the resistance to human beings. This resistance from the animals is the opponent perspective of selfish human, who deprive of other species’ habitation in the ecosystem, and destroyed the harmony of the entire ecosystem.
Being abducted, Buck fought with the dealer
John’s death
Settling down in the shed-dogs-group
Feeling the warmth and love of John
Realistic Significance
SURFACE MEANING In this novel, we can find that the relationship between dogs and people changes along with the change of people's attitude. But throughout Buck's life, he never received equal respect and love from human beings (except John). It reveals the beauty and ugliness of human’s nature through showing different attitudes to dogs. It can let readers find the darkness of society, the deep love between human and animals, and the complexity of human’s nature.
THE CALL OF THE WILD
INTROUCTION
Main characters The development of the wildness
CONTENT
REALISTIC SIGNIFICANCE
Surface meaning Deep meaning
Introduction
Main characters Buck used to be a domesticated dog, which was stolen and sold as a sled dog. The cruel reality touched Buck‘s instinct. The bad environment trained Buck, his wild instinct was activated, and finally become the head of the sled dog group . When he was abused by his ownerBUCK Hal, John Thornton rescued him. His A domesticated dog instinct was covered up with the love whose instincts of John. returned back But unfortunately, John was killed generally in wild. Yeehats. Losing his only love, wilderness returned to his body in the end.
JONH
The man who rescued Buck, and repressed Buck’s instinct.
HAL
A cruel owner who forced the dogs over-working.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WILDNESS
Growing up and finally replace Spitz as the head of the sled dogs group by fighting
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