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1、AReviewofTheCallofTheWildIAboutJackLondon JackLondon(bornJan.12,1876,diedNov.22,1916),whoselifesymbolizedthepowerofwill,wasthemostsuccessfulwriterinAmericaintheearly20thCentury.Hisvigorousstoriesofmenandanimalsagainsttheenvironment,andsurvivalagainsthardshipsweredra
2、wnmainlyfromhisownexperience.Anillegitimatechild,LondonpassedhischildhoodinpovertyintheOaklandslums.Attheageof17,heventuredtoseaonasealingship.Theturningpointofhislifewasathirty-dayimprisonmentthatwassodegradingitmadehimdecidetoturntoeducationandpursueacareerinwriti
3、ng.AndhisexperiencesofsearchingforgoldintheKlondike(inCanada)lefttheirmarkinhisstories.HisworkembracedtheconceptsofunconfinedindividualismandDarwinisminitsexplorationofthelawsofnature.HeretiredtohisranchnearSonoma,wherehediedatage40ofvariousdiseasesanddrugtreatments
4、. JackLondonisbestknownforhisbooksTheCalloftheWild,WhiteFang,andTheSea-Wolf,andafewshortstories,suchas"ToBuildaFire"and"TheWhiteSilence."Infact,hewasaprolificwriterwhosefictionexploredtheirgeographiesandtheircultures:theYukon,California,andtheSouthPacific.Heexperime
5、ntedwithmanyliteraryforms,fromconventionallovestoriesanddystopias(反乌托邦，政治讽刺小说)tosciencefantasy.Hisnotedjournalismincludedwarcorrespondence,boxingstories,andthelifeofMolokailepers.Acommittedsocialist,heinsistedagainsteditorialpressurestowritepoliticalessaysandinserts
6、ocialcriticisminhisfiction.Hewasamongthemostinfluentialfiguresofhisday,whounderstoodhowtocreateapublicpersonaandusethemediatomarkethisself-createdimageofpoor-boy-turned-success.Heleftoverfiftybooksofnovels,stories,journalism,andessays,manyofwhichhavebeentranslatedan
7、dcontinuetobereadaroundtheworld.IIPlotBuckisadogwholeadsacomfortablelifeina California ranchhome withhisowner,ajudge,untilheisstolenandsoldtopayoffagamblingdebt.Buckistakento Alaska andsoldtoapairofFrenchCanadians whowereimpressedwithhisphysique.Theytrainhimasa sled
8、dog,andhequicklylearnshowtosurvivethecoldwinternightsandthepacksocietybyobservinghisteammates.Buckislatersoldagainandpasseshandsseveraltim
