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1、1.Whatisthedominantmoodofthestory?HowdoesLondon’sprosestyle(particularlyhisuseofimagery)servetoestablishandtointensifythatmood?2.Whatcommentdoesthestorymakeabouttherelationshipbetweenmanandnature?3.Doesthestoryhaveatheme?Ifitdoes,describeit.Group6Whatisthedominantmoodofthestory?H
2、owdoesLondon'sprosestyle(particularlyhisuseofimagery)servetoeatablishandthentointensifythatmood?presentedby林玲芷dominantmoodofthestory：isolationhelplessnessdepressionmelancholyEvidenceandData1.Amanisclimbingthehighearth-bankinYukonalone,andthemanhasnoexperienceofclimbingin-75.----T
3、hesetwosentencesshowthemoodofisolationandhelplessness.2.“dayhadbrokencoldandgray，exceedinglycoldandgrey”.----Thissentencehintsatthedepressingatmosphere.3.Heisshockedwhenthefiredead.(P53)----Thissentenceshowsthemoodofhelplessness.4.Thewholestoryshowsthedepressionandmelancholy.Lond
4、on’sWrittingStyleSocialDarwinism:thesurvivalofthefittestNaturalismmingledwithRomanticismForcefulandcolorfulSubjectivityandenthusiasmHischaracterizationswereoftenstiffandhisdialoguestereotyped.HowdoesLondon'sprosestyle(particularlyhisuseofimagery)servetoeatablishandthentointensify
5、thatmood?Inthisstory,wecanseethatLondonestablishandintensifythemoodofisolation,helplessnee,depressionandmelancholythroughtwokindofprosestyle.First,SocialDarwinism(thesurvivalofthefittest)Second,Third-personOmniscient(allknowing---he/she/it/they/themtoldbytheauthor;allcharacters’f
6、eelings/thoughtsarerevealed)Firststyle---TheauthorfromtwoaspectstellusthetheoryofNaturalism:naturalselectionandsurvivalofthefittest.Ontheonehand,betweendifferentspecies,thestoryshowsthecompetitionofhumanbeingsanddog.Intheextremecoldenvironment,ifonecan'tadapttotheharshnaturalenvi
7、ronment,thereisonlyoneoutcome-turnedouttobethevictimofthenature.Inthestory,themanfailledtofightagainstthenature,andintheend,heisdead.Onthecontrary,thedogsurvived.Ontheotherhand,inthisstory,wedescribemanyofthenaturalenvironment,whichistohighlightstrongpowerofnatureandhuman'sweknes
8、s,helplessness.Althoughthemanistryingtoc
