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1、TheCalloftheWild---JackLondonTheCalloftheWild:BackgroundTheCalloftheWildisanovellabyAmericanauthorJackLondonpublishedin1903.ThestorytakesplaceintheextremeconditionsoftheYukonduringthe19th-centuryKlondikeGoldRush.TheCalloftheWild:BackgroundThegoldprospectors,knownas“Klondikers,”facedharshconditions:
2、temperatures40degreesbelowzerostarvationandmalnutritionlongjourneysonfoothundredsofpoundsofsuppliestotransportTheCalloftheWild:BackgroundTheindigenouspeopleofAlaskaandCanadabeganusingsleddogsmorethan1,000yearsago.TheydependedonthesedogsforprotectiontransportationhuntingcompanionshipTheCalloftheWild
3、:BackgroundInthelate1800s,settlersandexplorersstartedusingthedogstohelpthemexploreremoteareas,delivermail,andlookforgold.ffPlotoverviewBuck,apowerfuldog,livesonJudgeMiller’sestateinCalifornia.Heleadsacomfortablelifethere,butitcomestoanendwhenmendiscovergoldintheKlondikeregionofCanadaandagreatdemand
4、arisesforstrongdogstopullsleds.BuckiskidnappedbyagardenerontheMillerestateandsoldtodogtraders,whoteachBucktoobeybybeatinghimwithacluband,subsequently,shiphimnorthtotheKlondike.PlotoverviewArrivinginthechillyNorth,Buckisamazedbythecrueltyheseesaroundhim.Assoonasanotherdogfromhisship,Curly,apackofhus
5、kiesviolentlykillsher.Watchingherdeath,Buckvowsnevertoletthesamefatebefallhim.Hebeginstoadjusttolifeasasleddog.Buckissmart,tough,andalert.Helearnsquicklyhowtosurviveasasleddog.Finally,BuckkillsSpitz,theleaddog,andtakeshisplaceastheleaddog.PlotoverviewWithBuckattheheadoftheteam,hisownerssoonturnthet
6、eamovertoamailcarrierwhoforcesthedogstocarrymuchheavierloads.Inthemidstofaparticularlyarduoustrip,oneofthedogsbecomesill,andeventuallythedriverhastoshoothim.Attheendofthisjourney,thedogsareexhausted,andthemailcarriersellsthemtoagroupofAmericangoldhunters—Hal,Charles,andMercedes.PlotoverviewBuck’sne
7、wmastersareinexperiencedandoutofplaceinthewilderness.Theyoverloadthesled,beatthedogs,andplanpoorly.Someweakeranimalssoondie.Ofanoriginalteamoffourteen,onlyfivearestillalivewhentheylimpintoJohnThornton’scamp
