美國(guó)文學(xué)論文thecallofthewild(已改無(wú)錯(cuò)字)
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【正文】 the humans around him as ancient men, wearing animal skins and living in caves or trees. In some of these visions, he is running alongside these men, protecting them from the terrors of the night. His relationship to Thornton, the novel implies, is like these ancient mandog connections。 it is primitive rather than civilized, and so it remains strong even as Buck leaves the civilized world behind. The qualities of Buck Experience is badly required in an unfamiliar and tough circumstance. Those who are experienced will always have the priority over the inexperienced. Buck’s experience is accumulated gradually after being sold to the north. As soon as Buck is kidnapped from Judge Miller39。s ranch, he learns that a new law, that is, “l(fā)aw of club and fang”, applies to life。 quite different from the “l(fā)aw of love and fellowship” he has known before. When he is struck for the first time in his life by the red sweater, Buck is anxious to loose his pent up fury。 but each time he rushes the man, he is struck again, until he is beaten and bloodied. Thus, “he had learned the lesson that a man with a club was a lawgiver, a master to be obeyed, though not necessarily conciliated。 and in all his life he never fot it. Later, seeing the other dogs bullied by the lead dog Spitz, Buck begins to realize that “a fair play does not exist and this is no place for mercy”, and in the kill or be killed world, to survive one must have power. Thus the battle between Buck and Spitz is unavoidable. With his imagination, Buck tricks his rival and breaks both his forelegs. This battle provides Buck with much experience for fighting against other enemies after he bees the lead dog. Also, he learns to scavenge food and sleep beneath the snow on winter nights. With that knowledge, he speedily develops “more heightened senses, hardened muscles and an iron stomach”. All of the experience that Buck has gained obviously makes him more suitable to the harsh north. Apart from experience, Buck’s instinct also contributes a great deal to his survival and fitness in the wild. Buck’s ability to listen to his instinct, which is handed down by his ancestors, enables him to be more and more powerful。 and his natural knowledge, ing from instinct, makes him suited for the conditions of the environment. That’s surely conductive to his quick and easy adaptation to the new world. Under the instinct to eat, Buck steals a whole chunk of bacon when the ration is not enough for him, which also marks him as “fit to survive” in the northland environment. There, property and personal feelings can no longer be respected and one does things only because they are necessary. Buck’s instinct even saves his life. When he leads the team into John Thornton’s camp, Buck does not consciously know why he does n
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