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Introduction To The Call of The Wild

Buck was a domesticated dog living in California that was stolen and sold to be used as a sled dog in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. Subjected to cruel treatment, he learned to survive using his primitive instincts. He had to fight other dogs, including the lead dog Spitz, to establish his dominance and rise to become the leader of the pack. Though he adapted to life in the harsh Yukon wilderness, Buck formed a strong bond with a man named John Thornton who treated him with kindness. However, Thornton was killed, leaving Buck feeling a great emptiness. He then joined a

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Introduction To The Call of The Wild

Buck was a domesticated dog living in California that was stolen and sold to be used as a sled dog in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. Subjected to cruel treatment, he learned to survive using his primitive instincts. He had to fight other dogs, including the lead dog Spitz, to establish his dominance and rise to become the leader of the pack. Though he adapted to life in the harsh Yukon wilderness, Buck formed a strong bond with a man named John Thornton who treated him with kindness. However, Thornton was killed, leaving Buck feeling a great emptiness. He then joined a

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The Call of the Wild

Jack London

Yunhe Middle School


Ma Weiwei
Brief introduction to the author
Location
Climate
●an American
________ novelist, journalist Wild animals
●born into a poor family in 1876
●left for the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska in 1897,
only to come down____
____ ____ witha serious illness
●wrote the story which made his name in 1903:
The Call of the Wild
●died at the age of 40 in 1916
Contents

Into the Primitive

The Law of Club and Tooth

The Primitive Beast

Becoming the Leader

The Toil of Trace and Trail

For the Love of a Man

The Sounding of the Call


Exploration Into the Primitive(P13-P20)
proud
Buck was stolen and beaten. with dignity

Buck was king- king over all the creeping, crawling, flying things of
Judge Miller’s lands, humans included. (Para 2, P13)

to show a sharp contrast

He had learned the lesson, and for the rest of his life he never forgot it.
It was his introduction into the world of primitive law. (Para1, P19)
angry
obedient
clever
Exploration The Law of Club and Tooth (P21-P27)
Buck began his journey with Perrault and
Francois.
Every hour was filled with shock or surprise. He had been suddenly
removed from civilization and thrown into the heart of a primitive world.
(Para 1, P21)
This was the way of his new world. No fair play. Once you were down,
that was the end. (Para 1, P22)
shocked, strong inside
Group discussion: a quick learner
What did Buck mean by “fair play”?
Conclusion: Not only did he learn by experience, but long-dead
instincts rose in him again.
The Primitive Beast (P28-P41)
Exploration
Buck fought against Spitz.
Arrange the events in the order they happened.
2
_____ However, Spitz never lost an opportunity to try and start a fight with Buck.
5
_____ Finally, Buck knew the time had come when they were chasing a rabbit.
_____
1 At first, Buck didn’t fight and did nothing to provoke Spitz.
_____
3 Spitz occupied Buck’s sleeping hole and attacked Buck on purpose.
6
_____ Spitz disappeared from view.
_____
4 Buck openly and deliberately threatened Spitz’s leadership by making all the
dogs show disrespect to Spitz.
Write down the words that can be used to describe Buck and Spitz.

Conclusion: The primitive beast used his primitive


instincts as well as his head to win the fight.
Becoming the Leader (P42-P49)
Exploration
Buck started to dream about the past.
He wanted the leadership. It was his by right. He had earned it.(Para2)
Buck trotted in, laughing triumphantly and took up the position at the
head of the team. (Para 4, P43) determined,
ambitious
If you were in Buck’s shoes, would you fight for
your own right against others?

Conclusion: By following his instincts, Buck was getting


closer and closer to an older and more primitive way of life.
The Toil of Trace and Trail (P50-P64)
Exploration
Buck was sold to Hal, Charles and Mercedes.

Read the first paragraph on P61. By describing the atmosphere,


what does the author want to convey?
weak
To foil （烘托）the characters’ mood hopeless/ in despair
respect for nature
Buck had a feeling of doom. He had felt the weak ice
under his feet and sensed disaster close at hand. So
Buck refused to move. He had suffered so greatly and
was so weak, that being hit with the club hardly hurt
him. As the beating went on, the spark of life inside
him went down, and nearly went out. ( P62)
For the Love of a Man (P65-P73)
Exploration
Buck was saved by John Thornton.
And Buck was merciless. He never gave up an advantage or stood
back from a dying enemy. He had learned well, and he knew there was
no middle way. He must master or be mastered. Kill or be killed, eat or
be eaten, was the law. (P66) merciless, fierce
Think of three times Buck helped John Thornton.

a). He defended Thornton from a bad-tempered


and dangerous man in a fight.
b). He saved Thornton when he fell into the river.
c). He won a bet for Thornton. loyal/
faithful
The Sounding of the Call (P74-92)
Exploration
John was killed and Buck joined the wolf pack.

It left a great painful emptiness inside him, like a hunger which no food could
fill.(P86) sad, reborn
Night came, and a full moon rose over the trees into the sky. As he lay by the
pool, thinking and mourning, Buck became alive to new life in the forest.(P86)

What changed in Buck now? why?

Then he may be seen running at the head of the pack through the
pale moonlight.(92)
king of the wild
Consolidation

The author’s purpose in telling this story is to ________.


A. reveal some people’s cruelty to animals
B. remind us of the contribution of dogs in the exploitation of the
north
C. point out that dogs can also be good workers
D. demonstrate how dogs, like humans, learn to adapt themselves to
a new life

The story strongly reflects Darwin’s


theory of the “survival of the fittest”.
Reflection Factors leading to Buck’s success in the wild

strong both outside and inside intelligent/clever

have more self-control ambitious

hardworking loyal

As a student, how can you survive in this competitive society?


Assignment

Rewrite the novel “The Call of the Wild”


briefly in 150-200 words.

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