Unit 7 The Call of the Wild

ExtensivereadingUnit7Book1TheCalloftheWildbyJackLondonLearningobjectivesInthisunityouwill:befamiliarwithJackLondonandhisworksgetsomeknowledgeoftheKlondikeGoldRushappreciatethelanguageandwritingskillinthisnoveltakeatestonfastreadinglearntoguessmeaningsofwordsfromcontextUnitoverviewPre-readingdiscussionBackgroundinformationTextanalysisPost-readingdiscussionExercisesReadingskillsRelatedinformationPre-readingdiscussion1.Howdoyouunderstandtheword“call”inthetitle?2.HowdoesTheCalloftheWildpresentthehuman-dogrelationship?BackgroundinformationJackLondon(1876—1916)JackLondonwasthemostpopularnovelistandshortstorywriterofhisday.Hewrotepassionatelyandprolificallyaboutthegreatquestionsoflifeanddeath,thestruggletosurvivewithdignityandintegrity.JackLondonIn1898,JackLondonwenttoKlondikeforgoldmining.AftersufferingtheSepsis(败血症),hisdreamofbeingagoldminerbroken.Atthesametime,hegotplentyofwritingmaterials.Hewovetheseelementalideasintostoriesofhighadventurebasedonhisownfirsthandexperiences.Jack’slifeexperiencesBeingalaborer,factoryworker,oysterpirateontheSanFranciscoBay,memberoftheCaliforniaFishPatrol,sailor,railroadhobo(流浪汉),andgoldprospector,hislifeexperiencescontributedalottohisprolificwritings.TheSailorTheGoldProspectortheRancherJackLondon’sbelief“Iwouldratherbeashesthandust!Iwouldratherthatmysparkshouldburnoutinabrilliantblazethanitshouldbestifledbydry-rot.Iwouldratherbeasuperbmeteor,everyatomofmeinmagnificentglow,thanasleepyandpermanentplanet.Theproperfunctionofmanistolive,nottoexist.Ishallnotwastemydaysintryingtoprolongthem.Ishallusemytime.”TheCalloftheWildTheCalloftheWild(1903)isaworldfamousanimalstory.SetinAlaskaduringtheKlondikeGoldRushofthelate1890s,Thestoryrecordsthe“decivilization”ofBuckasheanswers“thecallofthewild”,aninherentmemoryofprimitiveoriginstowhichheinstinctivelyresponds.TheCalloftheWildTheCalloftheWildisthefirstandforemoststoryaboutadog,itdisplaysaphilosophicaldepthabsentinmostanimaladventures.“Oldlongingsnomadicleap,“野性沉入长眠，Chafingatcustom‘schain;希望终难泯灭，Againfromitsbrumalsleep挣脱习惯锁链，Wakenstheferinestrain.”踏入冰雪荒野间。”TheKlondikeGoldRushTheKlondikeGoldRush(克朗代克淘金热）wasamigrationbyanestimated100,000prospectorstotheKlondikeregionoftheYukoninnorth-westernCanadabetween1896and1899aftergoldwasdiscoveredtherebylocalminersonAugust16,1896.PrespectersascendingtheChilkootPass,1898TheKlondikeGoldRushKlondikecouldonlybereachedbytheYukonRivereitherupstreamfromitsdelta,downstreamfromitsheadorfromsomewhereinthemiddlethroughitstributaries.Travelingeneralwasmadedifficultbyboththegeographyandclimate.TheKlondikeGoldRushAidsforthetravelerstocarrytheirsuppliesvaried;somehadbroughtdogs,horses,mulesoroxen,whereasothershadtorelyoncarryingtheirequipmentontheirbacksoronsledspulledbyhand.TheKlondikeGoldRushTheeventsoftheKlondikegoldrushrapidlybecameembeddedinNorthAmericanculture,beingcapturedinpoems,stories,photographsandpromotionalcampaignslongaftertheendofthestampede.ThewriterJackLondonincorporatedscenesfromthegoldrushintohisnovelssetintheKlondike,includingTheCalloftheWild,anovelaboutasledgedog.TextanalysisDeterminingthemainideaThemainideaofthetextisthat______.a.itwasnoteasyforBuck,adogfromthesouth,toliveinthenorthb.Buck,adogfromthesouth,begantolearnlessonfromthehardlifeinthenorthc.somepeoplewereevilenoughtostealdogsandsellthemformoneyd.BuckthedogwasexposedtoharshexperiencesinthenorthWhile-readingquestions1.Howmanypartscanthetextbedividedinto?What’sthemainideaofeachpart?2.InwhataspectwasBuckdifferentfromthedogsinJudgeMiller’splace?3.WhatisthefunctionofthedetaileddescriptionofBuck’scomfortablelifeinMr.Miller’shouse?4.Whatisthe“lawofclubandfang”?Whatdoesitrepresent?HowisBuckintroducedtoit?TextstructurePartsContentsMainideas11Buck’shappylifebeforehewenttothenorth22—19Onthelongjourney,Buckexperiencedalotofthings.320—31Buck’sfirstdayatDyeaBeachPart1Happylifeinthesouth1.WhatkindoflifedoesBucklive?2.InwhataspectwasBuckdifferentfromthedogsinJudgeMiller’splace?3.WhatisthefunctionofthedetaileddescriptionofBuck’scomfortablelifeinMr.Miller’shouse?Part1Happylifeinthesouth1.WhatkindoflifedoesBucklive?Theopeningofthenovelsetsinthesunny,comfortableworldofJudgeMiller’sestate,whereBucklivesinspoiled,lordlycontentment.Part1Happylifeinthesouth2.InwhataspectwasBuckdifferentfromthedogsinJudgeMiller’splace?•Buckwaschiefdog.•Buckwasbornhereandhasbeenlivedhere.•BuckhasbeenregardedasonefamilymemberandenjoyedthelifewiththeJudgeMillerfamily.Part1Happylifeinthesouth3.WhatisthefunctionofthedetaileddescriptionofBuck’scomfortablelifeinMr.Miller’shouse?Toformasharpcontrastbetweentwoworlds:thesunny,comfortableworldofJudgeMiller’sestate,andtheharsh,frigidworldoftheKlondike,whereheisdraggedagainsthiswill.Part2Onthejourney1.HowcouldManuelleadBuckawayfromtheestate?2.WhatdidthemaninaredcoattaughtBuck?3.Howdoyouunderstandthesentence“Buckwasbeatenbuthewasnotbroken”?Part2Onthejourney1.HowcouldManuelleadBuckawayfromtheestate?WhenBuckwasledoutbyManuel,thegardener,whoneededmoneyforhisbigfamily,hethoughtitwasjustanormaleveningwalk.Part2Onthejourney2.Whatdidthemaninare