中英双语《野性的呼唤》金句赏析
《野性的呼唤》，又名《荒野的呼唤》（The Call of the Wild），是美国作家杰克·伦敦创作的中篇小说。作品讲述巴克原是米勒法官家的一只爱犬，经过了文明的教化，一直生活在美国南部加州一个温暖的山谷里。后被卖到美国北部寒冷偏远、盛产黄金的阿拉斯加，成了一只拉雪橇的狗。该作以一只狗的经历表现文明世界的狗在主人的逼迫下回到野蛮，写的是狗，也反映人的世界。以下是其金句赏析： 1.He got two experience in spite of this gathering in crowds and groups: when fighting, trying to protect themselves;他在这成群结队的刁难中明白了两条经验：在打群架的时候，要设法保护自己；2.In the battle with a single dog, to try to use the shortest time to call each other to eat the biggest loss.
在跟单个狗战斗的时候，要设法用最短的时间叫对方吃最大的亏。
3.The paradox of life is that there is a state that marks the peak of life and beyond life. When a person is extremely active thoroughly forget yourself, this realm silently appeared.
生活的矛盾之处在于有一种境界标志着生命的顶峰甚至超越了生命。当一个人极度活跃彻底地忘掉自我的时候，这种境界便悄无声息地出现。
4.Life is like this, there is no fair rules of the game,
once the fall, is the end of life.
生活就是这样，没有公平的游戏法则，一旦倒下去，就是生命的终结。
5.He has the spirit of loyalty and devotion, and also has
a wild and cunning side.
他具有忠诚与献身的精神，也具有野性与狡猾的一面。
巴克以安静的体面地接受了这条绳索。诚然，这是不寻常的表现。但是他学会了信任他所认识的人，并给了他们智慧地信任，而这种智慧甚至超越了他自己。但是当绳子的末端被放在陌生人的手中时，他却在大声地吠叫。他只是暗示了他的不快，他骄傲地信奉着，所谓亲密的关系就是指令。但令他吃惊的是，绳子却在他的脖子上勒紧了，使他快要窒息了。他迅速地怒气冲冲地扑向半路上遇见的那人，抓住他的喉咙旁边，他的背巧妙地扭转过来。巴克在狂怒中挣扎中，然后绳子无情地绷紧了，他的舌头从他的嘴里吐出来，他的大胸脯也在喘气。他的一生中从未遭受过这样的对待，他一生中也从没有过如此的生气。但他的力量在渐渐地消退，他的目光变得呆滞，当火车被标注了，他却什么也不知道地被两个人把他扔进了行李车里。
10.Each muscle, every fiber, every cell, was tired, tired numb.
每一块肌肉，每一根纤维，每一个细胞，都累了，累麻木了。
11.These illusions often emerge in the eyes of buck, and they are intertwined, and still deep in the forest the call of
the ring.
这些幻象经常浮现在布克眼前，与它们纠缠在一起的，还有依然在森林深处回荡的呼唤。
12.Hear this voice, buck became restless, the in the mind is filled with the desire to understand.一听到这声音，布克就变得躁动不安，心里充满了难以名状的欲望13.Night came, and a full moon rises from the top of the tree to hang in the air, as in this piece of land, to the outside is shrouded in dark BaiGuangLi.
夜晚来临了，一轮满月从树顶升起挂在空中，照在这片土地上，到外都笼罩在幽暗的白光里14.Everyone agreed that Buck had only attacked because he saw Thornton in danger.
每个人都认定巴克只有确认桑顿在危险中时才会攻击别人。
15.He was happy to sit by Thornton's fire,but he sat as a wild animal,and his dreams were filled with other animals dogs, half wolves,and wild wolves.
他喜欢蹲坐在桑顿的火边，但他蹲坐的姿势像野兽，而他的梦中则充满了野兽的影子狗，狼狗，还有野狼。
16.'He's the finest dog that I've ever seen, ' said Thornton to his friends one day as they watched Buck walking out of camp.
“他是我见过的最出色的狗，”桑顿有一天对他的朋友们说，他们正看着巴克跑出营地。
17.They saw him walking out of camp but they didn't see the change that happened when he was inside the forest.
他们只看见他跑出了营地，但是他们无从知晓他在森林中发生的本质的变化。
18.'If you hit that dog again, I' ll kill you, ' Thornton shouted.
“如果你再动那狗一下，我就宰了你，”桑顿怒喊着。
19.The club hit him again and again, but Buck felt almost nothing.
现在他看到那不堪重负的冰层就在面前。木棍劈头盖脸砸下来，而巴克却全无知觉。
20.'You know nothing about dogs, 'answered Hal.' Leave me alone Dogs are lazy, and you have to whip them.
“你懂什么，”哈尔回答，“别管我。狗都是犯懒的，你必须鞭打它们。
21.Everybody knows that. Ask those men if you don't believe me.'
这道理人人皆知，不信你问问那些人。”
22.'It's spring now. You won't have any more cold weather.'
“春天来了，天气不会再冷啦。”
22.They didn't know how to do it sensibly, and every time they put something on the sledge, Mercedes moved it.
他们不懂得如何把东西有条理地安置好。而且更糟的是，每一次刚把东西放到雪撬上，玛尔赛蒂就动手移开它。
23.It was heavy work; the sledge was loaded with letters for the gold miners of Dawson.
任重而道远，雪撬上载满了给道桑寻找金矿的人的信件。
24.Each day was the same. They started early, before it was light, and at night they stopped and camped and the dogs ate.
日复一日，他们披星戴月，起早贪黑。
25.All day he ran painfully, and when they camped for the night, he lay down like a dead dog.
一整天他都忍着痛苦奔跑，但当他们晚上安营休息时，他像死狗一样瘫在了地上。
26.And Buck knew that if he and Spitz fought, one of them would die.
巴克心中很清楚，两犬相争，必有一死。
27.There was heavy snow and it was very cold.
那里天寒地冻，积雪深厚。
28.There was no peace, no rest only continual noise and movement.
这里没有静谧，也没有休憩——只有无休止的喧嚣和来来往往。
6.Either to get the right to control, or to be dominated. Mercy is a manifestation of cowardice, and it does not exist
in the original life. Mercy will be misunderstood as fear, and when it is misunderstood it will lead to death.
要么取得支配权，要么被支配。仁慈是懦弱的表现，仁慈不存在于原始生活之中。仁慈会被误解为恐惧，一旦被误解就会导致死亡。
7.He did not do a good job in the preparation of the opponent before the impact of the shock, in the absence of a good defense before the attack.
他在没有做好迎接对手冲击之前的准备绝不先冲击，在没有做好防御前绝不先进攻。
8.These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs,with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.
这些男人想要一些狗，他们想要的这些狗要是重量级的，有着强壮的肌肉，能够做苦力，还有毛皮大衣可以保护它们免受寒冻。
9.Buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity. To be sure, it was an unwonted performance: but he had learned to trust in men he knew,and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own. But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger's hands, he growled menacingly. He had merely intimated his displeasure, in his pride believing that to intimate was to command. But to his surprise the rope tightened around his neck, shutting off his breath. In quick rage he
sprang at the man, who met him halfway, grappled him close by the throat, and with a deft twist threw him over on his back. Then the rope tightened mercilessly, while Buck struggled in a fury, his tongue lolling out of his mouth and his great chest panting futilely. Never in all his life had he been so vilely treated, and never in all his life had he been so angry. But his strength ebbed, his eyes glazed, and he knew nothing when the train was flagged and the two men threw him into the baggage car.
野性的呼唤英文读后感 篇一：野性的呼唤读后感英文 Alostworldoflife ——AboutTheCalloftheWild CouldyouremembertheexcerptofTheCalloftheWildinourExtensiveR eadingI?Couldyoustillremembertheplot?Doyouknowwherethecalli sfrom?That’stheverybeginningoftheCalloftheWild. Ichoosethisbookfortworeasons,thatthebeginningattractsmeandt hatIoncereadabookaboutwolffamilyofthreegenerations,whichisa ninterestingstoryaboutthenature. Abouttheauthor,JackLondon TheCalloftheWildisLondon’
smost-readbook,andgenerallyconsideredhisbest,themostmasterp ieceofhisso-called “earlyperiod”.Thestorywassetin19th-centuryKlondikeGoldRus h,inwhichsleddogswereboughtatgenerousprices. BuckwasadomesticdoginJudgeMiller’shomeandlivingacomfortablelifeuntilhewassoldsecretlybythepo orgardenerandbecameasleddog.BuckwasaBernarddogweighedonehun dredandfortypounds,tall,strong,andheavymuscled.Hecouldn’taccommodatetotheharshconditionatfirst.Andhewantedtofight,t oescape,togobacktohiscozyhome,butinvain. Themaninredtaughthimthelawofstickandclub—onemustfirstadjusthimselftohissurroundingsandlearntherules, andonlyafterthathecandowhathewantstodo.Theclubofthemaninred calledbackBuck’snatureasadog.
《荒野的呼唤》读后感范文300字 虽说我读的是《野性的呼唤》的英文版，可是从中还是让我懂得了许多的道理…… 《野性的呼唤》是作者杰克·伦敦于1903年发表的小说，小说讲的是一个名叫巴克的杂交狗，因那时的淘金热，所以从南方被卖到了北方去。巴克为了在北方严峻的环境下生存下去，经过几番周折成为了一条拉雪橇的苦役狗，一路上巴克换了几个主人，最后和桑顿结下了深厚的亲情和友情，后来巴克的主人桑顿被印第安人不幸射中胸部而死，从此巴克走向了荒野，到了最后巴克成为了狼群之首。 从巴克一路走来的过程中，让我们知道了：在自然环境下“只有适者，才能生存”的道理。让我们也知道，巴克是一个坚韧不拔，富有抗争精神，勇猛强壮，适应能力强，它对新生活的向往，富有人情的狗。也能从中感受到巴克与它最后一个主人的感情是超乎所有人与狗的情感。 《野性的呼唤》让我感受到了很多很多…… 单从名字来看，这就是一本充满原始野性的书。事实也的确如此。 这本书描述了一只在南方土生土长的家犬从温顺的宠物到凶猛的野兽的蜕变。 它叫巴克。
巴克是大法官米勒的狗，其它狗和它比起来都豪不起眼，由于当时有许多人去北方淘金，一只优秀的雪橇就显得尤为重要，于是它被工人曼纽尔偷偷卖掉了。 狗的祖先是狼，但到了巴克这一代，它们与生俱来的野性已经被温暖的炉火和上好的狗粮消磨掉了。 在冰天雪地的北方，它身上的野性在渐渐苏醒，巴克现在像足了一条爱斯基摩犬，也可以说像……像狼。 巴克是条十分优秀的领头犬，它几经易主，最后在死亡线上被一个叫桑顿的男人救了回来，这决定了巴克对他的忠诚。 它可以为了桑顿一个微不足道的指令义无反顾的跳下悬崖，也可以冒着生命危险救主，这使它名声大噪。 在一次意外中，桑顿和他的朋友被爱斯基摩人杀死，它得知后勃然大怒，追了几十公里，咬死了大多数爱斯基摩人。 它加入了狼群，成了头狼。也许，这对它而言，是最好的归宿。 这本书主要讲了一只狗――巴克从家犬到狼群首领的故事。巴克是一位磨坊主兼法官米勒先生的家犬，它的体重足有六十千克重，每天和米勒先生的孙子和孙女嬉戏玩耍。巴克的父亲是一只圣伯纳德狗，母亲是芬兰牧羊犬。巴克有它父亲的王者风度和高大身材，也有它母亲的细腻、机警，它让它无比骄傲。 一次，园丁助手把巴克领到火车站，结果被卖了，巴克斗不过陌生人，只好服从。后来，巴克又被一个人买走了，人家带它和其它狗的目的是要去淘金，巴克先学会了拉雪橇，后来又与一条狗决斗当
2010-2011学年度下学期四年级必读书目考级试题 班级姓名等级 一、填空 1、《野性的呼唤》这部作品的作者是，故事叙述一名叫的狗历经磨难，最终回到自然的野生环境的故事。 2、巴克的第一任主人是名叫的法官。 3、由于体力超群、机智勇敢，巴克最终打败成为狗群的领队狗。 4、巴克有一种造就伟大的品质是。 5、在艰辛的拉雪橇途中，主人几经调换，巴克与最后的一位主人结下了难分难舍的深情厚谊。 6、在桑顿和马修森的打赌中，巴克五分钟内拉动了磅的雪橇，为桑顿赢得了美元。 7、巴克在离开营地，在入海的河流里捕捉，在这里他还杀死了一头被蚊子盯瞎了眼睛的。 二、选择： 1、在登上迪亚海滩的第一天，（）几乎被众狗撕成了碎片而丧命。 A、弗朗索瓦 B、索尔雷克 C、柯莉 2、在狗队中是（）至死也不放弃职责，坚持拉雪橇，以至于被混血儿用左轮手枪打死。 A、巴克 B、德夫 C、派克 3、在塔基拿河口，一天晚饭后，达布发现了一只（） A、雪兔 B、灰兔 C、山猫 4、巴克杀死了（），为它最后一任主人报了仇，回归森林。 A、爱斯基摩人 B、印第安人 C、美国人 5、在贝利河口，一向不声不响的（）突然疯了。 A、多丽 B、斯比茨 C、库那
二、判断： 1、佩罗是一名淘金者。（） 2、一年秋天，在一处凶险的河道里，桑顿掉进了水里。（） 3、巴克的第三任主人是苏格兰混血儿。（） 4、巴克最喜欢躺在火堆旁边，后腿盘在身下，前腿朝前伸着仰着头，眼睛望着火苗梦幻般眨着。（） 5、巴克在山涧源头遇到的巨大的雄性麋鹿有九英尺高。。（） 三、问答题 通过阅读《野性的呼唤》，你对巴克有哪些了解，你的读书收获是什么？并说说你的感受！ 附加题：还读了哪些书？可以介绍一下书的主要内容或者书中最喜欢的人物吗？
1 J ack London was born in San Francisco on January 12, 1876, the illegitimate son of Flora Wellman, the rebellious daughter of an aristocratic family, and William Chaney, a traveling astrologer who abandoned Flora when she became pregnant. Eight months after her son was born, Flora married John London, a grocer and Civil War veteran whose last name the infant took. London grew up in Oakland, and his family was mired in poverty throughout his youth. He remained in school only through the eighth grade but was a voracious reader and a frequent visitor to the Oakland Public Library, where he went about edu-cating himself and laying the groundwork for his impending literary career. In his adolescent years, London led a rough life, spending time as a pirate in San Francisco Bay, traveling the Far East on sealing expeditions, and making his way across America as a tramp. Finally, temporarily tired of adventure, London returned to Oakland and graduated from high school. He was even admitted to the University of California at Berkeley, but he stayed only for a semester. The Klondike gold rush (in Canada’s Y ukon Territory) had begun, and in 1897 London left college to seek his fortune in the snowy North. The gold rush did not make London rich, but it furnished him with plenty of material for his career as a writer, which began in the late 1890s and continued until his death in 1916. He worked as a reporter, covering the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 and the Mexican Revolution in the 1910s; meanwhile, he published ov er fifty books and became, at the time, America’s most famous author. For a while, he was one of the most widely read authors in the world. He embodied, it was said, the spirit of the American West, and his portrayal of adventure and frontier life seemed like a breath of fresh air in comparison with nineteenth-century V ictorian fiction, which was often overly concerned with what had begun to seem like trivial and irrelevant social norms. The Call of the Wild, published in 1903, remains London’s most famous work, blending his experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness with his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence. He drew these ideas from various influential figures, including Charles Darwin, an English naturalist credited with -developing theories about biological evolution, and Friedrich Nietzsche, a prominent German philosopher. Although The Call of the Wild is first and foremost a story about a dog, it displays a -philosophical depth absent in most animal adventures. London was married twice—once in 1900, to his math tutor and friend Bess Maddern, and again in 1905, to his secretary Charmian Kittredge, whom he considered his true love. As his works soared in popularity, he became a contradictory figure, arguing for socialist principles and women’s rights even as he himself lived a materialist life of luxury, sailing the world in his boat, the Snark, and running a large ranch in northern California. Meanwhile, he preached -equality and the brotherhood of man, even as novels like The Call of the Wild celebrated violence, power, and brute force. London died young, on November 22, 1916. He had been plagued by stomach problems and failing kidneys for years, but many have suggested that his death was a suicide. Whatever the cause, it is clear that London, who played the various roles of journalist, novelist, prospector, sailor, pirate, husband, and father, lived life to the fullest. 1
A review of The Call of the Wild 《野性的呼唤》影评 The Call of the Wild,novel by Jack London, published serially by The Saturday Evening Post in 1903 andthen as a single-volume book by Macmillan & Co.thesame year. It is often considered to be his masterpiece and is the most widelyread of all his publications. Summary The story follows Buck— a mix of St. Bernard and Scotch collie—throughout hisjourney as a sled dog. Buck’s story begins at the house of Judge Miller inSanta Clara,California. Here, Buck is abeloved domesticated pet, living comfortably. However, after gold is discoveredin the Yukon territory of Canada,Buck is stolen by one of Miller’s gardeners as thedemand for sled dogs increases. The gardener sells Buck to dog traders andmakes a profit, and Buck is soon shipped north, abused and beaten as he goes.Along with a sweet, unassuming dog named Curly, Buck is sold to two governmentcouriers, Fran?ois and Perrault, who put
野性的呼唤英文读后感 篇一：野性的呼唤英文>读后感 At the beginning of this century, many new writers emerged with the introduction of many new ideas. Among them, Jack London was the most popular one. His most famous novel is the call of the wild . Although it is a story about a dog, Buck, it vividly depicts the life in the primitive North where people rushed for gold and fortune. Buck, used to belong to a judge, was kidnapped and sold to North. Then he became a member of a dog-team pulling a sled . In the days of pulling a snow-sled, he learned to conform to the law of nature and obey the master. Finally, he found a basic instinct hidden inside him, which enabled himself to survive the tough environment. This is the call of the wild. When you read the story, you will feel that Buck is a man instead of a dog, struggling with his fortune and conforming to the law of nature. Though short, it is really a thrilling story. What you never forget is the tough life in the nature, the brave and crafty dog. Maybe the wild is calling you to go ahead. While writing for only 16 years throughout his life, London produced an amazing body of work among which, White Fang, Martin Eden, the Valley of the Moon are representative. 篇二：野性的呼唤英文读后感 In the 19th century ,the west of America was under cultivation .Hundreds of adventurers were moving to the west .At the same time ,it was said that gold had been found in large quantity in Northern California ,so thousands of people went to the west for gold .There were so many people ,but in the freezing cold North ,transportation was the biggest problem .At such situation ,dogs and sleds was the best choice ,so in the North ,dogs and sleds was the main transport tools then .Of course ,millions of dogs were needed urgently ,from then on ,there were plenty of dogs like Buck began their unfortunate difficult journey life. The author Jack London was one of the members who went to the North for gold ,he went through the hardships of the journey himself ,witnessed the cruel and miserable life of dogs .According to his this experience ,the story of buck
野性的呼唤英文阅读报告 A Report on 《The call of the wild 》 Introduction At the beginning of this century, many new writers emerged with the introduction of many new ideas. Jack London stories successfully reflect the contradictory views of man’s nature and destiny in and against the wild, and his "fight to survive" notion has gained him and his works timeless popularity, particularly, the Call of the Wild His most famous novel is the call of the wild . Although it is a story about a dog, Buck, it vividly depicts the life in the primitive North where people rushed for gold and fortune. Buck, used to belong to a judge, was kidnapped and sold to North. Then he became a member of a dog-team pulling a sled (雪橇). In the days of pulling a snow-sled, he learned to conform to the law of nature and obey the master. Finally, he found a basic instinct hidden inside him, which enabled himself to survive the tough environment. This is the call of the wild. Brief introduction
Study on the Causes of Buck’s Returning the Wild 摘要：本文运用马克思主义辩证关系原理，科学地探索了巴克回归自然的内因和外因，并对人类进行了深刻的反思。淘金热是巴克转变的一个间接原因，也是一个大背景。巴克凭着先天优势在残酷的不断变化的环境中，学得了重要的生存法则，即“适者生存”。由此发现，虽然外部环境在不断变化，但巴克凭着自己的能力掌握规律，以另一种方式生存。这表明外因在一定程度上影响了事物的发展，而事物的发展是由内因决定的。 关键字：内因;外因；生存法则；适应能力。 Abstract: On the basis of Marxist dialectic, this passage makes a study on the internal and external causes of buck’s returning to the wild, and makes a reflection of human beings as well. Prevailing phenomenon of seeking gold is an indirect cause as well as a big backdrop of the time. Buck, learning against his superior advantages, learned a critical law of existence, that is, survival of the fittest. In this sense, in spite of the various environments, Buck mastered the law against his own adaptability and led a different way of life. That indicates the external causes have an effect on the development of things, while it is the internal cause that decides the final implementation of things. Key words: external causes; internal causes; law of existence; adaptability 1.Introduction: The call of the wild, one of the representative works, written by Jack London, reveal many realities and truths that deserve ponder and study. On the ground of Marxist dialectic, we choose to the causes, internal and external, that push Buck to return to the wild. Any implementation of phenomenon is formed by the combined effect of internal and external causes, thus, to know the process and results of development in things, finding out the reasons is necessary. At the same time, thoughts should not be confined in things themselves, but touch the lessons and experience hiding in the development of things, that is, in the call of the wild, we should see the illumination from Buck’s shift of life, and make self-reflection. In this sense, reflection on human beings being the third part of this passage, apart from external causes and internal causes. 2.External Causes 2.1 The Found of Yellow Metal It is a direct reason that leads to Buck′s hardship. It is the found of gold that increase the demand for dogs of strong muscle and long hair, which can according make them pull sled protect them from frost. Also it is the found that offers Manuel, one of the gardener′s helpers an opportunity to reduce his debt, that is to sell Buck. Buck was betrayed and forced to begin his shift of life. 2.2.The Big Contrast in Living Conditions Buck had lived the sun-kissed santé clara valley，where was beautiful and peaceful. “It stood back from the road, half-hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be caught of the wide cool veranda that ran round its four sides. The house was approached by graveled drive ways which wound about through wide spreading lawns and under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars. At
The Call of the Wild 野性的呼唤 1 To the north Buck did not read the newspapers． He did not know that trouble was coming for every big dog in California． Men had found gold in the Yukon， and these men wanted big， strong dogs to work in the cold and snow of the north． Buck lived in Mr Miller's big house in the sunny Santa Clara valley There were large gardens and fields of fruit trees around the house， and a river nearby． In a big place like this，of course， there were many dogs There were house dogs and farm dogs， but they were not important．Buck was chief dog；he was born here， and this was his place ．He was four years old and weighed sixty kilos ．He went swimming with Mr Miller's sons，and walking with his daughters ．He carried the grandchildren on his back， and he sat at Mr Miller's feet in front of the fire in winter． But this was 1897， and Buck did not know that men and dogs were hurrying to north-west Canada to look for gold．And he did not know that Manuel， one of Mr Miller's garden－ers， needed money for his large family． One day，when Mr Miller was out， Manuel and Buck left the garden together．It was just an evening walk， Buck thought．No one saw them go， and only one man saw them arrive at the railway station．This man talked to Manuel， and gave him some money ．Then he tied a piece of rope around Buck's neck． Buck growled， and was surprised when the rope was pulled hard around his neck．He jumped at the man．The man caught him and suddenly Buck was on his back with his tongue out of his mouth． For a few moments he was unable to move， and it was easy for the two men to put him into the train． When Buck woke up， the train was still moving． The man was sitting and watching him， but Buck was too quick for him and he bit the man's hand hard．Then the rope was pulled again and Buck had to let go． That evening， the man took Buck to the back room of a bar in San Francisco． The barman looked at the man's hand and trousers covered in blood． ‘How much are they paying you for this？’he asked． ‘I only get fifty dollars．’ ‘And the man who stole him—how much did he get？’ asked the barman． 第 1 页 共 42 页
野性的呼唤读后感英文 野性的呼唤读后感英文 In the 19th century ,the west of America was under cultivation .Hundreds of adventurers were moving to the west .At the same time ,it was said that gold had been found in large quantity in Northern California ,so thousands of people went to the west for gold .There were so many people ,but in the freezing cold North ,transportation was the biggest problem .At such situation ,dogs and sleds was the best choice ,so in the North ,dogs and sleds was the main transport tools then .Of course ,millions of dogs were needed urgently ,from then on ,there were plenty of dogs like Buck began their unfortunate difficult journey life. The author Jack London was one of the members who went to the North for gold ,he went through the hardships of the journey himself ,witnessed the cruel and miserable life of dogs .According to his this experience ,the story of buck came into being. Main idea of the story There was a dog named Buck ,who lived a comfortable
Chapter 7: The Sounding of the Call Summary John Thornton pays off his debts with money he earns from the bet, and he sets off to the east to find a fabled lost mine that is supposed to make a man rich. Together with his other dogs and his friends Pete and Hans, he and Buck wander in the wilderness, hunting and fishing and living off the land, until they reach a shallow place in a valley full of gold. The men earn thousands of dollars a day panning for gold, and the dogs have nothing to do. Buck begins to feel wild yearnings. One night, he springs up from sleep with a start, hearing a call from the forest. He dashes through the woods and finds a timber wolf, one-third his size. Buck begins to circle the wolf and make friendly advances, but the wolf is afraid. Finally, the two show their friendship by sniffing noses, and the wolf leads Buck away through the forest. They stop to drink, and Buck remembers John Thornton. The wolf encourages him to keep following, but Buck starts back toward the camp. When he arrives, Thornton is eating dinner, and Buck showers him with affection. For two days, he never allows Thornton out of his sight. Then, he hears the call more loudly than ever and is haunted by recollections of his wild friend. He begins to stay away from the camp for days at a time, hunting his own food. Buck has two identities at this point: one as sled dog in Thornton’s camp, another as wild hunter in the forest. He kills a bear and fishes for salmon the river; when the moose come in the fall, Buck hunts them eagerly. He cuts a bull away from the pack to kill him and finally brings him down after four days. Then he heads back to the camp. On the way, he feels a strange stirring in the wilderness, of something new abroad, and he feels a premonition of calami ty. His feeling is proven correct when he finds Thornton’s dog Nig and one of the dogs bought in Dawson, both dying on the trail. As he approaches the camp, he sees Hans lying facedown, arrows covering him. He peers out to where the lodge had been and sees Yeehat Indians dancing in the wreckage. Buck charges, cutting their throats with his fangs and killing several of them. The Indians scatter, and Buck finds the rest of his camp, including Thornton, dead. Buck mourns his dead master but feels pride at having killed the Yeehats. Henceforth, he will not fear men unless they carry weapons. He hears the call of the wolf again. His ties to Thornton broken by death, he heads off to follow it. He finds the pack, and one wolf lunges for his throat, but he breaks its neck easily. Three others try but pull back. After half an hour they all draw back, and one of them approaches Buck in a friendly manner. Buck recognizes him to be the wolf he encountered in the woods. Buck joins the wolf pack, and the Yeehats notice a difference in the local breed of timber wolves as years pass. They also tell of a Ghost Dog that runs at the front of the pack, singing songs and leaping above his fellows. They tell of a haunted valley—where Thornton lies dead—where an evil spirit dwells, and where, every year, Buck comes and mourns for a time beside the stream before loping away to rejoin the pack.