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 agains t 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
About the author, Jack London (Jan 12, 1876—Nov 22, 1916)
Jack London (1876-1916) is an American worldwide renowned novelist, journalist and social activist. His representative works include the Call of the Wild, Martin Eden, Son of the Wolf, White Fang, etc.
He is said to be a natural child. In 1889, he began working 12 to 18 hours for a day at Hickmott’s Cannery. In 1894, he spent 30 days for vagrancy in the Erie County Penitentiary at Buffalo. After many experiences as a hobo and a sailor, he returned to Oakland and attended Oakland High School. He contributed a number of articles to the high school's magazine. His first published work was an account of his sailing experiences.
His novels successfully reflect the contradictory views of man’s nat ure and destiny in and against the wild.
The Call of the Wild (1903)
The Call of the Wild is London’s most-read book, and generally considered his best, the most masterpiece of his so-called “early period”. The story was set in 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush, in which sled dogs were bought at generous prices.
Buck was a domestic dog in Judge Miller’s home and living a comfortable life until he was sold secretly by the poor gardener and became a sled dog. Buck was a Bernard dog weighed one hundred and forty pounds, tall, strong, and heavy muscled. He couldn’t accommodate to the harsh condition at first. And he wanted to fight, to escape, to go back to his cozy home, but in vain.
The man in red taught him the law of stick and club—one must first adjust himself to his surroundings and learn the rules, and only after that he can do what he wants to do. The club of the man in red called back Buck’s nature as a dog.
When he firstly served for Fran?ois and Perrault, two couriers, he showed his superior ability to adapt to the environment and his smartness to learn everything he wanted to learn. Curly’s death astonished him and taught him to be cautious. And before he had recovered from the shock caused by the tragic passing of Curly, he was harnessed as a sled dog and step by step wanted to be the leader. But the leading dog, Spitz, was already an excellent one, who also considered Buck as enemy and potential competitor. At last, when Spitz once punished him, hurling backward Buck, he knew the time had come. He killed Spitz and took his place.
When they pulled into Dawson, Buck was sold as useless thing to three gold diggers, who weren’t veteran in sledding and even didn’t know how to get to their destination. Food was eaten up half way. So Charles, one of the three, decided to kill Buck when he couldn’t get up. However, when he aimed at Buck, John Thornton sprang upon him, knocked him down and told him that if Charles stroke Buck, Thornton would kill him.
Thus, Thornton took Buck away. He was the only true friend of Buck. But Buck was a thing of the wild, especially when the calling of wolf from the hills. Once when
he came back from hills, he found that Thornton was killed by Indians. Buck became a nut and killed those headsmen and stayed with Thornton for two days and nights, never leaving Thornton out of his sight. And then a nearby wolf howl captures his ears, and he follows the sound to an approaching wolf pack, battling several of these creatures to prove his worth.
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.
My understanding
Buck He sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack." (Chapter VII The Sounding of the Wild) When the last sentence vanished from my eyes, I can still perceive an echo of a song - a wild song, which knocks up my dizzy mind that always cheerfully sink into the so-called civilized world without questioning. Wild, is no longer a symbol of the law of jungle but a headspring where streams out love, passion, bravery, loyalty, friendship, venture, competition and tolerance all these virtues can easily be found in the Call of the Wild.
is a cruel, cunning and intelligent image in the Call of the Wild. He killed Spitz to take the leadership, learned apace to sleep under snow and learned fast to steal food without being punished. But in my opinion, Buck in the wild, just as a man in the society, must do what he had done for survival. Jack London compared human to Buck and told us that we must adapt ourselves to the society——learning the rules, learning the necessary kno wledge and keeping forging ahead, otherwise we’ll lag behind and be obsolete. That is the life.
The Call of the Wild conjures up a lost world, filled with people and place names that were so common at the turn of the twentieth century, but which have since faded away into history, lost and forgotten. It is by reading Buck's story that one can once more remember life as it was, digging up this hidden wealth from deep caves of time.
However, who can fully guarantee that we have not overlooked some essential wild-endowed virtues? Especially, nowadays, it seems more crucial for us to stop looking at the post-industrialized world and to ponder for a while. When cheats, betrayals, lies, lusts and crimes stuff a materialized society, whether London uses this novel to help himself escape the reality or warn the earthy people, to us, modern man, is all the same. One day when I happen to stand on the top of a grand mountain to observe a boundless prairie enveloped by the sapphire firmament and combed by gusts of the rhythmical west wind, a morning sun sprinkles me her warmth and brilliance in a graceful way, however, at that moment, I am afraid that I cannot appreciate these beauties, I am a lost " civilized man" then.
Summary
All in all, the call of the wild is really a masterpiece. He sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack." 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.
At last, i want to say "Please, please do not let come true while we are still able to answer the call of the wild."
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
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
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
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.
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
《野性的呼唤》读后感 布克原来住在位于圣克拉拉山谷的一个漂亮的庄园里，他是米勒法官家的一条狼犬。他的父亲是一条体格魁梧圣伯纳狗，母亲是苏格兰牧羊犬，只有一百四十磅的体重，但她又受父亲的影响，仪表堂堂。他这种优良的血统和矫健的体格以及庄园里普遍的尊重而产生的威严，使他具有了贵族的气质。他不免有些自命不凡，常常得意洋洋的把整个庄园都放在他的管辖范围内。 布克在法官家时，有时和法官的儿子们一起扎进游泳池里陪他们一块游泳，或出去打猎；有时以白马王子的身份陪伴着法官的女儿散步；有时就像老朋友一样，伏在布克脚边，陪着法官看书。。。 然而幸福的时光总是短暂的，由于柯勒大克发现金矿，冰天雪地的北极成为人们向往之地，法官庄园里的园丁助手莫纽尔借此机会把布克带走了，从此他离开了自己安静富贵的生活。 布克在红色衬衫男人那儿第一次尝到棒子的滋味，他明白面对拿着棒子的人，他是根本没有胜利的机会的。布克学到这个教训后，一生都没有忘记，也不敢忘记。终于他重新有了主人巴罗特和法兰夏，有了新的朋友笑里藏刀，虚伪阴险的史皮兹，气质忧郁，乖僻，喜欢独来独往的德夫。当他亲眼见到和他一路的朋友柯利被爱斯基摩犬撕咬直至剩下一堆碎片，他领悟到了这里的世界就是这样，没有什么公平不公平。当柯利的死亡还笼罩着不布克时，另一个重大的打击又降临了。他被像马一样赶去干活，他的自尊心受到极大的
打击，他明白现在还不是反抗的时候，他以惊人的速度去学习，了解现在的工作，生活，很快，他便适应了这里的一切。后来法兰夏又带来两条狗，一个叫比利，另一个叫乔依。比利温柔善良，乔依乖离又暴躁，再后来，又加入一条叫索洛克司的狗，他身体瘦长，面容憔悴，脸上布满战斗的伤痕，只剩下了一只眼睛，他很冷酷很无情。 渐渐的，布克内心涌泄出一种原始野兽的统治欲望，以布克孤傲的性格，使他不甘心在奸诈无理的史皮兹的领导之下。终于，一场恶战爆发了，起因是史皮兹占领了布克的窝。一群饿昏的爱斯基摩犬突然来袭，混乱的场面连法兰夏和巴罗特都控制不了，布克也加入到战争中，曾经亲眼见到柯利死亡的布克尽管身上有多处伤痕，仍旧奋战不止，史皮兹也乘机偷袭布克，狗队就这样被冲散了，知道黎明才被全部找回，这段时间是他们度过的最艰险的日子，他们个个遍体鳞伤，还要度过一条宽达三十公里的河，河水的许多地方还未结冰，这给他们的行程增加了更大的困难，他们未到达道生就出现了混乱，一场生死搏斗，布克VS史皮兹，战胜了史皮兹的布 克取代他当上了这支队伍的首领。 不久，不幸的事又发生了，法兰夏被降职了，他们沦为给淘金者送信函的人，信函很多，他们必须马不停蹄的跑才能准时到达目的地。为了不耽误行程，又加入了两个同伴迪克和库纳。在新首领的带领下，他们又开始了新的旅程。这是一场持久战，这些拖雪橇的狗，因为长时间过度劳累又得不到休息，一个个变得脾气时分暴
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