Unit 1 The written world Self-assessment 课件（28张PPT）

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The Call of the Wild
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Thus, as token of what a puppet thing life is, the ancient song surged through him and he came into his own again.
于是，生命是个任人摆布的傀儡，古老的歌曲在他心中回荡，他重新找回了自我。
about the author
life experiences
main works
writer style
Jack ·London
in 1890
child laborer in a cannery
finished high school
in 1897
His years in the Klondike searching for gold left their marks in his best short stories.
Main works of Jack London
The Call of the Wild
In 1903 he wrote “The Call of the Wild”, an all-time best seller. This book made him immediately popular, and his name was soon known all over the county
The most important artistic technique is symbolism
（象征）
Writing Style
In the shaping of buck's image, human nature and dog nature are unified. Buck's humanity lies in the dog's nature, and the dog's nature embodies the human nature. Buck was a dog and a man in a human society. The author used this kind of writing styles to reveal the nature of the real American society at that time.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.
人即是狗，狗即是人
A Brief Introduction
The dog, named Buck, who is from a rich and comfortable home and forced to learn to as an Alaskan sled dog. In the days of pulling a snow-sled, he learned to to the law of nature and the master. Finally, he found a basic hidden inside him, which enabled himself to survive the . This is the of the wild.
stolen
survive
conform
obey
instinct
tough
environment
call
Read the novel and focus on the underlined sentences try to figur out Buck's psychological activities.
1. Buck live in Mr Miller's big house .There were large gradens and fields of fruit trees around the house
2. Buck jumped at the man, sixty kilos of anger, his mouth wide open to bite the man's neck
3. Buck had learnt that a man with a club was stronger than him
comfortable
angry
compliant
intelligent
4. Buck chose a place ,dug himself a hole and in a minute he was warm and asleep and learnt how to live in the north quickly
6. Buck jumped in immediately and swam three hundred metres until he reached Thornton
5. The first night in camp Buck fought Joe, another difficult dog, and after that there were no more problems with him . the team started to pull together, and to move faster and faster
7. Buck swam as hard as he could to the bank
brave
loyal
excellent
persistent 坚持的
Buck’s life has gone through four important periods , please read the novel again and find out the key sentence to describe the state of his life
an overall introduction of Buck
acting as a house dog of Judge Miller
Everything seemed to be sweet at that time
acting as a sledge dog
the inner nature of wild was woke up the first time he touched the northern world
happy life with John Thornton
Buck showed his burning love to Thornton
returning to the wild
he runs at the head of the wolf pack through the moonlight, calling into the night with them
futher understanding
1.What’s the introduction into the world
of primitive law?
2.What lessons did he learn to help him survive?.
He learned how to dig a hole in the snow to
keep warm while sleeping, how to behave
while pulling the sled and how to steal
food without being caught to avoid hunger.
3.Why did Buck love his master so much?
Because Thornton understand and loved him.
4.What changed in Buck after John Thornton
died?
Buck no longer felt the need to stay in
civilized society as Thornton was dead.
He was free to become wild.
According to what we have discussed , can you use some words to describe Buck’s character ?
persistent
strong-minded
strong
optimistic
brave
confident
positive
determined
The Buck's character
Any opinion is appreciated.
Which characters do you most like ,or dislike,in the story ？write a few sentences to describe this character
Living?in?the?dog?team,?Buck?did?not?want?to?be?patient?for?a?long?time?under?another?man?s?domination.?When?he?was?beat?by?the?man?in?red,?he?already?realized?the?importance?of?power.?Since?then,?he?never?forgot?the?desire?to?win?the?leadership?of?Spitz.?After?full?deliberation?and?preparation,?he?killed?Spitz?in?the?battle,?and?finally?captured?the?leader?position”?

we would in face of many difficulties and obstacles on the road of life even death straggle, but we can’t sit still and we have to choose to fight for live. No matter how terrible situation we face, we should have the spirit of persistence and never give up.
The Survival of the Fittest
----The Call of the Wild