The Call of the Wild英文读后感

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The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild written by Jack London is the most wonderful novel I had ever read. This is also the first English novel of original work I had ever finished reading. It attracts me so much that I finished reading by one whole day. I was so absorbing in it that I even forget all the things which had troubled me those days. I can see the picture in the novel, I think I even can imagine the look of Buck, even every details on his face.

The Call of the Wild published in 1903, and became the best seller during that time. Its background is the unexplored north areas of America and the Klondike strikes which dragged men from all the world into the frozen North to look for gold. These men wanted heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil and fury coats to protect them from the frost. Buck was a victim during this gold rush, and he was sold to the dog dealers by Manuel, a gardener’s helper who is also a confirmed gambler. Buck used to live a happy life in Judge Miller’s place where he gained respect from all creeping, crawling things, humans included. However the long struggle journey, Buck was handed over a man in the red sweater. During his life in there, he learned the law of the club and fang and, which made him avoid many troubles. Then he was sold to the next tormentors or the masters—two Canada government mails deliveries and went to the frozen north and became a sled dog. Under the rugged environment, Buck learned many survival skills, such as how to sled, how to sleep at night with warmness, how to steal food without starvation. Buck learned the law of jungle and survival of the fittest. He fight with the ferocious lead dog—Spitz, and replaced his place by his wits and strength, and soon became a famous leader dog. After this delivery, Buck’s team were sold to three stupid and stubborn gold diggers from south who did not know how to control the dogs and continued to oppressing the dog which leaded some dogs’ death. Fortunately, Buck came across Thornton, another gold digger, who saved the dying Buck’s life from these three gold diggers. However, other dogs and their masters all died by dropping in the cold river while ignoring Thornton’s warning. Thornton loved Buck, and so did him. Buck felt a kind a happiness he never felt before even in Judge Miller’s place. During Thornton’s toil, Buck saved his life twice and once won his wager, and they became unbreakable friends. There was a call from the forest that attracted Buck so much that awaked his primitive wildness. While once during his hunting for a moose for four days, Thornton and his friends were killed by the Indians. Buck was so angry that killed some Indians for revenge. Finally he came back the forest and became a leader wolf, but he would go to cave and mourn his friend Thornton every year.

Buck’s change from “humanity” to “wildness” was the result of a series of different grown experiences and the physical and mental adjustments to the environment. His successful change was because he was smart, perseverance, studious, ambitious and had a brief of never being defeated. He reached what he wanted with continuous and wisdom struggles.

The novel also shows the author’s attitude towards the human civilization and his Darwinian theory which reveals the cruel oppression and exploit of capitalism. In capitalist society, no matter men or animals, they all have to keep continuous fights to

survival, and the weaker will be eliminated and the winner can stay for the next competition. Through this novel, we can see the controversial thoughts in author’s minds that are the fight between the human civilization and the wildness, the primitiveness, but finally, the wildness won, as Buck echoed the call of the nature and came back the life of his ancestors.


第二篇:The call of the wild读后感


《The Call Of The Wild》

21 Diary

The call of the wild is a famous novel written by Jack London, an American author who lived from 1876 to 1916.He also wrote《White Fang》and《The Sea Wolf》.This story is about Buck, a heroic, worthy, Ghost Dog. Buck, the main character, is the son of a Saint Bernard and a Scotch Shepherd dog, because of this, he has the appearance of an extraordinary large dog that looks similar to a wolf.

At the very beginning, Buck had a very comfortable life in California with his master Judge Miller. He had everything, enough food, tasty water, kind friends. But Buck can’t read newspaper, he didn’t 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 north. Then his cruel life began with a terrible abduction.

After several days, he was in the north.

His work was to pull sleds with other dogs, there was no piece, no rest—only continual noise and movement, that, was not easy. He knew the law of club and tooth. He saw the dogs dying, fought against evil dogs, scavenged for food, adapted himself to the coldness and engaged in power struggle with other dogs for the lead position in the sled team. He quickly made his owner knew that Buck was a real fighter, his enemy fought like a wolf, and he fought like ten wolves. He became the leader. They pulled in their harness very hard, started in the morning before it was bright and stopped in the evening after dark.

After he was beaten badly by another stupid owner, a man saved his life from the club, he was John Thornton. There was a peaceful, lazy time for both man and dogs. For the first time in his life, he got the love from a man, and for the first time, he learned to love, heartily. He loved John Thornton not only because he saved his life, but also because he was a very kind man who was naturally good to animals, took good care of his dogs just as they were his

children, or his friends. Buck had saved the man’s life twice and made fourteen hundred dollars for him in five minutes.

But something was changing in Buck, his dreams were filled with other animals—dogs, half-wolves, and wild wolves. They seemed to call him into the forest, sometimes Buck wanted to leave the fire and answer the call. But every time he went into the trees, his love for Thornton brought him back. It was only Thornton who stopped him going into the forest.

But one day, the only tie with men broke up, Thornton was killed by Yeehats. Buck went into a beastly mad and killed several members of the native tribe. With the respect and appreciation to Thornton, Buck went back to the wildness, and became a member of them.

I was deeply moved by it. It shows how an obedient dog turned to a wild beast. Animals and people can have the relationship of friends, just like Buck and John Thornton; animals and people can have love between each other, just like my “Shift” and me; animals and people can trust each other, can help each other; can live with each other……

With this love, we can, have a better life!

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