高三英语二轮复习英文名著阅读欣赏Thecallofthewild教学课件.ppt
The Call of the Wild-Jack London fight to survive,Outline,Introduction to Jack London,Background knowledge,Main plots,Characters analysis,Theme,Writing skills,In1876,born Be deserted by his father In1890,dropped out school At the age of 17,ventured to sea In 1897,searched for gold In 1900,published his first collection of short stories In 1902,went to England At the age of 40,died,Introduction to Jack London(1876-1916),Introduction to Jack London(1876-1916),A prolific writer A committed socialist A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction One of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing The most successful writer in America in the early 20th Century,Introduction to Jack London(1876-1916),Introduction to Jack London(1876-1916),Introduction to Jack London(1876-1916),Writing style:Naturalistic(生死攸关的环境)Exciting,often violent and brutal,Friedrich Nietzsche Transcendentalism Darwins theory of evolution,Background knowledge,A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold.In the 19th century,in Australia,Brazil,Canada,South Africa,and the United States A free for all in income mobility Immigrant cluture and problems,Klondike Gold Rush:One of the last great gold rushes in Canadas Yukon Territory(1898)Helped open up the relatively new US possession of Alaska to exploration and settlement,Background knowledge,Buck Curly/Billie/Nig/Skeet Dave/Sol-lecks Pike/Dub/Joe Spitz,Manuel Red sweater Perrault/Francois Hal/Charles/Mercedes John Thornton Yeehats,The Characters list,Main plot:Into the primitive,A comfortable life be kidnapped a rough journey be beaten by the man in a red sweater be bought by Perrault and Francois,Lesson:He stood no chance against a man with a club.,Main plot:The law of club and fang,Curly dies learns to be a sled dog(sleep,eat)be attacked by a pack of Huskies hurts badly Dolly goes mad,Lesson:1)You cant go down in a fight.2)No fair play.Once down,that was the end of you.,Main plot:Leadership,Undermines Spitzs leadership fights against Spitz takes Spitzs position forces Perrault to admit,The Bitter hatred between them:Stealed Bucks food Curly died（幸灾乐祸）Occupied Bucks nest Be attacked by a pack of Huskies,Spitz sneaked up on Buck,Main plot:The toil of trace and trail,A record run,Skaguay be sold to a Scotch a heavy load Dave is badly ill but refuses to relax,and dies back to Skaguay exhausted,Be sold to Hal,Charles,Mercedesbe lack of food members die refuses to move falls through the ice,Main plot:The love of a man and the sounding of the call,Be nursed be loved and loves rescues Thorton searches for a legendary gold mine feels wild urges corners a moose kills a group of Yeehat Indiansbecomes the fabled Ghost Dog,Attacks a man Saves Thortons life Wins the bet,Invincible rebellious 坚韧不拔，富有抗争精神,Reacting to the kidnap Competing with the Red Sweater Taking a fight for leadership with Spitz Making disagreement with Hal,Main characters analysis-Buck,As though from a great distance,he was aware that he was being beaten.The last sensations of pain left him.He no longer felt anything,though very faintly he could hear the impact of the club upon his body.But it was no longer his body,it seemed so far away,Main characters analysis-Buck,To know precisely whom or what to love or hate;loyal 爱憎分明，忠诚爱主,Main characters analysis-Buck,Even in the night,in his dreams,he was haunted by this fear.At such times he would shake off sleep and creep through the chill to the flap of the tent,where he would stand and listen to the sound of his masters breathing.,Main characters analysis-Hal,Ambitious,but incompetent and lazy,cruel,They told us up above that the bottom was dropping out of the trail and that the best thing for us to do was to lay overHe exchanged the whip for the customary club.Buck refused to move under the rain of heavier blows which now fell upon him.,the most admirable,kind but full of uncompromising strength,the ideal master,dog-like nature,Main characters analysis-John Thornton,John Thornton stood over Buck,struggling to control himself,too convulsed with rage to speak.If you strike that dog again,Ill kill you,he at last managed to say in a choking voice,Theme,Naturalism(物竞天择，适者生存),缺少这种适应性将意昧着快速和可怕的死亡。这也进一步表明了：它那生来就有的、自然的、本质上的道义，那种徒有虚名但却妨碍事情的东西，在残酷的生存斗争中正一点一点地消失。这东西在南方，在爱和友谊的法律下，要赢得别人的好感和尊敬是足够了。但是在这里，在北方，在大棒和狗牙的法律下，不管是谁，要是把这些东西也当回事，那它就是个傻瓜。就它目前所观察到的，再那样去做，它就不能生存，更谈不上成功。,Heredity and Environment,Theme,LoveBucks love to John Thornton is deep and crazy.He was willing to do everything for his master,even killed people.Though his master had dead,he still came back to the place where John Thornton was killed,to mourn for him every summer.,Theme,The appreciation of hard workThough pulling the sledge is a hard task,Dave and Sol-lecks like the job and even be proud of it.Even when Dave was badly ill,he preferes to continue to work rather than be replaced by other dogs.,Theme,The interest to adventure The Membership of the Individual in the Group The Laws of Civilization and of Wilderness,?,?,?,What is the“law of club and fang”?,Discuss the influence of Charles Darwins and Friedrich Nietzsches theories on The Call of the Wild.,Writing skill-Symbol,Curlys Death Bucks Traces Bucks First Beatings with the Club Mercedes Possessions Bucks Attack on the Yeehats,Writing skill-Symbol,Undreamed of!cried Mercedes,throwing up her hands in dainty dismay.“However in the world could I manage without a tent?,Material possessions,mercy and consumerism have no place in the wild.,Leads to her death,Thank you very much,
