The Call of the Wild is one of the masterpieces of the great American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the treacherous, frigid Yukon during the days of the 19th century Klondike Gold Rushes. Principles of survival are frequently illustrated in The Call of Wild. Jack London, who was regarded as one of the greatest naturalist novelists in late 19th and early 20th century, expressed his philosophy of naturalism in The Call of the Wild. This thesis attempts to explore Darwin’s theory of “the big fish eat up the small, the fittest survive.” in The Call of the Wild by analyzing the writing background, the characterization of Buck’s attitude and London’s philosophy of naturalism, and to find out the influence of adaptation of the principles and methods of natural science, especially Darwinian view of natural on......
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