The book review of the call of the wild

The book review of The Call of The Wild The author of the call of the wild is Jack London. He was born Jan 12, 1876, died Nov 22, 1916. He was the most successful realist writer in American in the early 20th century. His best short stories including the call of the wild,white fang, the sea-wolf, to build a fire and so on. He experimented with many literary forms, from conventional love stories and dystopias to science fantasy. As a committed socialist, he insisted against editorial pressures to write political essays and insert social criticism in his fiction. London great passion was agriculture and he was well on the way of creating a new model for ranching through his beauty ranch when he died of kidney disease at age 40, he left over fifty books of novels, stories, journalism and essays , many of which have even translated and continue to be read around the world.

The main idea of this novel is about a dog named Buck. He is ripped from his pampered surroundings and shipped to Alaska to be a sled dog. He is a courageous dog fighting for survival in the Alaskan wilderness, and emerge his primitive wolf like nature beings. Savage struggles and timeless binds between man, dog and wildness are played to their heartrending extremes, as Buck undertakes a mystic journey that transforms him into the legendary ‘ghost dog’ of the Klondike.

The book sets in the gold rush in Alaskan.

The writing style of this book is realism. We cab see the character trait of Buck from the book. At the beginning of the, the author refers that Buck has the quality of wolf, firm and tenacious, fill with the strong spirits of again sting. Besides, the cruel reality, Buck is bold and powerful, insidious, but he feels grateful for his benefactor. It shoes many kinds of contradiction of life form his action.

Je novel also reflect different philosophical thinking. The first is the socialist

theory of Marx. Buck wad treated with great cruelty by his master using club. The club symbolizes the social right institution. The proletariat suffer ruthless exploitation and heavy oppression, but any resistance would meet with ruthless suppress. Facing such dreadful circumstance, they can’t do nothing like the Buck in the book. The second is the Darwin’s theory of evolution. For example, we can know it from his ability of adjusting to the unfamiliar environment.

The theme of this novel is that by the author describing the Buck’s experience of life expose the idea of returning to nature, the principle of fittest survival and the reality of the social life at that time, the spirits of again sting and humanitarian. It reflects the liveliness of animals, the relationship between the animals and human beings, the social dark and the complication of humanity.

The language of this book is very elegant and leaves a favorable impression on me. The writer describes a large portion for the wildness of snow. It’s the figure speech of symbol. The wildness symbolizes the holy and justice. It neither helps nor prevent to the human beings’ adventure. However if someone violate the natural law, he or she will receive the severe punishment. This also implies the author’s ideal that is eager for the justice and equality.

The novel tells us that we should learn to tap our existing potential and survive with indomitable will under the wretched conditions, if we want to success. We couldn’t fear the competition. On the contrary, we should overcome our shortcomings and give play to strong points with the indomitable will.