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    第 4卷 第 6期 2006年 12月 红河学院学报 Jouna l ofH onghe University Vo.l 4 No 6 . Dec 2006 . The D esire for H um an ity in The Ca ll of the Wild LIU F u- qin * ( Fore ign Language D epart en‚t H onghe university M engzi 661100‚ China) m ‚ Abstr ac t The Ca ll of theW ild is one of the masterpieces of Jack London. The hero Buck is a dog This artic le a i s at an ex2 : ‚ ‚ . m p lorattion of the desire for hum an ity in the novel through Buck. s return ing to the w ild It analyzes the wr iting

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    Call Of The Wild Response

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    Mystic journey to the wildness ------ Book report of The call of the wild T he call of the wild is‚ Jack London’s classic 1903 story of Buck‚ a courageous dog fighting for survival in the Alaskan wilderness‚ is widely considered to be his masterpiece. Sometimes wrongly considered simply a children’s novel‚ this epic vividly evokes the harsh and frozen Yukon during the Gold Rush. As Buck is ripped from his pampered surroundings and shipped to Alaska to be a sled dog‚ his primitive‚ wolflike

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    Perseverance Through The Idea of Possible Death The idea of possible death of family or friends can make your world come crashing down right before your eyes. In “The Call Of The Wild”‚ Buck’s life has changed and he now fears for the life of himself and his friends. Meanwhile‚ my grandmother’s world came crashing down in her life when she was told by doctors that her nine year-old daughter only had six months to a year to live. She had already lost two of her daughters ten years before which made

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    Period 3 Honors English 12A Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer Jon Krakauer was in the search for great ideas for his next best seller after Into Thin Air‚ a personal experience were he almost died and escaped the grasp of death itself. As Krakauer was known as a best selling author‚ Outsiders Magazine offered him the opportunity to write about a young man who died in Alaska by unknown circumstances. As Krakauer wrote the reported death

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    isolated. When Christopher first embarked on his journey‚ he believed that he needed to get rid of all his material possessions to get the most out of life. For example‚ in one of his first journal entries‚ he wrote that he was better off experiencing the wild without a camera because memories and experiences give life

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    Wild World Lost

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    Wild world Lost August Frey South University Online Wild World Lost All throughout history‚ man has sought to improve his quality of life and those of generations to come. Creating great cities‚ housing millions‚ where the inhabitants live work and play together‚ he has provided space for the species to thrive. Offering safety‚ support and commerce to the inhabitants‚ these cities have grown‚ spreading out‚ getting larger and more numerous. This expansion and growth reduces the area available

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    In the book The Call of the Wild The main character is a large St. Bernard/Scotch shepherd dog named Buck. At the Setting the book is placed in is right as gold was discovered in the harsh conditions of the Klondike and everyone was after it. As Buck was a highly strong and capable dog he was stolen from his home with a wealthy owner and sold to become a sled dog. Buck encountered many obstacles the second he was sold and loaded on a train to take him from the sunny Californian conditions. Buck

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    A transcendentalist is a person who believes that the truths about life and death can be reached by going outside the world of senses. In Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild‚ Krakauer follows the path Chris McCandless took leading to his death. Chris McCandless was a person who disappeared from the world. Based on information from different people he met‚ Chris traveled around for a mere 2 ½ years (Krakauer author’s note). He never stayed in one area for long‚ he traveled all around North America‚ but

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    personality; I can question Adam’s thoughts and actions toward Juliette. While reading the first couple chapters of the book I constantly found myself relating to Juliette’s endless imagination. Juliette and I both share the fact our imagination runs wild when we experience

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    The Look Alikes “Knowing others is wisdom‚ knowing yourself is Enlightenment‚” said by Lao Tzu. The movie Into The Wild directed by Sean Penn and written by Jon Krakauer‚ takes the reader on a journey through Christopher McCandless journey through the wild. The book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is about a young man named Siddhartha leaving his life behind and starting a journey that gives his life enlightenment and meaning. The two main characters both went out to find their true destiny and get away

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