1. The Sounding of the Call
- The Call of the Wild -
Subject American Novels
Professor Kim Yeon Man
Presenter Seo Weol Bok
Han Yu Ri
Kim Su Jeong
Kim Su A
Date
Hello

2. Useful Materials For Reading
CONTENTS
Synopsis of the Story
Analysis
Major Theme
Words & Expressions
Into the Novel
Maps & Places
Useful Materials For Reading
Character
Quiz
REVIEW

3. SYNOPSIS
After winning the bet, John Thornton find a fabled gold mine and settle down to mine it.
While John collects gold, Buck hears the call of the wild. He followed a wild wolf one night. A B
In grief, he mourn his dead master, However, he realize the last tie with civilization is broken.
At that time he encounters his wild wolf brother, the timber wolf, and join the pack and settles in the wild. C
∙ He begins to let his wilderness emerge, tracking and killing a large moose. When Buck remember John and returned to the camp, John’s team are killed by YeeHats.
∙ In revenge, Buck also attack the tribe and kill many of them.

4. Survival through Adaption
MAJOR THEME
Loyal and loving friend
A fast learner
Naturalism
Darwin’s evolutionary theory
Atavism
The Survival of the Fittest
Survival through Adaption
Love and Friendship
ㆍHearing and
Responding to the call.
ㆍ Transformation
ㆍ Reversion to the behavior of his
ancester.
*Man’s character
Social environment
heredity
Scientific Observation

5. ANALYSIS
Naturalism
“From far away drifted a faint, sharp yelp, followed by a chorus of similar sharp yelps. As the memonts passed the yelps grew closer and louder It was the call, the many-noted call, sounding more luringly and compellingly than ever before. And as never before, he was ready to obey. John Thornton was dead. The last tie was broken. Man and the claims of the man no longer bound him.”
Buck heard and answered the call of the wild
transformed a beast
The blood-longing became stronger than ever before.
- emphasize on the kill – or – be – killed nature of life in the world

6. ANALYSIS Jack London’s Intention ?
“And closely akin to the visions of the hairy man was the call still sounding in the depths of the forest. It filled him with a great unrest and strange desires. It caused him to feel a vague, sweet gladness, and he was aware of wild yearnings and stirrings for he knew not what. Sometimes he pursued the call into the forest, looking for it as though it were a tangible thing, barking softly or defiantly, as the mood might dictate.” p
Jack London’s Intention ?
Emphasize the primitive nature of the man – dog
relationship and strength of the bond that ties Buck and John Thornton. - Instinct of the wild awakened in Buck he settles is the wild at last.

7. WORDS & EXPRESSIONS Ramshackle ADJ. - in deplorable condition Brood
- A ramshackle building is badly made or in bad
condition, and looks as if likely to fall down.
(= ruinous, rundown, tumbledown)
→ They entered the shop, which was a curious
ramshackle building.
Brood
Verb. - think moodily or anxiously about something.
Noun. - a group of baby birds that were born at the same
time to the same mother
→ You’re not still brooding over what he said, are you ?
Cunning
Adj. - clever and skilful
Able to get what you want in a clever way,
especially by tricking or cheating sb.
→ It was cunning of them to do that.

8. WORDS & EXPRESSIONS Time – graven Riotous
ADJ. - Changed or created by the effects of time, eroded.
→This ancient landscape is crossed by a time-graven
canyon.
Riotous
ADJ. – Noisy, and exciting and enjoyable in an
uncontrolled way. (=wild)
→ He gets riotous under the influence of liquor.
Pertinacity
Adj. - Persistence, refusal to give up -
→ They fought with more pertinacity than bulldogs

9. MAPS & PLACES
Dawson
Mayo
start
Streamlet
MacQuestion
Stewart River

10. MAPS & PLACES
Stewart River
Dawson City . ..

11. CHARACTERS Buck : ㆍ(Protagonist) of the story
ㆍPart St.Bernard part Scotch shepherd
ㆍa domesticated and typical dog → Sled dog →
return to the ways of his ancesters
Spitz : ㆍthe original lead dog of Buck’s dogsled team
ㆍa Husky, equal to the size of a full-grown wolf
John thornton : ㆍ the man who rescues from Hal’s cruely.
ㆍthe most admirable human character. ㆍkind
ㆍfull of the uncompromising trength ㆍthe ideal master
Perrault : a french-canadian with swarthy looks. Francois’s superior and an agent of the canadian government
Francois : ㆍknowledgeable and understanding of his dogs, but very strict.
ㆍa french canadian half-breed.

12. QUIZ What does Buck find when he returns from hunting?
The camp has burned
(B) John Thornton has abandoned him and returned to Dawson
(C) The camp has been attacked by Yeehat Indians
(D) Nothing is amiss
2. What does Buck do
at the end of the novel?
He drowns
(B) He goes mad and is killed by John Thornton
(C) He is killed by wolves
(D) He joins a wolf pack and becomes a legendary figure in the wild

13. REFERENCE Web Resources http://www.spartnotes.com/ http://google.com/
References
Naturalism Presented in The Call of the Wild, Xiaofen Zhang
Best Dog Story Ever Written: The Call of the Wild, Kingman, Russ. A Pictorial Life of jack London. (Crown 1979) (by permission)

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