Abstract: The Call of the Wild is a typical Jack London’s work. It briefly introduces the life experience of Jack London and his book The Call of the Wild, and then draws the purpose and significance of this thesis. As we all know, the superman ideology has come into scholar’s eyes now and then. A lot of comments have made on this subject. And many scholars also have written many articles on the other subject—the rule of survival for the fittest. Superman can win everything, but Buck is conquered by the rule of survival for the fittest and turns into a wolf at last. So these themes are conflicting. So someone can hardly see papers putting these two themes together discussing.
This paper will discuss the themes by analyzing the significance of the existence of the collision and by using the scientific method to solve the conflict and the reasons for its necessity to make readers have a deeper understanding of the novel.
Key Words: The Call of the Wild, superman ideology, survival of the fittest
CONTENTS
Introduction 1
1. Literature Review 1
1.1 Previous studies on superman ideology 1
1.2 Previous studies on survival of the fittest 2
1.3 Limitation of previous studies 3
2. The two major themes of The Call of the Wild: superman ideology and survival of the fittest 3
2.1 The reflection of superman ideology in The Call of the Wild 3
2.2 The reflection of survival of the fittest in The Call of the Wild 5
3. The collision between the superman ideology and survival of the fittest in The Call of the Wild 7
3.1 The reflection of the collision 7
3.2 London’s scientific way of dealing with the collision 8
3.3 The significance of the two themes 9
3.4 The significance and further meaning of the collision 9
4. Conclusion 10
Bibliography 12
