文档介绍：Call of the WildCall of the WildBy By Jack LondonJack LondonIn a harsh and brutal environment In a harsh and brutal environment like the Yukon territorylike the Yukon territorySurvival is the ultimate challenge!Survival is the ultimate challenge!If strength, courage and If strength, courage and adaptability are key to survival, adaptability are key to survival, then our hero, Buck, stands a then our hero, Buck, stands a pretty good good Buck is stolen from fortable home in California and sold as a sled dog,he ends up working in the bitter cold of Alaska and ’s not just the climate that’s changed, the rules seem to be different, this new environment, Buck has to change the way he??EatsEats??SleepsSleeps??Relates to humansRelates to humans??Interacts with other dogsInteracts with other dogsBuck is smart, tough and is smart, tough and learns quickly how to survive as a sled learns quickly how to survive as a sled dog.??He even challenges Spitz, the lead even challenges Spitz, the lead sooner has Buck adapted, though, than things begin to change ownersNew ownersHeavier loadsHeavier loadsDangerously thin iceDangerously thin iceNone of these changes make life None of these changes make life easier for Buck- or will they?easier for Buck- or will they?Background informationBackground information??In August of 1896, gold- and lots of it- was In August of 1896, gold- and lots of it- was discovered in Rabbit Creek in the Yukon discovered in Rabbit Creek in the Yukon territory of western of western the news of the find reached When the news of the find reached the United States, the Yukon gold the United States, the Yukon gold rush was on!rush was on!