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PAGE Survival of the Fittest in The Call of the Wild 从《野性的呼唤》中看“适者生存” 学校：运城学院 系别：外语系 专业：英语专业 班级：1306班 姓名：尉彤 学号：2013030623 Survival of the Fittest in The Call of the Wild Abstract:The?Call?of?the?Wild?is?one?of?the?most?famous?novels?of?Jack?London,?which?consolidates?his?status?in?American?literature.?It?was?a?sunny?and?civilized?place?in?which?Buck?originally?lived.?And?with?the?emergence?of?the?gold?rush?in?arctic?regions?and?created?a?great?demand?of?sled?dogs.?So?buck?was?abducted?to?arctic?region.?However,?Buck?adjusted?himself?very?quickly?to?the?hostile?environment?with?his?sharp?intellect?and?superb?physical?qualities.?Buck?developed?a?deep?friendship?with?his?master?Thornton.?Afterwards,?Thornton?was?killed?by?Yeehats?and?Buck?eventually?killed?the?natives?to?avenge?Thornton,?and?he?then?followed?the?wolf?into?the?forest?and?answered?the?call?of?the?wild.?.Buck?returned?to?the?wild?and?became?a?leader?of?wolves.?It’s?not?difficult?for?us?to?perceive?that?the?author?was?stressing?the?ideology?of?survival?of?the?fittest?through?Buck’s?experience?in?novel.?The?analysis?of?the?character?Buck?is?of?a?great?enlightening?significance?to?us.Back in diction and purport of Jack London’ s writing is not mearly a living dog, but like a vivid man——a man with strong mind, marvelous existing strength and existing wisdom in terribly difficult living conditions. Today, for many people embittered by numerous life frustrations, Buck is their shining example. Buck’ s story is worth reading for them so that they can really understandthe meaning of the call of“humanity” . The Call of The Wild is a novel written by American novelist Jack London and regarded as the best dog story． The Wolf Child written by a Mongolian writer Guo Xuebo draws much attention at home due to the underlying ecological ideas． These are two works concerning the relationship between human，nature，and animals．This paper presents a comparison between them in light of ecocriticism， seeking the similar m