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1、毕业论文(设计)SocialDarwinisminJackLondon’sMartinEden1.Introduction11.1BackgroundanddefinitionofSocialDarwinism11.2BackgroundofJackLondon22.Struggleforsuccess32.1.TryingtowinRuth’slove32.2.Strivingforbecomingafamouswriter42.2.1Studyinghard42.2.2TheepisodesofChees
2、e-Faceandinthelaundry53.Lifeaftersuccessandtheending73.1Thebreakoflove73.2Loneliness83.3Brissenden’ssuicide94.Conclusion11Notes14Bibliography1515毕业论文(设计)1.Introduction1.1BackgroundanddefinitionofSocialDarwinismAccordingtotheEncyclopedia,SocialDarwinismisath
3、eorythatpersons,groups,andracesaresubjecttothesamelawsofnaturalselectionasCharlesDarwinhadperceivedinplantsandanimalsinnature.Accordingtothetheory,whichwaspopularinthelate19thandearly20thcenturies,theweakwerediminishedandtheirculturesdelimited,whilethestron
4、ggrowinpowerandinculturalinfluenceovertheweak.1HerbertSpencer,thefatherofSocialDarwinismasanethicaltheory,wasthinkingintermsofelitist’s“mightmakesright”sortsofviewlongbeforeDarwinpublishedhistheory.However,SpencerquicklyadaptedDarwinianideastohisownethicalt
5、heories.Theconceptofadaptationallowedhimtoclaimthattherichandpowerfulwerebetteradaptedtothesocialandeconomicclimateofthetime,andtheconceptofnaturalselectionallowedhimtoarguethatitwasnatural,normal,andproperforthestrongtothriveattheexpenseoftheweak.Afterall,
6、heclaimed,thatisexactlywhatgoesoninnatureeveryday.SocialDarwinismisanapplicationofthetheoryofnaturalselectiontosocial,political,andeconomicissues.Initssimplestform,SocialDarwinismfollowsthemantraof"thestrongestsurvives,"anditincludesthehumansociety’srules.1
7、.2BackgroundofJackLondonJackLondon(1876-1916),theprolificAmericannovelistandshortstorywriter,whoseworksdealromanticallywiththeoverwhelmingpowerofnatureandthestruggleforsurvival.JackLondonwasbornonJanuary12,1876,inSanFrancisco.JackLondon,whoselifesymbolizedt
8、hepowerofwill,wasthemostsuccessfulwriterinAmericaintheearly20thCentury.Hisvigorousstoriesofmenandanimalsagainsttheenvironment,andsurvivalagainsthardshipsweredrawnmainlyfromhisownexperience.Anillegitima