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1、美国文学史作业（3）读《海狼》TheSeaWolf指导教师：赵云梅（老师）班级：11级英语本科二班姓名：殷老涛学号:110350243Ⅰ、AbriefintroductiontoauthorJohnGriffith"Jack"London（1876-1916）wasanAmericanauthor,journalist,andsocialactivist.Hewasapioneerinthethen-burgeoningworldofcommercialmagazinefictionandwasoneofthefirstfictionwriterstoob
2、tainworldwidecelebrityandalargefortunefromhisfictionalone.HeisbestrememberedastheauthorofWhiteFangandCalloftheWild,setintheKlondikeGoldRush,aswellastheshortstories"ToBuildaFire","AnOdysseyoftheNorth",and"LoveofLife".[citationneeded]HealsowroteoftheSouthPacificinsuchstoriesas"ThePe
3、arlsofParlay"and"TheHeathen",andoftheSanFranciscoBayareainTheSeaWolfII、plotandmaincharacterThestorystartswithasoft,domesticated,intellectualcharacternamedHumphreyvanWeydenonboardaSanFranciscoferry,calledMartinez,whichcollideswithanothershipinthefogandsinks.Andeventuallybeingpicked
4、upbyWolfLarsenandforcedtobecometoughandself-reliantandknowaboutcrueltyandbrutalities.Larsenisthecaptainoftheseal-huntingshipcalledGhost.Brutalandcynical,yetalsohighlyintelligent,herulesoverhisshipandterrorizesthecrewwiththeaidofhisgreatphysicalstrength.Beinginterestedinsomeonecapa
5、bleofintellectualdisputes,hesomewhattakescareof"Hump"whileforcinghimtobecomeacabinboy,domenialwork,andlearntofighttoprotecthimselffromabrutalcrew. Itissaidthatwherethereisoppression,thereisresistance. Onenight,severalsailorsworkedtogethertothrowLarsenandhismateJohansenintothesea.H
6、ismatediedwhileLarsenmanagedtoclimbbacktoruleovertheshipagainandtrytoavengebutfailedatfirst.Helatergetshisvengeance. Followingthis,theGhostpicksupanothersetofcastaways,includingawomanpoetnamedMaudBrewster.BothWolfLarsenandHumphreyimmediatelyfeelattractiontoherduetoherintelligence.
7、Humphreyseesherashisfirsttruelove.Hestrivestoprotectherfromthecrew,thehorrorsofthesea,andWolfLarsen.Asthishappens,tensionbeginstorisebetweenWolfLarsenandhisbrother,DeathLarsen,withthetwoaggressivelycompetingforseals.DuringoneofLarsen'sintenseheadaches,whichrenderhimnearimmobile,Hu
8、mphreystealsaboatandfleeswithMaud
