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1、11.What is the dominant mood of the story?How does Londons prose style(particularly his use of imagery)serve to establish and to intensify that mood?2.What comment does the story make about the relationship between man and nature?3.Does the story have a theme?If it does,describe it.Group 62What is t

2、he dominant mood of the story?How does London s prose style(particularly his use of imagery)serve to eatablish and then to intensify that mood?presented by 林玲芷林玲芷3 dominant mood of the story：isolation helplessness depression melancholy4Evidence and Data1.A man is climbing the high earth-bank in Yuko

3、n alone,and the man has no experience of climbing in-75.-These two sentences show the mood of isolation and helplessness.2.“day had broken cold and gray，exceedingly cold and grey”.-This sentence hints at the depressing atmosphere.3.He is shocked when the fire dead.(P53)-This sentence shows the mood

4、of helplessness.4.The whole story shows the depression and melancholy.5Londons Writting Styleu Social Darwinism:the survival of the fittestu Naturalism mingled with Romanticism Forceful and colorfulu Subjectivity and enthusiasmu His characterizations were often stiff and his dialogue stereotyped.How

5、 does London s prose style(particularly his use of imagery)serve to eatablish and then to intensify that mood?6In this story,we can see that London establish and intensify the mood of isolation,helplessnee,depression and melancholy through two kind of prose style.First,Social Darwinism(the survival

6、of the fittest)Second,Third-person Omniscient(all knowing-he/she/it/they/them told by the author;all characters feelings/thoughts are revealed)7First style-The author from two aspects tell us the theory of Naturalism:natural selection and survival of the fittest.On the one hand,between different spe

7、cies,the story shows the competition of human beings and dog.In the extreme cold environment,if one cant adapt to the harsh natural environment,there is only one outcome-turned out to be the victim of the nature.In the story,the man failled to fight against the nature,and in the end,he is dead.On th

8、e contrary,the dog survived.On the other hand,in this story,we describe many of the natural environment,which is to highlight strong power of nature and humans wekness,helplessness.Although the man is trying to compete with the natural,but ultimately failed to break the control of the natural enviro

9、nment for human.8 Second style-The author operates as a third person and an outside odserver;he tells the story in an objective way as he knows everything and it is on concern for the man.9What comment does the story make about the relationship between man and nature?presented by 黄家艳黄家艳10For the fir

10、st place,the theory of the survival of the fittest is one of important comments.we human beings are very powerful,but compared with the nature,we are fragile and obscure.If we want to have a stand in this nature,we should learn howto show our reverence toward the nature and its rules,i.e.we should r

11、espect natural awesome power and revere its natural power.11In addition,based on the story,the author also puts forward the necessity and inevitability of keeping a harmonious relationship between the man and the nature.ONLY in doing this way,can we survive in the nature.12Does the story have a them

12、e?If it does,describe it.To build a fire symbolizes an onion;the external theme he illustrates is the mans struggle to meet up with his friends,i.e.human should respect nature and revere the power of nature.13Further more,once you peel the outer layers off,you realize that he intertwines the deeper

13、meaning of ignorance,the survival,and knowledge.The mans instincts and sense allow him to understand the weather is definite drawback,but ignorance and the stubbornness triumphs.He goes into this adventure without knowledge of the dangers that can be occurred,he did not realize What he was getting h

14、imself into.His eagerness traps him into a ball of risk and threatens his life.After something he becomes dependent on survival;he realize that his life is valuable and the only way out of death is building fire for warmth.14We can draw a conclusion that:the theme of this story is:The fittest survive.1516 Thank you!