Feelings

The call of the wild, written by a famous American writer Jack London, is really a good book to read. After reading it, I couldn’t help appreciate it. It seems that it is about the story of the animals, but it can be reflected to the human society, so I think everyone should read it. Now I would like to share some of my feelings after reading it.The background of the novel is that people found gold in the America and a large amount of people came to dig the gold. Those people needed dogs to help them carry the car. The character Buck was live in that period of time. Buck was a very strong dog compared with other dogs, he lived in a peace court and lived a free life. But everything changed when the gardener sold it and then he started his career. During its career, it went through the constant struggle between changing owners and dogs, as well as the day-to-day drudgery so it became very tired. But it never thought about giving up. Later, it finally met the kind-hearted host called Thornton, and had deep feelings with him. Twice, it risked its life to save Thornton. Unfortunately, Thornton was killed by the Indians. With anger, Buck crazily killed many Indians and decided to leave human. Following the call of its heart, it finally went to the wild. This novel conveys us the topic that life will have its meaning and power during the process of struggling with difficulties. It also tells us that in the jungle, natural selection, survival of the fittest. In the novel, the dogs are faithful compared with the fierce people, so it makes me think that should we treat the animals just like our tools or should we hit them? The dogs are not tools but our good friends, they also have their own emotions and we should not treat it roughly. If we always be rude at them, they will be deeply hurt both physically and mentally, and they may want to break through the shackles of human beings to get freedom just like Buck. I have learnt something which is very important from the novel. Firstly, the stronger you are, the more likely will you live well. The weaker you are, the more likely will you be abandoned by the society. Because of that, as a student, we should study hard to improve our abilities and get knowledge as much as possible to ensure that we will be a stronger person in the future. Second, we should treat animals kindly. When we have a dog or a cat or other animals as our pets, we should look after them carefully instead of casually treat them. Third, we should cherish what we have, don’t perceive it until you truly lost it. This book is so wonderful that I would read it again to have a deeper thinking of it when I am free. I believe I will get something new.