Abstract: White Fang is the masterpiece of Jack London, one of the greatest realistic writers in American. He is honoured as the father of proletarian literature. This is an analytical study of the consciousness of survival in White Fang. It tells us the tough vitality of White Fang by showing its living experience. And then Jack London expressed the consciousness which exists in White Fang and the importance of the consciousness of survival.

Key words: White Fang; Jack London; consciousness of survival 

CONTENTS

Abstract

中文摘要

1.Introduction1

1.1 Introduction to the Writer and His Works

1.2 Introduction to White Fang

2. The Consciousness of Survival Reflected in White Fang’s Life Course2

2.1 Being Alone and Abandoned by the Wolf Pack

2.2 Falling into the Villain but never Giving up

2.3 Followed by the New Host and Moving towards a New Life

3. The Causes of White Fang’s Consciousness of Survival. 4

  3.1 The Strong Instinct of Survival

  3.2 The Test of the Natural Environment

  3.3 The Influence of the New Host

4.Conclusion7

Bibliography8

Acknowledgement9