Abstract

Jack London is an important writer in American literary history, whose novel White Fang is well known for its special writing style and distinctive character features. In the book, Jack London describes the two different personalities of people who living in the different geographical environments and the transformation of White Fang’s personalities with the changes of humanistic environment. Wildness is sharpened by the cold northern land and the humanity is wakened in the warm southern land. By analyzing the two different personalities of people and giving a research to the transformation of White Fang’s personalities under different owners, the thesis will study the different environments and make a deeper research to the functions of environment on the personalities.

Keywords: White Fang; humanity; wildness; different environments;

personalities

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1.  Introduction-1

1.1 A Brief Introduction about the Author and the Novel-1

1.2 A Brief Introduction about the Environmental Effect-1

2.  Literature Review-2

3. The Deep Influence of Different Geographical Environments on the Formation of People’s Personalities-3

3.1 Wildness：An Analysis of the North People like Gray Beaver and Beauty Smith-5

3.2 Humanity：An Analysis of the South People like Weedon Scott-6

4. The Deep Influence of Different Humanistic Environments on the Formation of White Fang’s Characters-7

4.1 Wildness：An Analysis of White Fang’s Characters in the Early Stage-8

4.2 Humanity：An Analysis of White Fang’s Characters in the Later Stage-9

5. Conclusion-10

Works Cited-12