Good afternoon, boys and girls: Today I would like to introduce a book named the Sea Wolf, which was written by Jack London. Maybe all of us are familiar with one of his works the Call of the Wild and know little about the Sea Wolf. So now let me tell you something about this book.

The story starts with a soft, domesticated, intellectual character named Humphrey van Weyden onboard a San Francisco ferry, called Martinez, which collides with another ship in the fog and sinks. And eventually being picked up by Wolf Larsen and forced to become tough and self-reliant and know about cruelty and brutalities. Larsen is the

captain of the seal-hunting ship called Ghost. Brutal and cynical, yet also highly intelligent, he rules over his ship and terrorizes the crew with the aid of his great physical strength. Being interested in someone capable of intellectual disputes, he somewhat takes care of "Hump" while forcing him to become a cabin boy, do menial work, and learn to fight to protect himself from a brutal crew.

It is said that where there is oppression, there is resistance. One night, several sailors worked together to throw Larsen and his mate Johansen into the sea. His mate died while Larsen managed to climb back to rule over the ship again and try to avenge but failed at first. He later gets his vengeance.

Following this, the Ghost picks up another set of castaways, including a woman poet named Maud Brewster. Both Wolf Larsen and Humphrey immediately feel attraction to her due to her intelligence. Humphrey sees her as his first true love. He strives to protect her from the crew, the horrors of the sea, and Wolf Larsen. As this happens, tension begins to rise between Wolf Larsen and his brother, Death Larsen, with the two aggressively competing for seals. During one of Larsen's intense headaches, which render him near immobile, Humphrey steals a boat and flees with Maud.

The two land on an uninhabited island and the Ghost eventually crashes on the island with Wolf Larsen the only crew member. In vengeance, Death Larsen had tracked his brother, bought his crew, destroyed his sails, and set Wolf adrift at sea. At that time Wolf's headaches only grow worse and generally blind. Finally Wolf dies on the island, and Humphrey finishes repairing the Ghost. He and Maud set sail. The story ends with them being rescued by an American revenue cutter.

Yeah, Jack London was a prolific American novelist and short story writer, whose works deal romantically with the overwhelming power of nature and the struggle for survival. He was born on January 12, 1876 in California. His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make money. He worked hard in many different jobs. Later, Jack returned to school. But he didn’t stay long. In the year 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold. Instead of getting much gold, he found ideas for his books and stories. But Jack London was not a happy man. In poor health, he took his own life in 1916. He was then only forty years old.

To further show his theme of survival, London chose to use strong, hardy characters. In the Sea Wolf, he shaped a power one Wolf and weak sailors and Humphrey used for comparison. All the men on the ship have their sad stories and take life as nothing and just

want to destroy others because they want to survive. But Humphrey is the only gentlemen on the Ghost. He is weak of body but strong of mind and grows stronger as the story

progresses. Wolf and Humphrey are intelligent. But they have different beliefs because of different social class. All these plots relate to the author’s tough experiences to hunt seal and expose the cruelty of capitalism to express his sympathy to the miserable people.

Maybe the author didn’t success in the coherence of the plot to the novel, like how Larsen and Humphrey fall in love with Maud. The conflict between them was sudden; but the scenes’ description is wonderful. It focuses on the conflict between the different ideas about life and all the plots are about struggle for living.

As Larsen does not believe in the immortality of the soul, he finds no meaning in his life saving survival and pleasure and has come to despise all human life and deny its

value. And it also encourage the writer for fusion of the philosophy of life, as some critics say, this works reflect London heart "the idealism and the materialism and conflict, the conflict" fraud.

 

第二篇：解析英语的书评

解析英语的书评：

评价是语言的一种重要功能,是语篇人际意义的重要组成部分.文章运用评价理论框架,对英语书评中的评价从评价系统的三个次系统,即态度、介入与级差三方面进行分析,以探讨评价在书评中的运用.

请记住，你的目标不只是完成书评的写作，而且要给评论本身加上一个难忘的结尾，使它成为一篇一流的报刊文章。在被评论的书已被人遗忘后多年，你都会为这篇书评而骄傲。——爱德华·豪尔

首先，边阅读，边就情节和内容做笔记，记下日后可能阐发的评论。你会惊奇地发现，阅读时手边有一只铅笔，会使理解更为深人。

阅读报刊杂志上的书评也会使你受益良多。许多国家和地区出版物都辟有书评专栏或专页，一般在接近封底处。不妨花些时间到图书馆浏览最新几期的《书籍分类目录》和《当代文艺评论与批评》，这里发表有大多数著名作家早期作品的书评摘要，由此可获得有价值的参考文献。在此你还可读到那些你没有时间去看的书的简略的情节摘要，这为你写书评提供了很好的背景知识。

你很快会发现，一篇好的书评应包括以下方面：

1．一个生动的开场白：用一两个简短的段落揭示作者的姓名、书名，以及有关作者的简要信息，如过去的作品、曾获得的荣誉。

2．如果是小说，对情节做简要勾勒，如果作品不是小说，写明写作目的和主题。

3．书评作者对此书优缺点的评论。

4．用一个总结性的语句式段落使读者对此书有一个总体印象。

开篇

写好开篇段落对书评来说非常有挑战性，其目的是抓住读者的注意力，使他们产生读这篇文章的热切愿望。

开篇之前，先做一下笔记，问自己一些问题：

·贯穿此书的主题是什么？

·与同类书相比，这本书的特色是什么？

·这本书对我产生了什么影响？通过回答上述问题，你可能就知道该如何人手了。

一般来说，作者姓名和书名应该在第一段中出现，但有时你可能会从书中最重要的观点说起，犹如书评专门评论该书的主题。文章开头用简短的语言表明作者对本书的总体印象是个不错的办法，一两个形容词就够了，过后你可在此基础上扩展。

为非小说书籍作书评时，最好先对此书主题的背景作简短介绍，尤其是当一些读者对主题

不太熟悉时。例如，我发表在《圣·佛朗西斯科编年史》的一篇书评就是这样开头的：“最近来自南非的新闻既令人兴奋，又让人惊恐。这个国家即将获得自由，但它的人民却搞起了内部骚乱。”下一句才指出书的名称、作者及与他相关的信。

摘要

人们是为了判断是否想读这本书才去看书评的，因此你应让他们对书的内容有所了解。小说的评论可对主要人物作些介绍，但只需简要点出部分情节即可。没有比评论者泄露了小说结局更让作者和准读者更恼火的事了！通常我简介小说的前三分之一或前半部分情节，忽略副情节。在冲突即将解决时，某个人物要做出决定时，或一个主要的活动场景即将开始时，戛然而止。

非小说的书评则应提供所有重要信息的概览，其中包括重大的日期，人物地点，观点及作者如何得出结论的阐述。

适当地引用书中原文可使读者产生真实的感受。要寻找那些机智、动人或有力的话语，并对它们产生的背景作一番描述。除非编辑准许你篇幅拉长，一般情况下，一定要将引言限制在一两句之内。不要忘记在每句引文后面注上页码出处，这样编辑可以核实。

最后简要的总结

使用有力度的词语，尽量简短地总结你对此书的观点。如果可能，与篇首的评论遥相呼应。