On the Disillusionment of American Dream Through Buck in The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild,written by the famous American novelist Jack London,has attracted a large number of both readers and scholars ever since it came out.It provides the public with a fresh perspective through narrating the whole novel from the point of view of the protagonist Buck,a dog.Against the background of countless people flooding into the Alaska to search gold in order to fulfill their dream of becoming rich,which,to some extent,represents the American dream at that time,this novel vividly mirrored the then phenomenon,so illuminating and thought-provoking that it is of great value to analyze the disillusionment of American Dream through Buck.Therefore,this paper aims at exploring the disillusionment of American Dream through analyzing Buck and his rich life experiences.