《海狼》书评

Sea Wolf:Act as a Man

In this novel, Jack London told us a story about the access for a man to be himself, who used to be learned but fragile.By some accident, the Matinez was crashed and destroyed. Fortunetly, Humpgrey Van Weyden was rescued by the captain of the Ghost Wolf Larson.At first, Humphrey felt terrible on the ship, for their endless quarrel, violence and without mercy. But in the end, Humphrey became brave and strong. In a quiet night, he stolen a boat and got away from the Ghost with a woman, who also saved by the captain.They floated Endeavor Island, which was named by them, and had a hard life there. To their surprise, the damaged Ghost some day appeared in the shore and the captain Wolf was no longer powerful as before.In the end, the brave Humpgrey and his small woman Breyster completely repaired the Ghost and got rescued on their voyage to USA. The captain Wolf died quietly in a windy night days not long before."It maybe difficult for you to walk, but you will be going to walk on your own feet." This is what Wolf said to Humphrey when his knees got hurt. It was just Wolf had a great influence on Humphrey and shaped him to Act as a Man.