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Can wilderness narratives critique consumer culture and materialism without romanticizing nature?
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Sarbani Ghosh, Valley Hands, 2013.
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Culture note
By age 21, Jack London had little success as a writer, so he joined the Klondike Gold Rush to make money. There, he experienced the harsh Yukon winter, developed scurvy and returned to California. He was as penniless as the day he left, but he had a wealth of new material for a novel, which became The Call of the Wild.
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Still from The Call of the Wild, directed by Chris Sanders, 2020.
Vidéo associée
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Get ready!
1
Look at each hand in the picture. What could they represent?
Do you believe they can join in harmony?
2
Watch the trailer on the opposite page. According to you, what three
words best describe the trailer for The Call of the Wild? Explain why.
3
What questions do both documents raise about our way of life
and relationship with the wilderness?
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Carte mentale
Nature and
human nature
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Let's learn!
In pairs, each of you gives the other three words from the vocabulary list above.
One of them has to be a verb.
Make a sentence using the
words your partner gave you.
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Quote of the day
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
― Jack London
What do you think he meant?
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Final project
Write the most significant journal entries of your retreat in the wild.