What a marvelous ode to life these four stories bring us! Jack London extols the courage and perseverance through the bloody confrontation between the unyielding human being and "the harsh reality." The physically exhausted prospector with a hungry wild wolf following behind in Love of life, the unyielding protagonists in Koolau the Leper and Jan, the Unrepentant, and also the working-class hero who strives hard against violent adversities in What Life Means To Me, all figures exhibit human being's indomitable will to survive. Other species in the world manifest their living tenacity no less than mankind. That Spot tells an unbelievable story of a dog which always finds his way back home each time abandoned in desperate situation. How powerful life is!

这四个故事谱写了一曲激昂的生命赞歌！每个故事都赞美了逆境中生命的坚韧不屈。杰克•伦敦通过"严酷的真实"和不屈服的人之间的激烈对抗，讴歌生命的勇敢和坚韧——有《热爱生命》中精疲力竭的淘金人与尾随饿狼周旋的故事，有《麻风病人库鲁》、《执迷不悔的简》中主人公在生死一线关头与敌人激烈斗争的故事，更有《生活对我意味着什么》中来自社会底层的小人物不惧万难，追求幸福生活的故事。细细品来，你不得不被伦敦塑造的人物所征服。不仅是人类，其他生灵也有不输于人的机敏和顽强。《那只斑点狗》就叙述了一只生命力极强的斑点狗，无论被抛弃多少次都能安然而归，在每一次厄运中绝境逢生。你不得不感叹：生命多么顽强！