"Sea Wolf" is a novel written by famous American writerJack London. The novel is about the story about Van Weyden and the Captain of the Ghost, SeaWolf Larsen. The "SeaWolf" in the novel is not only the code name of Captain Larsen. For theauthor, it is also synonymous with the strong. The author leads the reader toenter the bold and rough wilderness through the works, experience the ruthless lifeat sea and the darkness of human nature.

To fully to understand the connotation of the famous novel by Sea Wolf and the profound thoughts of Jack London,it is a shortcut to fully explore the inner world of SeaWolf. The character represented by Larsen must be the essence of the wholenovel. After all, the whole novelis named after his nickname.

As the core figure of the whole novel, Sea Wolf Larsen was mostcarefully portrayed and described by the author. The description of him in the text is even more than the author'sdescription of the protagonist of the novel. He was born in a poor family and grew up at sea. The life of thesailor tells him the cruelty of the world, so he gradually realized that in thebrutal world, people can survive and overcomeothers by their own strength. Sohe became a man who kept fighting and struggling. His unusual personality and behavior are veryattractive for the reader and literary critic. This personality also made him aunique and attractive object in the history ofmarine literature. Evenso, there is still an enormous space toexplore for the research field of Sea Wolf Larsen.

As the main character in Jack London's famous novel, “Sea Wolf” Larsonhas been listed as a valuable object of many literarycriticisms and research. AmbrozBeers pointed out that the greatness of Sea Wolf lies in its successfulportrayal of Wolf Larsen as a character. "If Wolf Larsen does not have apermanent literary history, it will at least remain in the memory of readers."Critics have different opinions on the image of Wolf Larsen. Most criticsbelieve that he is a "superman" image created by Jack London underthe influence of Nietzsche's philosophy. Cha C. Walcott and Robert H. Woodwardholds different views. To them, Wolf Larsen is only a primitive savage withmaterialistic ideas. Abraham Rosberg and Joan D. Hedgek pointed out that inWolf Larsen and Humphrey Van Wedden,London'sself-contradiction and self-division were reflected. All in all, the researchon the character of the Sea Wolf Larsen is diversified. Most literary critics have different understandings and opinionsabout the character of the Sea Wolf Larsen.

Although past critics have analyzed the image of Wolf Larsen fromdifferent angles, few people have explored his outlook on life and values.Undoubtedly, exploring his outlook on life and values can help us betterunderstand the image of Sea Wolf Larsen. Refining the research on character analysis to the study of itsspecific ideas will be more conducive to our deep understanding of thischaracter.

2. 研究的基本内容与方案

This paper mainly focuses on Larsen’s inner worldand behavior. This will help us better understand his outlook on life andvalues. The words and behavior of him will become the most important researchobject of this paper. At the same time, combining Larsen's words and deeds with the protagonistVan Weyden's evaluation of him can make a more comprehensive analysis ofLarsen's inner world. This article seeks to analyze the psychologicalactivities of the character of the Sea Wolf Larsen through some unique angles. For example, in the monologue of theprotagonist Van Weyden： “ I am slowly learning of his loneliness. Every man onthe ship hates or fears him, and there is not a man whom he respects.” It can be seen that Larsen is a very lonely person, and he is disgustedby everyone around him. This article will analyze Larson's outlook on life andvalues through the methods introduced before. In order to achieve the goals mentioned above, this paper will also drawon the research results of scholars at home and abroad, so as to better achievethe purpose of writing. In the end, this paper will expose the truth that Larson'soutlook on life and value which full of idealism and the law of the jungle.

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