Buck Call Quotes

Buck was treated with no respect and was abused by the man in the red sweater . In chapter 1 it states ‘’deliberately dealt him a frightful blow.’’ This shows the

Jack London brings a natural instinct into the spotlight by defining that everyone has that primal call to the wild, and often one feels this when in a difficult situation. Giving into this ‘call of the wild’ leads to a different kind of adaptation, it makes you become primal to survive in a primal situation. Further into the book it states, “The others sat down and howled. And now the call came to Buck in unmistakable accents. He, too, sad down and howled.” (London, 1990, p.62). This is the defining moment of Jack’s book when Buck lets go of all ties to humans and decides to carve his own path, adapting the way he needs to, not the way that humans encouraged him. Soon, Buck changes himself completely to fit snugly into the environment and to prevent further torturous struggles with humans. These quotes combine to paint a picture of total and complete change when it comes to a new and unfavorable environment.

5. Dave - A dog on Buck’s team and becomes ill and gets shot when couldn’t go any longer.

Buck answered the call of the wild after Thornton’s death. He ran and howled with the wolves. The Indians called him a ghost dog because he was a powerful wolf who came to the place where Thornton died every year. This was because Buck felt the passionate love for him and Thornton. Buck saved Thornton, risking his life. “Love. Genuine, passionate love, was his first time.” (pg 73). What the influence of love Thornton had for Buck was unbreakable. Thornton’s influence allowed Buck to grow more

“This first theft marked Buck as fit to survive in the hostile Northland environment. It marked his adaptability, and his capacity to adjust himself to changing conditions, the lack of which would have meant swift and terrible death. It marked, further, the decay or going to pieces of his moral nature, a vain thing and a handicap in the ruthless struggle for existence. It was all well enough in the Southland, under the law of love and fellowship, to respect private property and personal feelings; but in the Northland, under the law of club and fang, whoso took such things into account was a fool, and in so far he observed them he would fail to prosper” (London 13). The tone transitions from a happy to serious and cruel tone through diction by changing the author's view of the

At the beginning of the book, Buck sees very disturbing things that make Buck realize that he is no longer a king. For example, When Buck sees Curly get killed right in front of him it makes Buck that the world is a cruel and unforgiving world, unlike his old home where he was practically a king. For example, he was given plenty of food and water at his old home, where here he was going to get very little. For example, at his old home he was loved and everyone babied him, but here, no one is going to make sure he’s okay all of the time and will have to learn to depend on himself. Since this is Buck’s first real example of how the world truly is kill or be killed and teaches him he needs to be smart and strong in order to survive in this world and Buck has to decide if he is willing to kill for his life.

buck lived in the time of the Klondike gold rush where greed and hardships were apart of everyone's day to day life. The connection to the 21st century is that today instead of greedy gold rushers, today we have greedy CEO's that take advantage of people and cause them to suffer, as well as politicians that don't give a crap about the little people and probably take bribes on a regular basis. Animal cruelty back then can also be connected to the 21st century, and "the book displays animal cruelty vividly and without remorse."(London). Animal cruelty is also watched more closely today compared to back then when nobody cared or if they did they could not do anything about it, but even though it is watched today it is still rampant and the laws put in place to stop it are minimal and it does nothing to stop the people from doing

A major theme in Jack London’s classic book The Call of the Wild is that adaptability is essential for survival, which is what buck has to do to during most of the book. At the beginning of the book, Buck’s appearance changes, In the middle, his mental thinking changes, and At the end, his senses change so he can adapt to his new life in Alaska.

Chapter III,” The Dominant Primordial Beast,” marks the conclusion of the first major phase of Buck’s initiation; Buck was not qualified as a member of the pack but that he was worthy of leadership based on his instinct. In this chapter, there was a modulation of style to the glimmering of Buck’s mythic destiny; instead of sharply detailed physical description: With the aurora borealis flaming coldly overhead, or the stars leaping In the frost dance and the land numb and frozen under its pall of snow

He had learned the lesson, and in all his afterlife he never forgot it. That club was revelation. It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law… The facts of life took a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it will all the latent cunning of his nature aroused” (London 13). In this piece of evidence, Buck was determined to fight back, but he knew when enough was enough.

His ancestors are calling to him by howling, he debates on leaving his perfect master or answering the call of the wild. The theme of Struggle for mastery shows right away Buck learns that being a trained house dog will not work for being a sled dog in the Yukon. Almost right away when he arrives in the Yukon he learns that he needs to be his own master. Buck always been “king like” or the leader when he was with his first master Judge Miller “He must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness.” (London, 77)

While this was happening Master Thornton nurses Buck back to full health and earns his undeniable trust and loyalty. Even the kindness and care of his new master does not fully change Buck from his instinctive nature. When Buck and his Master are resting Buck can hear mysterious from the wild calling unto him.

“Dazed, suffering intolerable pain from his throat and tongue the half throated out of him, Buck attempted to face his tormentors” (London, 21). Buck is first taken from his sunny life in California to Alaska. He has to watch his friend suffer which pushes him to fight the indians. In the CAll of the Wild, Buck has to put up with his new society, which has lots of violence, harsh conditions, and proving he can still be a leader, by leading the sled group and protecting his new owners and friends. Buck learns even through hard times, you can still get through your hurdles.

Perhaps the most important aspect of the novel was the progressive shift back to instinctive qualities of Buck. When the story begins, Buck is living as a pampered housedog at a large estate,

At the end of the book, Buck fulfills his quest by becoming wild. First, Buck hunts wild animals. For example, Buck kills deer, wolverines, and a moose. Since Buck kills wild game, he learned how to provide for himself. Second, Buck kills yeehat Indians for instance rips throats out, chases them down. Since Buck kills humans, last Buck joins a wild wolf pack to be free and a leader. For example he fights his way into a pack, becomes leader. Since Buck has become the ghost dog. In conclusion Buck fulfills his quest by becoming a wild animal that kills for its meat and protection in a