Buck's Influence On The Call Of The Wild

He began again to daze off staring at the fire and imagining the hairy man crouched down in the summer sun. The Call of the Wild written by Jack London is an adventure book that follows the life of a once tamed dog known as Buck to a dog that has retrogressed to a more primitive state during the Yukon Gold Rush. Buck who eventually answered the call of the wild had to go through many difficulties to get there.The theme power of the primitive is reinforced by the retrogression of a dog despite the love of mankind.

Buck is one of those individuals who carries and perseus this trait to push past, and no matter what achive and come out one top. Many times throughout The Call of the Wild, Buck perseveres to achieve his goal. He is able to do this because when he finds something he wants to achieve, he doesn't stop until that something is his. Such as in the novel when Buck defeated Spitz, and becomes the leader and controller of the team. Along with many other times in the book where Buck perseveres and never gives up. The book reads, “The distance has been measured off.” In Chapter six, Buck is

One example which supports the thesis was when he stole food from the other dogs. In the story the owners did not give enough food to the dogs “He didn’t rob openly, but stole secretly and cunningly, out of respect for club and fang.”(23). The quote states Buck was learning to steal, in his happy days he just had to beg for food but now Buck was becoming more wild. This was the first time he was going to his predatory instincts of the ancient wolf and he was adapting to the problems he faces.

But I like how Buck joined the wolf pack. I also like how Buck is big than the rest of the wolves. I also like how he said that the Yeehats have saw wolves with a coat like Bucks. I don’t like how Buck had like 4 different drivers and 2 different owners. I felt really sorry for the rest of Bucks team because the all died when Hal and his sister and her husband died.

This quote shows that Buck either learns to be a master or be under a dog or person he doesn’t like. Since he’s used to being high up and having dogs under him he has to fight for what he

When Buck gets to the Yukon he does not know how to act. All of the other dogs know how to fight and hold their own. Buck however always lived like a king and was never around other dogs. He had to learn how to fight. He learned vicariously and watched other dogs. “He had never seen dogs fight as these wolfish creatures fought, and his first experience taught him an unforgettable lesson” (London 16). This shows that Buck learned he needed to be smart in a fight. This shows his primitive characteristics coming out because of the way he fights. He knew that he would encounter a fight sooner or later

Throughout the story of The Call of the Wild, Buck had many relationships with many different individuals. Some were loving owners while others were terrible. The four most important that had the most influence of Buck were his original owner, Judge Miller, François and Perrault, and John Thornton. Eventually Buck took control of his own life and became his own master. In this essay, I am going to describe the relationships of Buck and his owners and what each of them taught him.

One instance in which his determination was shown is “He did not try to runaway, But retreated around and around the camp, advertising plainly that when his desires were met he would come back and be good,”(31). At this point in the novel Buck will not get in his harness unless he is made the new lead dog of the sled team. Buck sees what he wants and does everything he can do to get it. The final example of Buck's perseverance is “so that was the way. No fair play. Once down that was the end of you. Well he would see to it that he never went down,”(24). Buck sees Curly killed by some of the other dog in an unfair fight. He is determined to stay alive and not let what happen to Curly happen to

A major theme in the call of “The Call of the Wild” is that life for buck is a quest to find one's true identity or destiny which is what buck does throughout the entire story. At the beginning of jack London’s “The Call of the Wild”, buck has to try and survive the wild and also has to try to stay safe. First, Buck has to learn the law of the club to stay alive. Buck has to go two days and nights without eating or drinking while being transported north, foreshadowing his toughness.

The Call of the Wild, on the surface, is a story about Buck, a four- year old dog that is part Shepherd and part St. Bernard. More importantly, it is a naturalistic tale about the survival of the fittest in nature. Throughout the novel, Buck proves that he is fit and can endure the law of the club, the law of the fang, and the laws of nature.

In Chp. 7, Buck learns to trust humans. Through bonding with his caretaker, John Thornton, Buck finds his ties to civilization even stronger than before. That all changes when John is killed by the savage Indian tribe, the Yeehats. Buck, distraught in his loss, massacres all of the Yeehats. Buck’s last link

Buck learned to not get knocked down in a fight and he fought as mean and as fiercely as possible as the teeth of other dogs bit him and as he fought the fierce dogs he was being scored by the teeth by a pack of dogs, “His face and body were scored by the teeth of many dogs, and he fought as fiercely as ever and more shrewdly” (London 76). It shows how Buck learned to not get knock get knocked down in a fight. Buck has seen many dogs get knocked down in a fight and they die so after he seen all of that happen he hasn’t got knocked down in a fight.

Buck came to mastery of his will to survive he new how to fight he had that in him   There were fierce that brought buck to mastery so when he bristled and showed his teeth”. (london 49) This prove that buck was fit to live in the wild. He could hunt and kill when he need to. Also he was a leader he wanted to be a model for the other dogs but if he needed to he would kill them. Lastly, Buck learned through his time in the wild that he needed to be strong and the master.    At one point in the novel, Buck mastered Spitz, all the sled dogs to prove that he was the master of everything.  Each one of these tasks were not easy for Buck. “Mercy did not exist in the primordial life it was misunderstood for fear and such misunderstanding for fear and such made for death kill or killed eat or be eaten was the law” ( London 77).  Buck showed the theme struggle for mastery when he realized he needed to fight to survive and be the leader. He is able to change and accept the hard conditions in the Northland and overcome the obstacles because he is more smarter and has many much more imagination than any of the other

In the beginning of the book, Buck learns to survive against others. For example, he learns the law of the club from the man in the red suit, meaning that people with clubs are the superior in the situation and that if he does something wrong that one of the consequences is being beaten by the person with the club. Since he has chances of beaten if so he will adapt to being beat and will grow stronger after. Second, Buck learns how to survive at night. At night he would have died of freezing if he didn’t look for the other dogs that had mysteriously disappeared. By

After John Thornton dies and Buck’s only tie to humanity and civilization is severed, Buck proceeds to live out his days in a local wolf pack where he becomes the alpha. Here he becomes a legend to the locals and is forevermore known as the Ghost Dog because of ferocious actions presiding Thornton’s death. Throughout the novel, “The Call of the Wild” it is proven that adaptability is key to one’s survival in any harsh environment. Over the many years in Buck’s time after being kidnapped by Manuel, Buck demonstrated time and time again that being able to adapt to one’s surroundings is and essential to life. In the novel, it is conveyed through many different events and lessons that being able to become accustomed to a setting is key to