In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, London anthropomorphizes Buck, the protagonist, to a significant extent. Buck is a pampered Saint Bernard from the sun-drenched Santa Clara Valley that is suddenly flung into the bitter, unforgiving Yukon. His superlative perseverance, cunningness, and fierce cutthroat attitude all help him in a multitude of ways as he adapts to survival in the wild.
One of Buck’s noticeable traits that becomes apparent within the first few chapters of the book is his unrivaled perseverance. When traveling to the Yukon, for example, even when half dead from thirst, he makes a point to snap at his captors. And when he’s in the clutches of abusive owners that refuse to treat him like a living creature, although many of
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.
Many differences occurred in Buck: he was dependent and independent, learned at an incredible speed, got bigger and stronger, adapted to the environment, and became aware of more. How can he be both dependent and independent? Well, Buck depended on Francois and Perrault for food and necessities; but was extremely independent due to the fact that he had to teach himself when he did something wrong since all he got was a bite to the hind quarters to shape up. Most scenarios it was vital that Buck learned quickly if he didn't want to be hit. Luckily, Buck was good at it, whenever he made a mistake he worked incredibly hard to make it better and almost never had to be told twice about what to do.
This part shows that Buck has a deep spiritual connection with his ancestor, making him a deeper character; he is not just some random dog who is getting lucky. When Buck met Thornton, he still had a strong connection to the wilderness, but his love and trust for Thornton overrides his primordial instincts so much that he would even die just by Thornton telling him to. In a bar, Thornton gets disrespected, then Buck rips out the rude man’s throat, showing his undying loyalty. Buck's whole character revolves around his being able to survive harsh conditions and dangerous terrain and his willingness to change himself, with him wanting to be with
Buck was forced to persevere often in Call Of The Wild. In the book Call Of The Wild, Buck is torn from society and his everyday life, but he still finds a way to overcome the adversity and
Buck suffered hard life decisions when he left his old pack and went to his new one and had to change to his new environment. He was taken out of his normal lifestyle. He was pulling heavy weight lugging heavy humans all day making it to the gold rush. He had to watch his team fight and battle to each other, struggle for his body to keep warmth and be careful on the ice that was too weak. Buck is a real survivor and is going through some tough times and made it out to the passage of survival.
Jack London wrote The call of the Wild in 1900 and had it published 1905. The main character, Buck a St Bernard living the good life until he gets stolen and taken to Alaska. After that he is made a sled-dog who is sometimes beaten and starved. But in the end this is a transformation physically and mentally. The story takes place in Miami, Florida for a part of the story until he is stolen and taken to a remote part of Alaska.
In the "Call Of The Wild" By jack London expresses a theme of suffering to show how life was like for buck and the other it also tell how buck and the other sled dog that did not trust humans because they were abused by their owners. First buck was take from all he knew and was sol as a sled dog to a team. Then buck faced starvation, and his natural instinct to become leader. Final he show how buck natural instinct has taken over but is still friend with some humans.
In The Call of the Wild, Jack London utilizes the uprising of a dog’s primitive nature to communicate the influence of ancestry present within all beings. When Buck is ripped out of domestication, he immediately channels his hidden defensive qualities whenever a sense of danger is present. He discovers traits within himself that he was unaware to have possessed, sometimes even becoming shocked by his own reactions. The instincts of Buck’s ancestors awaken once he arrives in the Yukon Territory which allows him to fend for himself and survive while undergoing the dangerous conditions of the climate. Buck not only fits the criteria necessary to survive, but he goes above and beyond and finds himself successful and thriving as the leader of the
In 1903, Jack London wrote his best selling novel, concerning the life of a sled dog that travels throughout Alaska, the Yukon, and the Klondike. Throughout this book Jack London uses personification to illustrate the dog’s viewpoint. London describes what adventures the dog encounters after being kidnapped from his Santa Clara Valley home to be taken to Alaska as a sled dog to help men pursue gold in the gold rush of 1897. Buck, is the name of this sled dog who experiences his primitive life style for the first time after many forays through Canada and Alaska. Due to the events in Buck’s life, he transforms from a domesticated, family pet to a primordial, wild beast.
relate to and so it can bring them into the novel more. It presents an issue we all struggle with; a problem we long to solve. Being a main theme of Call of the Wild by Jack London, the search for self is critical to the work. Not only that that, but it is also one of the big struggles Buck deals with. The title of the book sets the tone for Buck’s yearning to find himself, and let's the reader know the true conflict in this novel.
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.
There are many testing hardships in adulthood. In the Call of The Wild, Buck has to persevere through more challenging events as he gets older. The amazing wolf had to struggle through pain in the icy tundra. Unlike Buck, Shari was in a loving hospital with friends and family to assist with the struggles she was going through. They both were afraid about what would happen next to their lives. Everyone has harder issues as you get older whether it’s surviving as being a sled dog, or having a life threatening disease while having a child.
Buck in the book “The Call of the Wild”, goes through many obstacles where he faced getting killed. He was just an ordinary house dog, but was kidnapped by his family’s gambling-addicted gardener. He later is beaten with a bat until he obeys and
Darwin believes in the theory the struggle for survival; this theme is portrayed in London’s, The Call of the Wild. Darwin, the brilliant man, expresses that in order to succeed in life struggling must take place first. What Darwin means by this is that success does not come from the people who let others so their work for them, but the people who learn to do things on their own. This is because when it comes time to be independent, it does not seem so difficult because they learn to struggle through obstacles instead of having people do it for them. In the Origin of the Species, Chapter III, Darwin states, “Hence, as more individuals are produced than can possibly survive, there must in every case be a struggle for existence, either one individual