Did Buck Want To Be Wild Or Tame

One source states, "Buck fights against and then joins a wolf pack and creates a superior strain of animal by mating with a wolf. The novel ends as Buck becomes totally absorbed into the natural world" (Moss). Buck is fully absorbed in the wild and is leading the pack of wolves, showing that it was the perfect match and he didn’t need to return to civilization. He had created a great life of his own. Another quote describes ideally what happened after he entered the wild and was fully embraced in it,

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.

“Your circle of influence dictates your path.” -John Bielecki. Influence others have can guide your life. In the book “Call of the Wild”, Jack London uses the influence of masters. Buck is a pampered prince in Santa Clara Valley, in Judge Miller’s house. One day, he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog. Buck met several masters, the man in the red sweater, Francois and Perrault, and John Thornton. All of them played a great role for Buck’s rapid growth. Under the harsh environment of toiling, Buck gradually grew into an undefeatable, wild beast. Among his masters, Buck felt passionate love for him and Thornton. After Thornton’s death Buck returns to the wild, but the trace of civilization left him brings him to the place where Thornton

In the beginning of the book, Buck must adapt to the cold and cruelness of his new life in order to survive with very little food and recognition. First, Buck has to adapt to being transported to the North and learn to be a sled dog. For example, when he lived with the judge he slept wherever and whenever he wanted, but now that he is in the North he can only sleep under the snow and for few hours. Since, Buck learns that to live and carry on through his journey he has to make some changes from his old lifestyle. Second, Buck finds food for himself in order to survive and pull the sled longer. For instance, Buck steals food off of the man‘s plate because he is starving. Since, Buck can put his instincts into action, adapt and can be a good sled dog and stay alive. Last, Buck gets little recognition and learns to use his instincts and care for himself. For example, Buck gains confidence in himself to

In the beginning of the book, Buck must learn to adapt to life in the wild. First, Buck learns how to adapt to no Longer being a King, but a slave instead. For example, the man in the red sweater beats Buck with a club so that Buck will obey him like a slave, including eating out of his hands that just beat him. Since Buck survives the clubbing by not attacking the man, he has learned to adapt to the “Law of the Club.” Second Buck learns how to adapt in the snow. For instance, Buck becomes a great sled dog and leads the team. Since Buck is a great sled the people need him. So they help Buck survive. Last Buck learns how to adapt by being pretty much king, For example he went from being beaten and not loved to being leader and loved and important.

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)

In the Call of The Wild a dog named Buck goes through a few owners before joining a wolf pack. The theme in The Call of The Wild is the way you treat animals is the way they will react to you because Buck’s owners treated him differently therefore he responded to them differently.

In The Call of the Wild, one theme could be that only the strongest survive, Buck goes through significant changes in his life and has to learn very quickly how to adapt in order to survive. The connection between this theme and natural selection is that if you are not able to adapt or suited for a certain task, you will fail. If Buck had not adapted and learned how to a sled dog, he would have most likely of died. When it says "only the strongest survive" it means that if you are not prepared or are weak, you will die first. In natural selection, when disasters happen or things in the world change, only the strongest, smartest, and quickest to adapt will survive. Bucks life changed very rapidly, but he was able to adapt very quickly to his

The move from Santa Clara Valley, California, to the Yukon is not to much for the resilient, Buck. After being kidnapped by one of Judge Miller’s hired hands, Buck makes the the journey to the Yukon and learns very important lessons. One included when to obey a master’s command. Buck takes charge of his situation after the death of his leader by showing Perrault and Francois that he knows how to take charge of a dogsled even if he had never been placed in that position before that moment. Buck’s ability to adapt to his surroundings is fun to read. Buck really comes into character after he starts to let loose of all his ways from his past living at Judge Miller’s house. Buck gets into fights with the other dogs on his dogsled team because

Over the span of this summer I read The Call of the Wild by Jack London. The protagonist or “main” character is Buck; Buck is also a round character he is a round character because he complex and undergoes development. Buck is a dog; he is part St. Bernard, and another part Scotch shepherd. Buck’s “rival” is Spitz. Spitz is the antagonist in this story.

Why are dogs, man’s supposed best friend, known as man’s best friend? During the long story, Buck has many relationships good and bad, and deals with them all differently. In The Call of the Wild, Jack London tells the story of Buck, a domesticated house dog that is stolen and taken into the wild and is forced to adapt and survive. Buck’s relationships define him and the mood and tone of the story. Buck is faced with different owners, from the likeable and loveable like Judge Miller and Thornton, to the hateable Hal, Mercedes, and Charles.

The most obvious and important change in Buck’s life is when he is stolen from his house. In a way, when Buck is captured, he starts an entirely new life. His new life living wild is one that is polar opposite to his past life. “Chapter I, ‘Into the Primitive,’ describes the great dog’s kidnapping from Judge Miller’s pastoral ranch and his subsequent endurance of the first rites of his initiation—the beginning of the transformation that ultimately carries him deep into Nature’s heart of darkness” (Labor 119). Buck goes from a beautiful, massive house where he lived an entertaining life with his first family to surviving in the cold, vast wilderness while knowing absolutely no one. While living on the beautiful property, he was really close

The book focuses on a main theme of primitivity and a return to one’s roots. “The Call of the Wild focuses on the idea of primitivity – what is wild about you as a person…or an animal – that harkens back to the time before cell phones, cars, judges and houses.

I liked how Buck became a dog of the wild. Buck learned how to act in the wild. Buck was like a wolf. Buck got bigger and more energetic in learning how to act. I like how buck was getting able to pull more and more on the sled and was getting a hang of the sled and how to pull it.

This is a story about a dog named Buck and his adventures through the wild. Are story starts off with Buck laying in the grass of his first home in Santa Clara Valley. One day Manuel, one of his owner’s friends, took Buck and sold him to a man in a red sweater. Buck didn’t know this man so he attacked to show his dominance. The Red Sweater Man struck him with a club and Buck Flew back. This went on for about 30 min. and then Buck gave up. He learned that a man with a club was superior to him.