Kill In The Call Of The Wild

A major theme in Jack London’s classic book The Call of The Wild is that life is kill or be killed.

Buck was determined to kill Spitz. While pursuing that mission, though, he not only risked his life, but the teamwork of the other dogs. “It was to the death,” (London 31). This text shows how Buck risked his life because the fight between him and Spitz was “to the death”. “With the covert mutiny of Buck, a general insubordination sprang up and increased,” (London 28). This text shows how Buck risked his teamwork with the other dogs because Spitz and him were always fighting.

Jack London’s novel, The Call of the Wild, is about the transformation of Buck. As a dog who was raised as a domestic animal, he must learn to adapt to his new wild surroundings after he is snatched away from civilization. The author's message of this novel is “survival of the fittest.” Buck’s only chance of staying alive is to display his strength and fight. This quote displays Buck’s thoughts on the rules of the wild; the only way to survive. It is clearly shown that having superior power is the only route to not being killed. Each dog, no matter which breed or age, learns these rules almost instantly and gets put into their place; their journey to proving themselves and rising to the top begins. This citation is significant to the theme, because it depicts the valuable law of the wilderness, which is “survival of the fittest.” This quote describes the “eat or be eaten” world that Buck is now adapting to in order to live. The theme, “survival of the of the fittest,” is shown in this quote, and seems quite gruesome. However, “...master or be mastered...Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten…” is exactly how the animals in the wild sustain their places in their “communities.”

This year’s summer reading options were marvelous. It was a hard choice to choose what book to read, but in the end, I chose The Call of the Wild by Jack London. The Call of the Wild was an adventurous tale about a dog named Buck and his adventures as he was sold into a harsh life of relentless labor in the cold and brutal North. The author of this classic novel, Jack London, was a short-story writer and a prolific American novelist. He was born in San Francisco, California. He was known for his other novels, The Sea Wolf and White Fang. I chose this particular novel because I love reading classic novels and it seemed to be an interesting and exciting story. Finally, this was the novel of my choice because it was recommended to me by my grandma.

A major theme in Jack London’s classic, The Call of the Wild, is that adaptability is essential for survival.

In the beginning of the book Buck was thrown into a whole new environment. He was the newby who had plenty of new things to learn. As if it wasn't hard enough the dogs weren't the friendliest and tended to take what wasn't theirs. As soon as Buck began to adapt to his environment he began fighting back leading to him standing up for himself. He began to build strength through this transformation as a result making him much more powerful. This would become his first step toward leadership. The leader at this time was Splitz, who I think found Buck as a threat because he knew he had great potential of being a leader. Buck was the only on in the pack who matched Splitz in strength. Meaning splitz was just waiting for a fight to pick with Buck, a fight to the death. Buck wasn't scared, I know this because Buck was brave. Buck first showed his bravery against the man in the red sweater who beat Buck with a club and yet Buck never let that phase him. Very soon Buck would show this strength  and bravery. Slowly equality began to be shown to him and Splitz from the rest of the pack. At the same time the dogs didn't really fear splitz anymore either in fact they even began bullying him. The day came when a fight to the death would occur between Buck and the fierce

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 of the main themes of The Call of the Wild is that the world is kill or be killed and it is shown throughout the entire story.

When reading a novel, there are going to be characters that are either static or dynamic. Static characters stay the same throughout the entire book like brustle sprouts stay on a plate in a room full of children. Dynamic characters are the exact opposite; they are always changing in unique ways that are sometimes better or at other times worse than earlier in the story. In The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, the main character - Buck - is without a doubt, a dynamic character. As the story progresses, he is constantly evolving into a “new” dog.

There are two chapters that show his development the most. The first is chapter 3 titled “ The Dominant Primordial Beast”, in which Buck see’s that he is incredibly weak compared to the other dogs in particular Spitz, the lead dog, throughout the chapter he becomes stronger, more cunning, and vicious to survive in the harsh wilderness and the cruelty of the other dogs which he then overcomes in only pages, this could also be seen as an issue how he evolves so quickly and could be considered bad pacing but fits the character of Buck since he is supposed to adapt quite fast because of his will to live, Buck then at every chance attacks Spitz to gain the upper edge on him and to weaken Spitz. Buck and Spitz the decide on this grudge they have

THE CALL OF THE WILD It is not the strongest of the species that survive nor the most intelligent but the one most responsive to change. (Charles Darwin). A major theme in Jack London's classic The Call of the Wild is that life is a quest for one's true identity which buck must undertake and achieve through the course of the book.

For example, a theme of survival of the fittest is presented when Buck first joins the sledding team, as there is a constant power struggle between characters, particularly Buck and Spitz. On the other hand, incidents such as Buck’s initial beating at the hand of his master symbolize Buck’s departure from his pampered life at the estate to his survival-based situation as a sled dog. These literary devices add a crucial element to the book and enhance the story for the reader.

In the book Call of the Wild, the protagonist Buck is a big dog half St. Bernard and half German Shepard. He lives in the home of judge miller and his kids but Buck is the master, he has the lay of the land. The day that Manuel, the gardener, took Buck to then sell him was when bucks life started to take a turn for the worst. He got tortured by many different men, he was starved and water deprived but over all he was a tough dog he could handle it. We know already that if someone tries to hurt him he will then try to fight back and a big dog like him he will be able to protect himself. Unless one of the tormentors uses a club to keep buck from pouncing. Over all buck will just use all his power to protect himself and not do anything to put

The sled drivers wanted to select a new team-dogs leader, and Sol-leks was chosen. Buck did not approve that as Sol-Leks being a leader, he tried possible ways to become a leader. Francois and Perrault attacked and chased Buck for several times in their long trail journey but they fail.The drivers noticed Buck’s strength and capability of beating the other dogs. Buck was chosen to be the leader of the team-dogs. Buck showed off his strength and power as being a leader. He punished Pike for not being lazy in the trial, he wanted every dog to be strong enough for that trial. The dogs including Buck suffered a lot in that trial, he crossed a lot of miles through Alaska which ill-conditions were present there; Dave was too weak and he was about

A major theme in Jack London’s classic The Call of the Wild is in the wild, life is kill or be killed.