Quotes From The Call Of The Wild

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

Buck went through many different struggles throughout the book, Call of the Wild. For example, he was repeatedly abused by almost all of his owners. The man in the red sweater, would beat him with clubs. This made Buck feel weaker,

“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative”(H.G. Wells). The theme in the Book The Call of the Wild is adaptability is essential for survival. At the beginning of the Book, Buck must learn and adapt to his new life in the wilderness to survive.

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

In The Call of The Wild, Buck is kidnapped and sold by a gambling obsessed man, and has to persevere as he's forced to be a sled dog. One of the examples of his perseverance is the beginning of his adventure. Buck is approached by the gardener Manuel, and as soon as Buck realizes he is up to no good he is kidnapped. He is then beaten by a club until he

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” In the novel, Call of the Wild by Jack London, adaptation is a huge theme throughout the journey that Buck goes through. Buck was a pampered St.Bernard that lived with Judge Miller in Santa Clara Valley, California, he ruled over the whole estate. Then the Gold Rushers were in need of sled dogs, so Buck being big and strong, led him into this position to be picked. Throughout his journey on the Yukon Trail he faces many new dogs, lessons, and cruelty that he has to adjust too.

He was taken away from his home and made to be new leader as his destiny. He was struggling to survive, he was losing weight and fighting for his meal as his team was fighting each other to the death. Knowing buck he had persevered and pushed past the toughness. He had to make some changes that were life defying and could change his whole outcome. Changing the whole outcome would have its benefits but in favor or the other choice.

He is the first person to teach Buck suffering and the ways of primitive life. In San Diego, Buck has never been ill-treated and is a rather proud dog. When his dignity is wounded by being roughly treated, he acts rashly towards the man in the red sweater, whom he later identifies as the lawgiver. After he tries a few times to launch himself at the man, he is always brought down by the man's club. His first beating helps him in not acting rashly later on when it counted and helps him bring Spitz down by using both his head and his instincts, not just his instincts.

Buck experiences all that nature has to offer when he starves, freezes, and gets exhausted from all of his sledding. Buck continually struggles, yet he finds ways to turn his struggles into successes like when it was said that “Buck was inexorable”, and learns along the way how to survive (London 24). He takes everything a day at a time and makes the best with what he is given or not given. This man-nature relationship is not all negative though because the nature shapes Buck and other animals into becoming stronger and more athletic which then transcends to their

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.

First, when buck is being attacked by starving huskies. For example, as the group of 100 starving huskies are attacking the camp for food. Since, Buck and his team have to fight off and kill the starving huskies or the huskies will kill Buck and his team for the food. Second, Buck becomes lead dog. For instance, when Buck kills Spitz and Buck becomes new lead dog. Since, Buck has to try his hardest and destroy any threat that comes to him because he has to keep Francois’s record and the team together. Last, Buck is being beaten on the river by Hal. For example, when Hal has beaten almost every other dog and is beating Buck and Buck has to fight him off till John Thornton saves him. Since, Buck had to keep fighting Hal when he was being beaten so he did not die. In

Being able to survive in a new environment requires a lot of drastic changes. There are things people need to do that they probably have never done before. In The Call of the Wild, the main character, Buck, changes from a civilized dog into an animal who is able to cope with the rough conditions of the north. He is unable to be the civilized dog he was when living with Judge Miller. Due to all that has happened to Buck, he changes from a tamed dog into an uncultivated one. He has learned the ways of adapting. Since he has already adapted to his new lifestyle it will be a challenge to live a civilized life once again. Also, Buck will struggle with returning to the domesticated life because his behavior has already been modified to wolves who live in the north. After changing

In Jack London’s The Call Of The Wild a major theme is adaptability. In the beginning, Buck has to make physical changes, his body has to adapt to the cold, harsh environment of Alaska. In the middle, Buck has to make mental changes to be more alert of the dangers around him. In the end, Buck’s instincts show more and he becomes a wild animal.

Buck was a sweet house dog whose goal was to adapt and survive in the Klondike. Buck was stolen and taken to a new place that he had never been before. Once he saw a dog was killed because she was injured, he knew he was going to have to adapt and survive on his own in the Klondike. Along the way Buck endured many hardships, he was in a fight to the death for the leadership position, he could tell he was going to have to fight and he did, he used his imagination and successfully defeated Spitz. The passage states, “Buck stood and looked on, the successful champion, the dominant primordial beast” (London 35). This shows that Buck has adapted and can kill his own kind. While on his journey, Buck could feel himself change, his fur got thicker, his feet hardened and he became faster. The author states, “The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce condition of trail life it grew and grew” (London 23). This proves that Buck is adapting the the trail life. Buck finally accomplished his mission when he was able to survive by himself. London says, “He fished for salmon[...]and by this stream he killed a large black bear” (London 74). This shows