Quotes From The Call Of The Wild

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

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

Buck was treated with no respect and was abused by the man in the red sweater . In chapter 1 it states ‘’deliberately dealt him a frightful blow.’’ This shows the

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.

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

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 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

First, Buck learns the Law of Club. There was a man in the red sweater who beat Buck with a club, and Buck would either get beat to death by the man or he could surrender which is exactly what the law of club is. You must know this in order to survive if you are a sled dog. Second, Buck learns the law of fang.

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

Manuel kidnaps Buck and sells him to pay off a debt. Buck’s trustworthy nature changes as soon as he is beaten and is not fed or allowed to drink water. When Buck arrives in Seattle he is almost beaten to death by the man in the red sweater. "He saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club." (Call of the Wild, page 19). Buck learns from this horrible incident the ‘law of the club.’ The law of the club states that a dog is no match for a man with a weapon. Buck witnesses as his newly-made friend named Curly is torn to pieces by thirty or forty huskies after she falls to the ground from fighting. Buck is taught the ‘law of the fang’ from Curly’s death scene. The law of the fang recognizes the fact that once a dog falls to the ground he is dead. In the north, Buck learns many traits that will help him journey through the north in order to survive. Buck learns that he has to eat his food quickly in order to not have it stolen; he learns to steal food to survive, because the daily ration cannot fill his stomach; he learns to break the ice out from his toes; and finally Buck learns that in order to stay warm during the harsh, freezing nights, he has to make a ‘nest’ to sleep in. Because Buck learns these new secrets of the sled dogs, he is able to survive in the north and to maintain his

Buck learns the "law of club and fang." He grasps that the strong lead and he must obey a man with a club. This shows how Buck adapts to his new way of life because he was not use to the harsh treatment from the man with the club, in his old life in California he was the king and ruled over all things. He learned to never fight a man with a weapon, and to always back down. If Buck had not backed down then he could have been hurt badly, and it could have affected his later encounters with

A major theme in Jack London’s classic book The Call of the Wild is that adaptability is essential for survival, which is what buck has to do to during most of the book. At the beginning of the book, Buck’s appearance changes, In the middle, his mental thinking changes, and At the end, his senses change so he can adapt to his new life in Alaska.

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)

Buck learns his first lesson in survival when he is beaten. This is where he learns that only the strong and smart survive the wilderness, "He saw...that he stood no chance against a man with a club. " Buck gets beaten by the man with a club because that is how sled dogs are taught and disciplined. Buck knew he couldn't win against the man with a club; the man was much bigger and stronger than Buck and he knew he could do nothing but take the beating.