Summary Of M. K. Asante's 'Buck'

MK Asante’s Buck shows us even though a young black man can have a strong leader in the household, it does not mean he is an effective role model. Malo introduces us to his dad as a man with values and morals. He described him as a man with lots of knowledge about African and living as an Afro-centric person. His dad was a minister a long time ago and even debated with Cornel West. Malo was able to see his dad debate with the best of them. He was proud of his dad. He thought it was “dope” to see his dad have passion, energy, confidence, and intelligence. There is a poster in Malo 's house that reads: “A people without knowledge of their past is like a tree with no roots.” He believes knowledge is power. So why not be a better role model for the two black boys in your household? The purpose for this essay is to examine MK Asante’s, Buck, through a Marxist theoretical lens in regards to Malo and his dad.

Life involves many hardships that may seem impossible to overcome, but with the right amount of strength, one can move beyond the wall of struggle, pain, hate, depression, and any set back. Many can relate to the events in this book because it was written by a normal person, living a normal life, who faced many problems just like any human being, yet, these struggles relate just as much to various theories. Some experiences in Buck come from the negative representation of woman, oppression of Malo, Amina, and Uzi, and Afrocentricity of Chaka. By observing this, M.K. Asante’s book, Buck, can be viewed through a Feminism, Marxism, and New Historicism theoretical lens.

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

In the novel “Call of the Wild” by Jack London, Buck is the main character. Buck is a strong half St. Bernard and half sheepdog. He was living a comfortable life with his owner Judge Miller in Santa Clara Valley, California but sadly this all came to an end when one of the Judge's servants steals Buck and sells him.  Because gold was discovered in the north large dogs like Buck have become suddenly very valuable and are useful to pull heavy sleds. After traveling on boat and train for many days, Buck discovers that he is in the North.  Buck does not adapt easily to the situation but eventually conforms and learns how to pull a dog sled, how to burrow into a hole in the snow, how to survive hunger pains, and how to rely on his native intelligence

After Buck had been pulled from living the sunny dream life everyone wishes for, his whole world was tipped upside down. This is not even fair to a murder who killed four people. Buck was just an innocent dog. It felt like all of the chapters

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

I chose this book because the uses great literature to explain the harsh times of the Klondike. The story contains many characters throughout Buck’s life. Buck is not supposed to be in Yukon. He was stolen by a farmer named Manuel and sold to two people named Francois and Perrault. Manuel wanted to sell Buck to pay for his gambling debts. Buck was put in a baggage car on a train to Yukon. Buck was not used to having cold, harsh elements. Buck is used to a hot, mild climate in Santa Clara Valley. Jack London uses Buck as a main character to explain many harsh ways of living.

At the beginning of the book, Buck is taken from a safe environment to a very dangerous one. First,

Buck goes hunting with Judge Miller’s sons. He also escorted Mollie and Alice the Judge’s Daughters too. Buck digs a hole in the ground for a warm spot to sleep. He Learns the wolf manner of fighting. Buck also knew to stop at ‘’ho’’ and go at ‘’mush’’ to swing wide on the bends, and to keep clear of the wheeler when the loaded sled shot downhill at their heels. This is how I describe Buck and tell what he does.

In the Call of the wild, Buck is a very fulfilled a savage type of personality. As the story went on you would continually learn that he is determined ,and has a good mindset. This shows others that he is a very delighted, also Buck has this inner beast. These two traits blinds him from the fact of him knowing that he is being sold.

Buck is half german shepard half scotch shepard. Buck learns very quickly, and he knows the law of club and fang. Buck is brave. Buck shows that he’s aggresive so that the other dogs will leave him alone.

Each owner Buck transformed himself with different lifestyles and new habits. For example Hal abused him so he got used to being abused and hurt pulling very heavy sleds that were overloaded. Buck was so happy with John. He experienced love for the first time and he was developing a strong affection to John who saved his life. When buck finally has no owner he is acting and becoming like a wolf. He was just a house dog and now he is living in the forest by himself and he is acting like a wolf. The way buck has changed with each owner is shocking. Even though his love for John he still had a little wild to him that made him want to become crazy.

Obviously this book glorifies the rush and excitement of having the "Call of the Wild", however the rush of bliss which makes the wild such an exciting lifestyle also has many harsh lessons which one has to learn in order to survive in the harsh life that is the wild.

Francois walked through with the new husky, Buck. Buck is a disrespectful little pet, so he set him between Dave and Solleks. He needs to know and learn that I’m the boss around here, and the head dog. I growl once in awhile to show him that I’m boss. He learned quickly, so Francois rewarded him. I should be the one getting the reward. I’m more experienced, skilled, smart. I can tell that Buck hasn’t liked me since that day we attacked Curly. I was laughing and snarling at Curly while she was screaming and getting attacked. Buck cringed and gave me a look that said “I hate you so bitterly.” When Francois fastened him up in the belt to pull the sled and work, he looked like a lost baby. I can’t believe they picked some immature puppy. I found

Buck is a big and brown and black dog buck is also strong he lived in the santa clara valley judge miller's place it was called. Buck did not eat much so the other dog eat bucks food buck was shipped to the northland by a steam ship buck was put n a creat so he would not run away. Buck was used for dog sledding and he was put between spitz and dave who had kept buck on track were he was going billy was sleeping under the snow and it was warm so buck was going to dig a hole and sleep under the snow.