The Wild Transformation

The Call of the Wild, on the surface, is a story about Buck, a four- year old dog that is part Shepherd and part St. Bernard. More importantly, it is a naturalistic tale about the survival of the fittest in nature. Throughout the novel, Buck proves that he is fit and can endure the law of the club, the law of the fang, and the laws of nature.

After John Thornton dies and Buck’s only tie to humanity and civilization is severed, Buck proceeds to live out his days in a local wolf pack where he becomes the alpha. Here he becomes a legend to the locals and is forevermore known as the Ghost Dog because of ferocious actions presiding Thornton’s death. Throughout the novel, “The Call of the Wild” it is proven that adaptability is key to one’s survival in any harsh environment. Over the many years in Buck’s time after being kidnapped by Manuel, Buck demonstrated time and time again that being able to adapt to one’s surroundings is and essential to life. In the novel, it is conveyed through many different events and lessons that being able to become accustomed to a setting is key to

“ From far away drifted a faint, sharp yelp, followed by a chorus of a similar sharp yelps (London 105).” In the book, Call of the Wild by Jack London the main character Buck faces a retrogression. Buck goes from being king like to a wild rebellious dog. Buck goes through this change because men found gold. The men needed dogs like Buck. Buck was half saint Bernard and half scotch-shephard, so he was a gigantic dog and had a thick coat to survive in harsh weather like in the Klondike. So Buck is sold and beat he learns to obey the law of club and fang to be formed into a sled dog, but ends up forming a bond with a man his name was John Thornton . Thornton died and Buck answers the call and runs in the wild becoming alpha of the wolf pack. As Buck was

Before the gold rush, Buck, a St. Bernard used to live in a plush, big house, going swimming, and going hunting with the Judge’s sons, but when he was stolen from his “family” and from his happiness he must adapt fast to the harsh environment. In this story, Buck changes from a domesticated animal into a fierce, primitive wolf, killing with no thought or regret but for blood. In the book The Call Of The Wild by Jack London, the theme is decivilization, three examples which proves this is, Buck stealing food from other dogs, Buck finding out that John Thornton is dead, and Buck killing the Yeehats.

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

In the classic, Call Of The Wild, by Jack London, Buck, a southland dog from California, is sold off to gold seekers during the Alaskan Gold Rush. He is thrust into the brutal and unforgiving life of a sled dog and is vilely treated. Buck then must adapt to the harsh life he has been placed into by learning to fight and survive in order to prosper. Years after he was drafted into the gold rush, he is rescued from his suffering by a man named John Thornton. While bonding with John, Buck is also growing closer to nature. When Buck was out exploring, John’s camp was attacked by indians, and he is killed. Buck then decides to return to the wild and live like his ancestors. The author is highly intentional of the diction used in

In The Call of the Wild, Jack London utilizes the uprising of a dog’s primitive nature to communicate the influence of ancestry present within all beings. When Buck is ripped out of domestication, he immediately channels his hidden defensive qualities whenever a sense of danger is present. He discovers traits within himself that he was unaware to have possessed, sometimes even becoming shocked by his own reactions. The instincts of Buck’s ancestors awaken once he arrives in the Yukon Territory which allows him to fend for himself and survive while undergoing the dangerous conditions of the climate. Buck not only fits the criteria necessary to survive, but he goes above and beyond and finds himself successful and thriving as the leader of the

The settings of The Call of the Wild is mainly in the wilderness of the Yukon and the story also takes place in other towns along the way. Most of the Yukon is very dangerous seeing that they had to go up a huge slope where they could’ve fell at any moment. The main Point of View (POV) is in Buck’s perspective. This affects the story by putting the story in a whole entire different way. If the story was in another dog’s perspective like Joe, for instance. Joe’s perspective would most likely sound very ferocious since Joe is tole to be “sour and introspective, with a perpetual snarl and a malignant eye.” so Joe’s outlook would have sounded more vile (London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. ML, 1903.). The setting also affects the story by the details put into the book. An example of this would be where they

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

In the Call of the Wild, Buck must show dominance and become the lead sled dog to survive. The great theme "leadership is survival," is shown all throughout the novel. Buck had to learn very crucial lessons in order to survive his torment. One lesson being, being a leader will help him to survive.

The story line set during the Yukon Klondike Gold Rush, at this people are searching for big and strong dogs like Buck. In the Call of Wild Buck goes through a lot of changes. He goes from being a domestic dog who is fed and taken care of to becoming a dog of the wild who has to adapt and learn how to survive.He was so used to being in charge where he was that he expect to be in charge at all time.He soon realizes when he gets to camp that all changes.

Throughout the novel, Buck was tempted to answer the call, the call of the wild. His first experience with the wild also occurs in the beginning of the novel. The man in the red sweater makes Buck understand “A man with a club was a lawgiver... one must kill or be killed. “He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken. He saw, once and for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club.” (16). After this encounter Buck changed his disposition . He no longer was friendly around men but instead became cunning in the way he acted and thought when around them, One night when Buck was laying by the fire, he had a vision about a caveman and himself. “. . . as he crouched by this other fire he saw another and different man from the half-breed cook before him.” (40). As Buck is transforming into a wild dog, the need of his primordial ways strengthens. When Buck continues having the visions, they start to get more intense showing that he is going through reversion and becoming less domesticated. During his time in the wild, he slowly transformed and looked like an enormous wolf that moves like a hunter; a killer, representing the impact of the wild on Buck. At the end of the novel, Buck becomes the leader of a pack of wolves.As the book reads on page 77, “ And Buck ran with

In The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, the protagonist, Buck, is a dog who has been kidnapped from his home in Santa Clara Valley in California and forced to join various dogsled teams being led across Alaska and Northern Canada. Over the course of the book, Buck undergoes a change from being a domesticated dog to a wild dog, learning how unforgiving and cruel the world is. After being wronged and experiencing many upsetting moments, Buck finds that his primitive instincts start to take over, dominating his civilized side and turning him into a feral dog. In the end, when his last bond with the human world is broken, Buck succumbs completely to the “call of the wild.”

In the book “the call of the wild” is a theme in the Yukon and Alaska. The characters in this book are Buck, John Thornton, Splitz, Francois, Perrault, Hal, Mercedes, Charles, Dave, Sol- leks, Curly, Judge Miller, and Manuel. Men in 1897 during the Klondike strike had found a yellow metal in the Northland causing thousands of men to rush there, the men going to the Northlands needed heavy dogs with strong muscles. In Santa Clara Valley was a dog named Buck, Buck was this type of dog that had been on adventures and had escorted the Judge’s daughters. The Judge was at a meeting of the raisin growers association, he was busy, as Manuel took Buck to a little flag station where he clinked money between another man, this man took Buck away and

Call of the Wild is a novella written by Jack London that is ironic about life and the way we look at it. We look at life as humans and other things are just living in our world, that nothing else has a say in the world because we do not speak the same languages. Example of this is how we “own” dogs, cats, horses, etc; we do not “own” them, they are their own being with goals of their own. We may not be able to understand what they are saying or what they are thinking, but as London explains throughout his novella, one dog in particular has such high aspirations for himself that he will not quit for anything and his name is Buck. Never giving up on what you want in your life is the real message in this story that is being portrayed through the life of Buck.