Buck Call Of The Wild Case Study

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Buck is described as a four year old half St .Bernard and half Sheppard dog that lives in Saint Clara.He is described as a mediums size dog. He waits about 140 pounds. I think that buck can survive the Yukon territory . Even though it might be a hard time for buck. I say this because buck is not used to the way thing are. His thick coat of fur should keep him warm. A trait that will severe buck well is his strongness because if buck does not get fed enough food his strongness would help give him strength. Buck bravery would help him. Another trait that would help buck is his smartness. Buck would have to abandon trust because everybody is not going to treat him right. Buck also needs to abandon his pride because if he does

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