Buck The Wild

“Buck stood and looked on, the successful champion, the dominant primordial beast who has made his kill and found it good”(London, 43). Buck a St. Bernard and Scotch-Shepherd struggled in Yukon Alaska, with a past of numerous amount of masters. Each character exhibits different traits and treats dogs differently. In the book “The Call of The Wild” by Jack London, Buck who is the most valuable character, shows many ways that he loves his last master, John Thornton while John loves him back. Throughout the book Bucks masters test him which eventually releases bucks inner primordial beast. The theme of Survival of The Fittest is included in the book because the dogs retrogress back to a more primitive state, and the most worthy dog along with the dog sled team, struggle to stay alive. Buck has no experience living in the wintery harsh weather. Being in a simple environment at Judge Miller’s was making him a pet. Jack London did a great job explaining the weather and how Buck came to his senses. “The first theft marked Buck as fit to survive in the hostile Northland environment” (London, 24). One of Buck’s first thing he had to get used to was …show more content…
In chapter 3 Jack London wrote “THE DOMINANT PRIMORDIAL BEAST was strong in Buck, and under conditions trial life grew and grew”(London, 27). He was explaining how throughout the book, Buck gets stronger and stronger. His ancestors are brought back through Buck by being tested against is will in search for gold. One of the tasks given to Buck by his master was to carry 1,000 pounds of flour over a span of 100 yards. His love for John Thornton was so strong that he was able what he was told to do, which made Thornton very proud. If he wasn’t exposed to the wild and various seasons before this event he wouldn’t be able to do it with the amount of strength he had in the beginning of the