Call Of The Wild Analysis

One of the many themes in "Call of the Wild" is that only the fittest will survive in the wild. Many come prepared to the Klondike like John Thornton, but countless come with little knowledge and are unprepared like Hal, Charles, and Mercedes. It was obvious that the "Terrible Trio" were unprepared for the Klondike. They had a sled that was overweight which carried a tent that was dragged behind and large amounts of clothing and pots. John Thornton on the other hand came prepared, he brought an evenly weighted sled and knew where he was going with his team of dogs.

All of these characters had many different flaws. John Thornton was smart, intelligent, and strong but had frozen his feet. Mercedes was vain, unintelligent, and unprepared