Call Of The Wild: Struggle For Mastery

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Have you ever read the book The Call of the Wild By,Jack London? If not you should, there is a lot of struggle for mastery in the book between Buck and Spitz. Buck used to be a house dog but very rapidly changed into a full out wolf. Buck was claimed as a oversized or “Giant” wolf. Buck went through a lot of masters and he eventually became his own master later in the book. Than there's Spitz, Spitz is a strong,sneaky, untrustful lead dog. Buck and Spitz always seen eye to eye. Spitz was the lead dog. That means he was “The best dog”. Bucks first master was judge miller and Bucked ruled that house so for him to get into the sled dog a d be almost in the back, he was not happy. The Theme I am writing about is Struggle For Mastery. Buck had

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