Call Of The Wild Survival

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In the book The call of the wild, it is argued if “survival of the fittest” is displayed. In one of the first senses, curly, a sled dog, is killed by a multitude of other dogs. She did not fight back hard enough and died. This would be a good example of survival of the fittest because it shows if your not willing to fight you will be killed. Another example is when Dave is having a heart problem and is struggling with running by the sled. He falls many times and gets to tired to keep up. It hints that when dave is being taken away that he was put out of his misery by being shot. It says all the dogs heard a loud boom and all of them knew what happened. This would represent survival of the fittest because the dog was hurt, and if your hurt in

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