Do you just love dogs? What I’m implying is, only cold-hearted monsters don’t love dogs. If you aren’t a cold-hearted monster, then I recommend you read the novel The Call of the Wild by Jack London. The Call of the Wild is about a proud, overweening dog named Buck. The setting of the story appeared in 1897 during the Klondike Gold Rush, when people from all places were heading to the Northland in hopes of striking it rich. Unfortunately for Buck, he classified as the variety of dog people were looking for to pull their dogsleds. As a result, Manuel, a gardener, abducted Buck from his sun-kissed home in California and entered him into the harsh, snowy Yukon environment. The theme of power of the primitive appeared throughout the novel as Buck
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Fortunately, Buck is a very quick learner. He effortlessly mastered battling in the agile wolf style. “It was no task for him to learn to fight with cut and slash and the quick wolf snap” (London 26). The power of the primitive aroused in him and he learned with great celerity the way of the wolf. As Buck retrogressed, he started having visions of cavemen. He would sit by the fire and stare vacuously into space, dozing off and letting his mind drift. “This other man was shorter of leg and longer of arm, with muscles that were stringy and knotty rather than rounded and swelling” (London 50). Every day he spent in the Yukon, Buck became more wild and rampant than the previous day, his visions being evidence. Eventually, John Thornton, Buck’s final master, rescued Buck from his previous callow masters, Hal, Charles, and Mercedes. Although Buck loved John enough to do anything for him, the Call still sounded in him, beckoning him to join the wild and become a wolf. “But in spite of this great love he bore John Thornton, which seemed to bespeak the soft, civilizing influence; the strain of the primitive, which the Northland had aroused in him, remained alive and active” (London 76). Although he loved Thornton greatly, the wild still called to him, and pulsated deep inside
Fortunately, Buck is a very quick learner. He effortlessly mastered battling in the agile wolf style. “It was no task for him to learn to fight with cut and slash and the quick wolf snap” (London 26). The power of the primitive aroused in him and he learned with great celerity the way of the wolf. As Buck retrogressed, he started having visions of cavemen. He would sit by the fire and stare vacuously into space, dozing off and letting his mind drift. “This other man was shorter of leg and longer of arm, with muscles that were stringy and knotty rather than rounded and swelling” (London 50). Every day he spent in the Yukon, Buck became more wild and rampant than the previous day, his visions being evidence. Eventually, John Thornton, Buck’s final master, rescued Buck from his previous callow masters, Hal, Charles, and Mercedes. Although Buck loved John enough to do anything for him, the Call still sounded in him, beckoning him to join the wild and become a wolf. “But in spite of this great love he bore John Thornton, which seemed to bespeak the soft, civilizing influence; the strain of the primitive, which the Northland had aroused in him, remained alive and active” (London 76). Although he loved Thornton greatly, the wild still called to him, and pulsated deep inside