Character Development In George Orwell's Into The Wild

Buck is a half St. Bernard and half sheepdog, who has been blessed with a comfortable life, going on adventures with his master and his family; living in the warm, sunny Santa Clara Valley. However, that all changed when he is sold to dog traders as a sled dog, by none other than a gardener in Judge Miller's estate. He eventually lands to a man, in the red sweater, who teaches him a lesson by hitting him with a club multiple times, carving this terror to Buck’s mind. He is then sold to Francois and Perrault, who takes him to the North for the first time, seeing his first snow and the cruelty around him among the other dogs. The first, which includes a female dog named Curly, who is bombarded by a pack of huskies and eventually kills her. Buck comes to …show more content…
He doesn’t have any thoughts, but rather, he daydreams. Such as, when he laid down by the fire, imagining a man who was not there, uttering strange sound, who’s scared of the darkness. I think that, in a sense Buck was able to relate to that, with his past, his ancestry and being able to connect with his wild instincts (page 54). This development is able to aid Buck survive and lead as he sees fit. As we read through, Buck’s sled team falls through the thin ice which was led by Hal, Charles and Mercedes at that time, now it wasn’t said if they survived or not, but we can conclude that they didn’t; as Thornton becomes his new master. In addition to this, being thrust into this life compared to what he had in the beginning is a lot. But Buck gobbled it all up, he pushed through and survived. Now, as we progress through the story, we can tell that Buck has this unexplained love for the wild, hence the title of the book. In fact, Buck eventually turns to the wild, leading his own pack and having his own cubs. But once a year, he comes to the place of his last master, Thornton, just