Comparison Of White Fang And Call Of The Wild

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Call There is a voice, or a call that some answer, yet some choose another path. These choices all have pros and cons, but if one pushes through it, they will find where they belong. In White Fang and Call of the Wild, Buck and White Fang both had this call, but did it affect them the same way (London, 1988, 1979)? When someone loses themselves in the process, the journey becomes a dare that the wild is giving them. It is up to them to keep at it or let the wild take them away, and this is what Buck and White Fang are up against (London, 1988, 1979). Will they stay true to the call or take the less traveled road (Frost, 1916)? The call of the wild and the call of domestication are opposites; almost like Yin and Yang, without one the other …show more content…
Buck only had one master that he truly loved, and his name was John Thornton, Scott was the one and only for White Fang, they shuffled through many people until they found masters they could love and respect equally (London, 1988, 1979). They had to go through changes and come to grips with the life they once had, while struggling through the life they are living (London, 1988, 1979). In present time, many owners abuse their dogs, and many dogs have their spirits broken, but not White Fang, and not Buck (London, 1988, 1979). In the past, they had good lives; Buck was living in California, on an estate while living with Judge Miller. White Fang was joyously living with his mother Kiche. White Fang thought he had everything he would ever need; and the same goes for Buck (London, 1979, …show more content…
A boatload of people think that they all have it planned out, that they were ready for life, and nothing could ever go wrong. This is what Buck thought when he was living with Judge Miller, notwithstanding the “call of the wild” deep inside his heart (London, 1979). He soon found out that what he needed was to be in the primitive land, never having to worry about being free (London, 1979). On the other hand, White Fang longed not to be free, but to be loved (London, 1988). He had his fair share of the untamed life, it had nearly beaten him, starved him, and took every little thing he called home away from him (London, 1988). White Fang might have been able to walk the walk, but he was like an old marshmallow, hard on the outside, but soft and warm on the inside, just waiting for that one of a kind cup of hot chocolate (London,

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