Evolution In The Call Of The Wild

Intelligent people don’t come around so often, but when they do we take advantage of their knowledge. Charles Darwin, English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection once said, “ It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change”. Throughout the novel The Call of the Wild by Jack London, the main character Buck was the prime example of evolution throughout the novel. Going from a typical pampered house dog, then transforming to a vicious Iditarod sled dog was his call of the wild. Events such as the killing of Spitz, taking responsibility of being an Alpha pack leader and also evolving from a typical Saint Bernard/ Scotch shepherd dog mix to an Iditarod sled dog was the definition of change. In the beginning of the story Buck was a sweet dog that only knew how to be a house dog, until he got taken out of his comfort zone to become a sled dog. He joined the pack just being one of the other dogs, but going further in depth in the story he knew that his only chance of surviving was to become the alpha dog of his group. Spitz the leader of the pack was …show more content…
Attitudes, opinion’s, and mindsets where changed the most throughout the novel. The reason for bucks change is because he learned to notice the full effect of human cruelty. Buck goes from a domesticated dog to a full blown wild dog just because all of the things had was put through. When Buck was taken from Judge Miller it was an act of neglect and through this Buck learns to adapt to the wild. Buck undergoes the rules of the wild, surviving will be the hardest issue to overcome. This helps to beings more emotional evolution that Buck undergoes, from one who enjoys what was before, an easy luxury to nothing being easy at all is a challenge that he has taken upon. The lure of the wild in terms of the hunt and the nature of "kill or be killed" is something of which Buck becomes a