In Jack London's book, The Call of the Wild there are many themes that focus on life and experiences that Buck has. There are deaths of many dogs and good things that happen to Buck. He experiences real life problems. The book is expresses realism more than naturalism. Buck and Spitz fight throughout the book until Spitz dies at the end. In The Call of the Wild, Jack London says, "Spitz struggled madly to keep up. He saw the silent circle, with gleaming eyes, lolling tongue, and silvery breaths drifting upward closing in upon him as he had seen similar circles close in upon beaten antagonist in the past, only this time he was the one who was beaten"(London 49). This quote from Jack London helps explain realism because there is always competition for the top spot in life. Buck was battling throughout the whole story for a better role. Buck and Spitz hated each other but, there is a person that he loves. Buck and John Thorton truly love
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In the novel Jack London says, "When the long winter nights come on and the wolves follow their neat into the lower valleys, he may be seen running at the head of the pack through the pale moonlight or glimmering borealis, leaping gigantic above his fellows, his great throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack"(London 125). This quotation helps prove how Buck feels about the wild and the wolves. He responds to the call of the wild because it is what he really likes to do. This shows what Buck is really fond of doing, something that he truly loves to do. The book The Call of the Wild by Jack London focuses more on realism than naturalism. This is noticeable in the Buck and Spitz fight. Also, it shows how much Buck and John Thorton love each other. Finally, this is shown as Buck responds to the call of the wild. Buck experiences realism in this novel in plenty of ways and that is just the way of
In the novel Jack London says, "When the long winter nights come on and the wolves follow their neat into the lower valleys, he may be seen running at the head of the pack through the pale moonlight or glimmering borealis, leaping gigantic above his fellows, his great throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack"(London 125). This quotation helps prove how Buck feels about the wild and the wolves. He responds to the call of the wild because it is what he really likes to do. This shows what Buck is really fond of doing, something that he truly loves to do. The book The Call of the Wild by Jack London focuses more on realism than naturalism. This is noticeable in the Buck and Spitz fight. Also, it shows how much Buck and John Thorton love each other. Finally, this is shown as Buck responds to the call of the wild. Buck experiences realism in this novel in plenty of ways and that is just the way of