“ And this was the manner of dog Buck it was in the fall of 1897, when the Klondike strike dragged men from all the world into the frozen North. But Buck did not read the newspapers, and he did not know that Manuel, one of the gardener’s helpers, was an undesirable acquaintance” (London 5). In the novel The Call of The Wild by Jack London, is a story about a strong dog named Buck who gets dognapped by a man named Manuel and gets sent on a ship called the Narwhal to the Klondike. He goes on an adventure of his life. Buck goes from master to master until one master named John Thornton saved his life, then Buck has the decision of love for his master John Thornton or to answer the call of the wild. In this novel there is evidence of Buck learning
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One example of Buck showing that he is fit to survive is when he stole food. “This first theft marked Buck as fit to survive in the hostile Northland environment” (London 24). Buck stole bacon from his master when he wasn’t looking and now he won’t starve so he will be able to survive. After a while Buck started to show more ways to survive in the Yukon. This second example of Buck proving that he is fit to survive is learning that he cannot fall down in a fight. “So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you” (London 17). This quote is in the novel do to a dog named Curly getting into a fight and Curly falling down in the fight and got killed so now Buck knows not to fall down in a fight. Now Buck can show more ways to survive in the Yukon. This last example is explaining Buck attacking another sled dog named Spitz to survive. “A pause seemed to fall. Every animal was motionless as though turned to stone. Only Spitz quivered and bristled as he staggered back and forth snarling with horrible menace, as though to frighten off impending death. Then Buck sprang out; but while he was in shoulder; had at last squarely met shoulder” (London 42). Buck attacked the sled dog leader Spitz because Spitz stole his food and Buck needs the portion of his food to
One example of Buck showing that he is fit to survive is when he stole food. “This first theft marked Buck as fit to survive in the hostile Northland environment” (London 24). Buck stole bacon from his master when he wasn’t looking and now he won’t starve so he will be able to survive. After a while Buck started to show more ways to survive in the Yukon. This second example of Buck proving that he is fit to survive is learning that he cannot fall down in a fight. “So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you” (London 17). This quote is in the novel do to a dog named Curly getting into a fight and Curly falling down in the fight and got killed so now Buck knows not to fall down in a fight. Now Buck can show more ways to survive in the Yukon. This last example is explaining Buck attacking another sled dog named Spitz to survive. “A pause seemed to fall. Every animal was motionless as though turned to stone. Only Spitz quivered and bristled as he staggered back and forth snarling with horrible menace, as though to frighten off impending death. Then Buck sprang out; but while he was in shoulder; had at last squarely met shoulder” (London 42). Buck attacked the sled dog leader Spitz because Spitz stole his food and Buck needs the portion of his food to