Jack London’s official name is John Griffith Chaney. He was born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California. When Jack was a boy, he was part of the working-class and worked very hard as a teen. Jack’s first experience of writing was when he had his stories published in the Overland Monthly. His first famous book he published was The Call of the Wild, and other famous novels by him are White Fang, Martin Eden, and The People of the Abyss. Jack married Bess Maddern and had two children named Joan and Bess, but their marriage took a wrong turn and Jack remarried with Charmian Kittredge. As Jack got older he was introduced to several diseases and eventually died from them on November 22, 1916, in his California ranch. The book begins with
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They came to Canada to find gold, like many other people are doing in this story. Hal and Mercedes do not have outstanding experience with commanding a sled team and eventually end up responsible for the death of many of the dogs. Hal has a short temper and takes his anger out on the dogs by beating them. Mercedes reminded me of a stuck up rich girl who cannot handle hard work and likes to whine and complain all day. John Thornton, in my opinion, is the second most important character next to Buck. John basically saved Buck from being beaten to death by Hal and rightfully takes over the position as master of Buck. John treats Buck like an owner should and forms an unbreakable bond with Buck. John is an individual who is seeking gold, but unlike Hal and Mercedes, has the skills and experience to survive in the wilderness. The point of view from this story would have to be third person limited. The story is told out of Buck’s point of view. An example would be: “Buck stove to sink his teeth in the neck of the big white dog.” (London pg. 48) Another example is: “He had killed man, the noblest game of all, and he had killed in the face of the law of club and fang.” (London pg. …show more content…
Nature. Buck had to learn how to survive in the wilderness against the harsh environments. Buck learned to steal food and sleep under the snow in order to survive. Buck also faced problems with his body due to the environment. He was not used to snow, his feet took the brute of the punishment because he wasn’t used to running all day, and he wasn’t used to the cold. Also the death of all the dogs and people, especially John Thornton, fits into the man vs nature conflict. Man vs. Man was also present in this story. The beatings that Buck underwent fits into this category. Buck tried to fight back against the men but this only made his punishment worse. The fighting that Buck did with the other dogs can also be included in this category. The fight with Spitz greatly displayed Man vs. Man because both dogs were fighting for their lives in order to prove who the greater leader was. Man vs Self was also present, but this was the least type of conflict shown. Buck displayed this when he took the role of leadership. Buck had to continually display the leadership skills in order to keep the team moving, despite what his body or mind was telling him. Without Buck’s ability to break his mental barrier, the team would not have been able to perform as well as it
They came to Canada to find gold, like many other people are doing in this story. Hal and Mercedes do not have outstanding experience with commanding a sled team and eventually end up responsible for the death of many of the dogs. Hal has a short temper and takes his anger out on the dogs by beating them. Mercedes reminded me of a stuck up rich girl who cannot handle hard work and likes to whine and complain all day. John Thornton, in my opinion, is the second most important character next to Buck. John basically saved Buck from being beaten to death by Hal and rightfully takes over the position as master of Buck. John treats Buck like an owner should and forms an unbreakable bond with Buck. John is an individual who is seeking gold, but unlike Hal and Mercedes, has the skills and experience to survive in the wilderness. The point of view from this story would have to be third person limited. The story is told out of Buck’s point of view. An example would be: “Buck stove to sink his teeth in the neck of the big white dog.” (London pg. 48) Another example is: “He had killed man, the noblest game of all, and he had killed in the face of the law of club and fang.” (London pg. …show more content…
Nature. Buck had to learn how to survive in the wilderness against the harsh environments. Buck learned to steal food and sleep under the snow in order to survive. Buck also faced problems with his body due to the environment. He was not used to snow, his feet took the brute of the punishment because he wasn’t used to running all day, and he wasn’t used to the cold. Also the death of all the dogs and people, especially John Thornton, fits into the man vs nature conflict. Man vs. Man was also present in this story. The beatings that Buck underwent fits into this category. Buck tried to fight back against the men but this only made his punishment worse. The fighting that Buck did with the other dogs can also be included in this category. The fight with Spitz greatly displayed Man vs. Man because both dogs were fighting for their lives in order to prove who the greater leader was. Man vs Self was also present, but this was the least type of conflict shown. Buck displayed this when he took the role of leadership. Buck had to continually display the leadership skills in order to keep the team moving, despite what his body or mind was telling him. Without Buck’s ability to break his mental barrier, the team would not have been able to perform as well as it