The Call of the Wild revolves around the story of Buck, a St. Bernard, Scotch shepherd mix, who fights to survive in the unforgiving life of a sled dog. Kidnapped and beaten into submission, Buck learns quickly that these men are his masters and not his owners. The punishments are brutal but they don’t just some from those that own him now but even his sled dog teammates who teach him, in a less than sympathetic manner, how to work as a sled dog. Buck is quick to learn all the ways of a sled dog, and soon begins to change in attitude caused by those he has encountered. “He overcomes terrible hardships and engages in fierce battles with both men and other animals, displaying a high level of courage and cunning, as when he attacks a bull moose
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Buck quickly learns what the term “master” means when he encounters the man in the red sweater. “It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law, and he met the introduction halfway ().”This becomes the first taste of what his new life will present to him. “Taken to the Yukon and put into brutal service in a dog team, he quickly learned the law of club and fang, learned that to survive in these arctic wilds he would have to be stronger and more cunning than other dogs on the team.” (Walcvtt) He is required to adapt to the new lifestyle where he pulls a heavy sled with other dogs and you must not delay the routine schedule. Any delay in schedule or fighting of any kind results in beatings from the masters. “He learns, for example, that stealing, an unthinkable deed in him former state, can be the difference between survival and death.” (Labor, Earle, Reeseman) Buck begins to learn what it means to survive and soon begins to develop his internal primordial beast that starts to surface. His fight for leadership became a huge milestone in his descent to a primordial beast that has a leadership mentality and grows into this wild wolf by the …show more content…
Buck beat Spitz in a fight and took over the leadership position. In the beginning, you would see Buck in a position where he is learning how to survive in his new lifestyle. Now, we see that Buck has grown quickly and learned the “law of club and fang”. The characters that surround him have awakened his ancestral DNA so his new attitude pushes him to do things that are beyond the desires of a normal housedog. You see Buck driving for leadership and beginning to find a desire to hunt. He slowly grows into more of a wild dog. In comparison to his comfortable life in California, Buck has gone from “king” to leader. This may not seem like a very big jump but in this case Buck has acquired a drastic change in character. The former homey life he used to have gave him anything he desired and he worried about nothing. Now, he is constantly alert and prepared for any number of things that could happen. His teammates are not the friendliest and he quickly acquires a new enemy, Spitz. Spitz, now the deceased former leader of the team, finds Buck to be competition because of his size. In Bucks introduction into his new lifestyle he didn’t really fight and stand up to Spitz as much until he learned and the internal, ancestral DNA started to find its way to the surface of his personality. “Chapter 3, “The Dominant Primordial Beast,” marks the conclusion of the first major phase of Buck’s
Buck quickly learns what the term “master” means when he encounters the man in the red sweater. “It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law, and he met the introduction halfway ().”This becomes the first taste of what his new life will present to him. “Taken to the Yukon and put into brutal service in a dog team, he quickly learned the law of club and fang, learned that to survive in these arctic wilds he would have to be stronger and more cunning than other dogs on the team.” (Walcvtt) He is required to adapt to the new lifestyle where he pulls a heavy sled with other dogs and you must not delay the routine schedule. Any delay in schedule or fighting of any kind results in beatings from the masters. “He learns, for example, that stealing, an unthinkable deed in him former state, can be the difference between survival and death.” (Labor, Earle, Reeseman) Buck begins to learn what it means to survive and soon begins to develop his internal primordial beast that starts to surface. His fight for leadership became a huge milestone in his descent to a primordial beast that has a leadership mentality and grows into this wild wolf by the …show more content…
Buck beat Spitz in a fight and took over the leadership position. In the beginning, you would see Buck in a position where he is learning how to survive in his new lifestyle. Now, we see that Buck has grown quickly and learned the “law of club and fang”. The characters that surround him have awakened his ancestral DNA so his new attitude pushes him to do things that are beyond the desires of a normal housedog. You see Buck driving for leadership and beginning to find a desire to hunt. He slowly grows into more of a wild dog. In comparison to his comfortable life in California, Buck has gone from “king” to leader. This may not seem like a very big jump but in this case Buck has acquired a drastic change in character. The former homey life he used to have gave him anything he desired and he worried about nothing. Now, he is constantly alert and prepared for any number of things that could happen. His teammates are not the friendliest and he quickly acquires a new enemy, Spitz. Spitz, now the deceased former leader of the team, finds Buck to be competition because of his size. In Bucks introduction into his new lifestyle he didn’t really fight and stand up to Spitz as much until he learned and the internal, ancestral DNA started to find its way to the surface of his personality. “Chapter 3, “The Dominant Primordial Beast,” marks the conclusion of the first major phase of Buck’s