Theme Of Survival In The Call Of The Wild

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“But he was thrown down and choked repeatedly, till they succeeded in filing the heavy brass collar from off his neck.” This quote and essay proves how adaptation is the key to survival. In the classic novel Call Of The Wild, A dog named Buck had to learn that adaptation is the key to survival by getting dog-napped, beaten, and upholding his rank in the dog sled pack.

For Buck, it was hard to survive in the wild with all its threats. In the beginning of this book, Buck “lived the life of a sated aristocrat.” The first thing Buck had to adapt to was getting stolen from his family. He was dog-napped and sold by the gardener at the estate where he before lived. He was then sold to a man collecting dogs for his dog sledding pack. This was

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