Instinct

The Call of the Wild is the power of instinct. Buck and the other dogs are living in the frozen terrain of northern Canada and they experience starvation, exhaustion, and freezing temperatures. Buck is put into a place where he must learn skills in order to survive the harsh conditions. Throughout the story we learn that Buck isn't just learning new skills, but is merely recovering primitive instincts. As you read the book, the author writes in way that seems as if Buck is going back to his old ways. Buck is now becoming more adapt to new changes that being a sled dog brings. Buck begins to despise the behavior of the other dogs, but learns quickly that fair play does not exist. In chapter 2, Buck is struggling find a place to get warm and sleep for the night and he then finds Billie buried in the snow and proceeds to make his own. He wakes up covered in snow, he instinctively forces himself out of the snow. This is the first time he is realizing he is beginning to draw on his ancestral knowledge. "The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce…

Animal behavior can be traced to their physical environment habitat and their interactions with other organisms. Throughout the Hitopadesha, in numerous tale stories natural creatures were presented as characters that tried to contrary to their natural perverse behavior. Since animals do not have a developed mind as human beings, animals lack moral compass and are not able to determine what actions are acceptable in various situations. In the Hitopadesha, several animals asserted they have…

myself have experienced instinctual behavior. Once I was sitting at the front desk covering someone’s lunch. When a co-worker scared me so bad that I threw my hands up and screamed in terror. Then my co-worker and I looked at my right hand where I was holding a pair of scissors like a knife. This was so crazy to me, I didn’t even know that there were scissors on the desk, let alone in my hand. Biology is stronger than society, it doesn 't necessarily win, but it drives human nature and has to be…

and destructive for humans and animals as we know it. But what is the cause of aggression; is it instinct, the means of self defense, and sexual reproduction (Konrad Lorenz), or is it a trait learned through reinforcement and punishment (E.O Wilson)? Humans have learned to repress their behaviour to comply to the society, does this make them different compared to animals? Pushed to the limits, is when aggression becomes exposed. Although our instinct has become desensitise as we become more…

evil as sin, an act of rebellion against God, and an act of breaking God 's commandments. Dr. Zimbardo 's definitions of evil as an improper behavior or influence, an act of inhumanity or cruelty, and a desire to kill or to destroy. Both definitions of evil are similar to one another, because they both are part of our human nature, human instinct, and human reasoning. First, I believe human nature is the characteristics, the feelings, and the behavior of every humankind. We all have human…

Western Front, many governments banned or edited it, so that their populace and military wouldn’t be demoralized if they ever went to war again. This was largely caused by the underlying darkness of the book, which can be attributed to the themes that Remarque tried to project, with some critics believing that chance is the main theme of All Quiet on the Western Front, such as D'Ammassa. At further inspection of All Quiet on the Western Front, the separation of the soldiers from the rest of…

them on both small and large scales. Night and Lord of the Flies are both tremendous examples of humans reverting to their primal instincts in order to survive, and both stories fixate on inexperienced children as children cannot properly converse or support themselves, causing them to risk their survival and pressuring them to make extreme decisions. Both of these pieces of literature include examples of physiological changes in humans in order to keep them healthy, emotional contagion amongst…

The most basic form of action and decision-making mechanism within an individual is that of human instinct, which in turn develops one’s integrity. In the lengthy poem of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, we learn how one man’s actions develop not, only his integrity, honor, and motivation for self pride, but we also learn that everyone makes mistakes and we are all human. The poem is about a man, Sir Gawain, a member of Arthur’s round table, who takes on a challenge from a mystical and…

question appears. That question being, are humans, the supposed top of the food chain, the intelligent, superior, and dominant species, inherently, fundamentally, evil? This story would suggest that the answer to that question is yes. The general populous of the human species is indeed, naturally evil. Why are humans so quick to attack the and conquer the weak? Why are humans so comfortable in brainwashing the ignorant to do their bidding? How are humans comfortable wasting while others,…

Charles Montgomery elaborates in his article “Why We’re Sometimes Kind Without Reason” how people act when they first meet. To us, the first impression is everything and we will be anything just to impress others. Why is it that other people’s opinions always matter the most to us? We let what other humans think of us consume us and all we think and act on is that instinct to make each individual like us. Can you even call yourself an individual if all you do is adjust yourself to other eyes?…