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    only was Buck taken from his leisurely life in california and thrown into the Yukon as a sled dog, but he is also forced to fight for survival everyday of it. The Call of the Wild by Jack London. In the fictional story The Call Of The Wild by Jack London, Buck is a normal dog living a laid back life with his master Judge Miller when a greedy gardner kidnaps him and sells him to a gold miner in the Yukon as a sled dog. Bucks only hope for survival is to have faith in his masters and embrace the…

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    The theme of London’s novel is that when surviving becomes a struggle only the strong and the quick-witted survive. He portraits his theme through Curly, Spitz, and Buck. Curly is a female dog who, like Buck, is sold into the Klondike to work as a sled dog. When the dogs arrive in the Klondike they find that there are many other, wilder dogs already there. Curly is quickly attacked by one of these dogs only a short time after they’ve arrived. When she is attacked she immediately snaps back, but…

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    his owners anymore. My dad sacrificed his job because he wanted to do the right thing. Determination is a quality that both my father and Buck share. In the book The Call of the Wild, Buck was determined to earn his way to being the lead dog of the sled dog team. Also, my father was determined that he would find a new job, and once he got a job he was determined to be the best at it. As you can see my father and Buck share many of the same qualities that helped them…

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    hard time finding a master who he beloved. While Buck is struggling to find a master, he suffers beating when he does not do what he is told. During Bucks journey through the wilderness Buck learns that loyalty is very important in order to keep the sled dog team together. The Call of the Wild Buck was kidnapped from Judge Miller`s estate and was sent to Canada. After Buck was taken away from his beloved master, he struggles to find a master he loves and converting from a tamed dog to a wild…

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    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…

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    Societal Goals Essay

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    Without goals, the life is aimless and wasted. Goals can be categorized by role. My personal goal is learning how to mush with sled dogs. Besides my personal goal, improving skills in the career as my professional goal. And, my societal goal is having a full-time job by a certain age. I have more than two personal goals in my life. One of my goals is learning how to mush with sled dogs in Alaska. This goal provides me a sense of pride and satisfaction. I had accomplished this goal in the last…

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    Buck and my dad went through some tough things and they both persevered the same. Buck had to learn how to lead a sled team and he had to get through a lot of hard things. My dad had to learn how to lead a baseball team and he had to fight for his team. Even though Buck is a dog and my dad is a human they both learned how to lead a team and they had to fight for it. Even though we are humans we have struggles and many other life forms have to persevere through tough things in life, just keep…

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    “She lay there limp and lifeless in the bloody, trampled snow, almost literally torn to pieces, the swart half-breed standing over her and cursing horribly” (London 17). The adventure novel The Call Of The Wild by Jack London, was based on Buck the main character who got dog-napped, and taken to the Yukon. Buck needed to survive the Yukon gold rush, and soon learned that from the death of one of his teammates on the dogsled team. Buck wanted to survive in the Yukon and stay fit for that. To…

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    Buck is a half St. Bernard and half sheepdog, who has been blessed with a comfortable life, going on adventures with his master and his family; living in the warm, sunny Santa Clara Valley. However, that all changed when he is sold to dog traders as a sled dog, by none other than a gardener in Judge Miller's estate. He eventually lands to a man, in the red sweater, who teaches him a lesson by hitting him with a club multiple times, carving this terror to Buck’s mind. He is then sold to Francois…

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    is an example of the theme. Last, Better watch your back or you will die. For example Spitzs is always trying to kill Buck. In the middle of the book the theme is life is kill or be killed. First, you have to get rid of the bad members of the dog sled team. For example, the Scottish half-breed had to put down Dave because he was hurt. Since Dave got killed for pulling his hardness and getting hurt this shows the theme. Second, everyone's glad that it wasn't them to die. For instance when Dave…

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