Thornton

In The Call of the Wild by Jack London the protagonist Buck, a strong and healthy dog, goes on adventure of his life. Buck’s mother, a Scotch Shepherd dog, and father, a gianormous St. Bernard, made the perfect lounge dog. Although loyal to the Judge, the owner of a nice piece of land called the Santa Clara Valley, Buck is dognapped in order to evolve into a fierce hunting machine. The antagonist of the story is a dog in the third chapter of the book. Spitz, a superior dog, is the leader of the…

Through his time with John Thornton, Buck developed a very close relationship with him. Thornton changed Buck’s life, and Buck challenged himself to do anything for him. But after John Thornton is killed, Buck loses all ties to humanity. He is ready to be a wild dog, and he finally can be. On page 102 it says, “From far away drifted a faint, sharp yelp, followed…

gives him a sense of peace. Nature also provided John Thornton with another peace, peace of salvation. In a way, you can say that Buck represents nature, as he is a relatively wild animal. If that 's the case, when John Thornton fell into the river, Buck who represents nature, provided him salvation which for most is peace. Buck did this by jumping into a fast flowing river, which John Thornton fell into, and acted as something for John Thornton to hold onto. Meanwhile, men on shore pulled them…

fang. Dolly (who’s become rabid) attacks Buck who runs from her (although he has never seen a rabid dog before) until Francois clubs her in the head and kills her, saving Buck’s life. In the middle, buck senses danger ahead, refuses to go on, John Thornton saves…

support their rights. Instruction at the end of the day is futile, and Southern life is too moderate and dull. Thornton and Margaret keep on arguing these focuses all throughout the novel. Margaret in the long run yields that the South is not culminating, highlighting its icy climate and unenthusiastic, worked ranchers. She understands Helstone specifically is primitive in some ways. Thornton surrenders his view that private enterprise is unflawed; he adapts to better businesses and improves as…

In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Buck, the main character has various owners. With these owners London creates a theme about treatment to animals. This theme is don't be arrogant. Bucks owners Perrault and Francois, They were fair but sometimes abusive. For example they threw clubs at Buck when he went to position of leader. This shows they thought they could control all the dogs thoughts and actions. Their arrogance lead to their death. Also they let Buck and Spitz fight to the…

The Call of the Wild is about a pampered dog whose lifestyle changes dramatically to living in the wild. The central theme is about how humans’ treatment of animals in The Call of the Wild conveys that how you treat an animal reveals your true character and what type of person you are because Hal, Charles, and Mercedes died right after beating the dogs. Hal, Charles, and Mercedes mistreated the dogs and then fell through the ice. “He pulled when he could; when he could no longer pull,…

him in his original spot” (pg. 37). This shows that Buck is being a leader by teaching this dog, that he should listen to Buck. By Buck allowing himself to be a leader for the team and the other humans, he starts to stray away from the team. John Thornton is one of…

Death in Frigid Alaska In The Call of the Wild written by Jack London, set during the Alaskan Klondike gold rush of 1897, death is a common theme throughout the book. The Call of the Wild is a story about Buck, a farm dog, who is kidnapped from his home in Santa Clara Valley and forced to work as a sled dog up north in Alaska for the Klondike gold rush. In The Call of the Wild there are many hardships these dogs must face in the Alaskan wilderness. Some of the hardships they had to go through…

Clara Valley, CA), and forced to work as a sled dog. It highlights the Buck’s journey from being a lazy dog with a comfortable life, to being a tough sled dog who can survive anything. Buck is passed from master to master until he finally meets John Thornton, the first man to ever love him. But a tragic turn of events leads to Buck severing all ties with mankind and finally answering the call of the wild. Buck and John’s relationship was key to the novel, John was the first man to ever truly…