Call Of The Wild Theme Essay
3/28/2012
Period 8
Theme of The Call of the Wild
In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Buck, the main character, transformed from a domesticated, pampered pet into a dominant primordial beast. Buck goes throroundings, and finally when he answers the call. London also shows that when Buck becomes more primitive he’s inner wildness comes out. In the beginning, when Buck was thrown into the harsh hostile Yukon Buck needed to learn to survive in a more primitive environment. He needed to learn that he needed to become less civilized to survive, so he was forced to become more primitive. Buck's first day was like a nightmare. Every hour was fipeace, rest, or even a moment of safety. All was confusion and action, and every moment life …show more content…
Buck and his team fought off wild huskies, he loves the way of killing one as sinking his teeth into the huskies jugular. As Buck got the warm taste of blood in his mouth he flung himself into others and he loved that he felt so fierce. After getting the taste of blood Buck was attached to it, he wanted it. He enjoyed the thrill of killing, he saw a rabbit leaping upon the grounds, Buck approached it by chasing the rabbit. Buck wanted to sink his teeth into some warm blood, he lusted it. He had become more primitive, becoming stronger and more cautious. Buck learns he has become stronger than most of the other dogs and is able to fight and even kill them. His very first victim is Spitz, Buck was finally done with Spitz and how he thought he was better than all the other dogs, so Buck finally bursts out and starts to attack him, attacking him with all his power, it ends up Buck has once and for all killed Spitz. “Buck stood and looked on, the successful champion, and the dominant primordial beast who had made his kill and found it good” (67). This quote shows how Buck came nd is adapting to the primitive environment. Although Buck has found his primitive side he now wants to answer the call to
Period 8
Theme of The Call of the Wild
In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Buck, the main character, transformed from a domesticated, pampered pet into a dominant primordial beast. Buck goes throroundings, and finally when he answers the call. London also shows that when Buck becomes more primitive he’s inner wildness comes out. In the beginning, when Buck was thrown into the harsh hostile Yukon Buck needed to learn to survive in a more primitive environment. He needed to learn that he needed to become less civilized to survive, so he was forced to become more primitive. Buck's first day was like a nightmare. Every hour was fipeace, rest, or even a moment of safety. All was confusion and action, and every moment life …show more content…
Buck and his team fought off wild huskies, he loves the way of killing one as sinking his teeth into the huskies jugular. As Buck got the warm taste of blood in his mouth he flung himself into others and he loved that he felt so fierce. After getting the taste of blood Buck was attached to it, he wanted it. He enjoyed the thrill of killing, he saw a rabbit leaping upon the grounds, Buck approached it by chasing the rabbit. Buck wanted to sink his teeth into some warm blood, he lusted it. He had become more primitive, becoming stronger and more cautious. Buck learns he has become stronger than most of the other dogs and is able to fight and even kill them. His very first victim is Spitz, Buck was finally done with Spitz and how he thought he was better than all the other dogs, so Buck finally bursts out and starts to attack him, attacking him with all his power, it ends up Buck has once and for all killed Spitz. “Buck stood and looked on, the successful champion, and the dominant primordial beast who had made his kill and found it good” (67). This quote shows how Buck came nd is adapting to the primitive environment. Although Buck has found his primitive side he now wants to answer the call to