Differences In The Call Of The Wild

Adaptation: ad-ap-ta-tion (noun) • to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly What are you to do when you are presented with a complication? Possibly, you're the type of person who contemplates their problems, realizes that they are not all that terrible, and tries to make the troubles in their life positive forces that can help them in the future. If that’s so, you may be like Buck, from The Call of the Wild, and Salvador, from Savador Late or Early who choose to adapt to their challenges. On the other hand, you could be someone who gives up, throws their hands up in the air, and declares themselves done for? Conversely, perhaps you might be like Mercedes, from The Call of the Wild, who will
Bernard mix dog, is placed into a new environment where he is required to adjust quickly or face certain death. Buck was raised under comfortable conditions where he had no expectations other than to be a companion to his owners, who considered Buck to be part of the family. In order to prevail in the Wild, a place with mantras of survival of the fittest, kill or be killed, and favoritism to the most experienced, adaptation is imperative. Buck’s careful observations of how Curly, a genial dog who died while trying to befriend others, teach him how there is “No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you.” (pg 16, Jack London) “The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of trail life it grew and grew.” (pg 27, London) The labor Buck endured led to him becoming stronger and sharpened his instincts. Buck’s newly established skills enabled Buck to defeat his nemesis Spitz, the former leader of the team of dogs. “He must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a weakness.” (pg 81, London) However, if Buck had not experienced these events, he would have not been able to exist in his new
Salvador, from Salvador Late or Early by Sandra Cisneros, must take on the responsibilities of an adult, resulting in him not being able to be a normal child. Since his mother is preoccupied and he has no father figure, Salvador is left to take care of his younger brothers. Nevertheless, he has grown accustomed to his selfless lifestyle, putting his brothers as his first priority. In addition to having difficult responsibilities at a young age, Salvador has “crooked hair and crooked teeth”, a “wrinkled shirt”, no friends, and a “name the teacher cannot remember”. Despite these circumstances, Salvador continues to live this way and provide for his siblings, proving how he has adapted to the difficult situations in his