Title: The Call of the Wild Author Jack London Setting Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley where he spends his days and nights including eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. Characters: The Main Dogs * Buck –a proud and powerful dog‚ half St Bernard and half shepherd dog‚ who begins life on a comfortable Californian estate as a family pet‚ yet soon changes when he is stolen and sold to work as a sled dog in the frozen North. * Spitz- Buck’s archrival and original
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The Call of the Wild‚ one of the themes Jack London uses is the theory "the survival of the fittest." This theory‚ developed by Charles Darwin is based on the idea that those who are strong and who are able to adapt to their environment are the ones who will survive. Throughout the pages‚ the reader sees the mentality that is adopted of "kill or be killed" and the story is told of how Buck goes through a transformation from ranch pet to a dog of the wilderness‚ in a quest to answer the call of the
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In Jack London’s book‚ The Call of the Wild‚ the main character‚ Buck‚ has feeling changes in a cyclic kind of way. The mental and physical changes of Buck are throughout the entire book as he goes from a pampered prince to a beaten up skinned dog to a bloodthirsty leader. As Buck changes‚ the leaders he goes through change as well. With a variety of leaders‚ the whole book’s perspective changes as well. We first meet Buck as a pampered prince. He is a pet-dog in an estate in California. He was
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“His muscles became hard as iron‚ and he grew callous to all ordinary pain” (Jack London 25). In the story call of the wild there is a domesticated dog named Buck whose life takes a drastic turn when he is kidnaped by a gardener. He goes through a series of events such as‚ struggle for mastery‚ survival of the fittest‚ and power of primitive that change him to a killing monster. Jack London showed a lot of stereotypes and greed that there was during the klondike gold rush. Survival of the fittest
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Oprah Winfrey‚ the richest woman in the world‚ stated‚ “Follow your instincts. That’s where true wisdom manifests itself.” In The Call Of The Wild‚ Buck‚ a fierce dog comes face to face with another dog‚ Spitz‚ in a fight for leadership among their pack. Buck uses his ferocious instincts to defeat Spitz revealing that power is earned‚ not given. Buck works hard to get bigger‚ faster‚ and stronger. As he progresses more people start to realize him‚ and admire him. After Buck defeats Spitz‚ he trots
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Perseverance through life. Life is a set of challenges designed to test our strength and perseverance. In the book Call of the Wild‚ Buck experiences many conflicts‚ one of the biggest being his environment. Buck was yanked from his warm and lush home in the civilized Santa Clara valley and forced to move to the harsh and unforgiving north. My mother similarly moved often during her childhood‚ often not staying in one place longer than two years. They both had to persevere through many challenges
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PLOT 7.2 Call of the Wild essay A plot of a story includes the introduction‚ rising actions‚ climax‚ and falling action. The plot gives a story structure and helps keep the story organized. If an author were to write down random thoughts without any type of
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October 1st Period E1 Call of the Wild Theme Project “…he may be seen running at the head of the pack through the pale moonlight or glimmering borealis‚ leaping gigantic above his fellows‚ his great throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world‚ which is the song of the pack.” How did Buck‚ an ordinary domestic dog living in the sun-kissed Santa Clara valley in California‚ go from being the favored of a wealthy judge‚ to the head of the wolf pack in eastern Alaska? Buck makes many
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In the book “The Call Of The Wild” by Jack London‚ Buck is a dog whom lived with a loving and caring family. He was taken by the gardener and sold to different people. They either beat him‚ were not experienced with dog care‚ starved and pushed him way too far. Luckily bucks last owner was affectionate to Buck. He is a dog whom you would look at as strong‚ intelligent and a survivor. I connected myself to Buck‚ because i myself have been through the struggles Buck has gone through. Growing up
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In the story The Call Of The Wild By Jack London‚ Buck‚ a dog from the South Santa Clara Valley who lives an easy trouble free life‚ is captured and sold off into the Alaskan Gold Rush Force as a sled dog. He passes through the hands of many owners‚ some of which he loves and some of which he hates‚ but they always pass out of his life good or bad. At the end of the story his favorite new owner John Thornton is killed by Indians along with Buck’s companions Skeet and Nig. This causes Buck to become
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