The Call of the Wild, on the surface, is a story about Buck, a four- year old dog that is part Shepherd and part St. Bernard. More importantly, it is a naturalistic tale about the survival of the fittest in nature. Throughout the novel, Buck proves that he is fit and can endure the law of the club, the law of the fang, and the laws of nature.
Buck had been raised in California, on the ranch of Judge Miller. There he had the run of the place and was loved and pampered by all. Unfortunately, one of the judge's workers had a gambling problem and stole Buck to sell him for fifty dollars. Buck fights being tied, caged, and beaten, but his efforts only frustrate him. He is put on a train and a boat, being shipped to Alaska to be used as a
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Most of the other dogs stay away from Buck because of his size and strength, but Spitz becomes his constant enemy, from whom he learns an important lesson. Spitz fights with Curly, one of the dogs that is friendly to Buck. Buck watches as all the other dogs attack and kill Curly once he is down. Buck is determined he will never be put in the same position. He will fight to the death if necessary.
Spitz constantly picks on Buck, wanting to get in a fight with him; Buck, however, resists the challenges from Spitz. Then one time he steals the resting-place that Buck has created for himself. Buck has had enough and attacks Spitz with a vengeance. Francois and Perrault have to separate the two dogs. Although the fight is stopped, the animosity continues, and the two enemies are always in a skirmish. Then one day when Spitz prematurely kills a rabbit that all the dogs have been chasing, Buck attacks again. The battle is fierce, and Buck is losing. He then calls upon his intelligence and imagination to defeat Spitz. Instead of going for his throat, Buck attacks Spitz's front legs, breaking both of them. Once he is down, the other dogs come in for the kill.
Now that Spitz has been eliminated, Buck is determined to become the leader of the dog sled team. When Francois and Perrault harness Sol-leks at the front of the team instead of Buck, he refuses to fall into his place. When the drivers try to catch him, Buck runs out of reach. The "game" of tag continues for
Buck is sold and put on a sled team. He learns to dig a hole in the snow to stay warm. He has a fierce rivalry with the lead dog Spitz. Spitz then kills one of Buck’s best friends Curly by ripping Curly’s face up. Buck ends up having multiple fights with Spitz. One of which where Spitz takes Buck sleeping hole and tries to
1. Describe Spitz’s character using examples from the chapter to support your answer. A: Spitz is the lead sled dog on Francois and Perrault’s sled team for the first three chapters. He is very mean, evil, and megalomaniac. Spitz is a mean and evil dog because every chance he gets he bullies Buck and the other dogs. For example, in the chapter it says, “ He even went out of his way to bully Buck, striving constantly to start a fight which could end only in the death of one or the other.” Spitz is also a megalomaniac because he has a continuous desire for power and dominance. For example, in the chapter it says, “Spitz was a practiced fighter. From Spitzbergen through the Arctic, and across Canada and the Barrens, he had held his own with all manner of dogs and achieved to
First, when buck is being attacked by starving huskies. For example, as the group of 100 starving huskies are attacking the camp for food. Since, Buck and his team have to fight off and kill the starving huskies or the huskies will kill Buck and his team for the food. Second, Buck becomes lead dog. For instance, when Buck kills Spitz and Buck becomes new lead dog. Since, Buck has to try his hardest and destroy any threat that comes to him because he has to keep Francois’s record and the team together. Last, Buck is being beaten on the river by Hal. For example, when Hal has beaten almost every other dog and is beating Buck and Buck has to fight him off till John Thornton saves him. Since, Buck had to keep fighting Hal when he was being beaten so he did not die. In
Buck was forced to persevere often in Call Of The Wild. In the book Call Of The Wild, Buck is torn from society and his everyday life, but he still finds a way to overcome the adversity and
For example, the camp is attacked by a pack of starving huskies and the dogs start to defend the camp, but they keep losing. Another example is when Buck and his team realizes if they stay and fight they will all die, and decide to run away from the fight. One last example of this is when Buck fights Spitz to become the leader of the group and ends up knocking him on the ground and lets the rest of the dogs eat him. Since this occurs, Buck now has accepted the laws of the wild and knows the world is kill or be killed, and Buck chose to kill for
Buck faces many challenges where he learns about life. For example, “...He had learned to trust in men he knew...But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger's hands, he growled menacingly” (4). In this situation, Buck gets betrayed by Manuel. He learns that not everyone he meets is going to be loyal. Another example is when Jack London states, “ ..Buck’s shoulder was slashed down each time as Spitz leaped lightly away...Spitz was untouched, while Buck was streaming with blood and panting hard...Buck stood and looked on,
Buck is better off being a sled dog. Buck is a sled dog because buck likes to play in the snow with the temperature being 0 degrees below freezing. Buck and Spitz goes out to play in the cold winter. Buck and Spitz goes to play the men gets the sled and let them ride down the cold Icey hill. Buck and Spitz goes to play. Buck was the lead dog then buck and spitz starts to fight. The dogs fight over who are going to be the lead dog over the stage. Buck fights with spitz then buck is now the lead dog. While buck is the lead dog spitz is still wondering how to get back at buck. Now you understand that Buck is now the lead dog of the other
In the novel The Call of the Wild, one of the main characters named Buck gets stolen by a gardener and sold to dog traders, who teach Buck to obey by beating him with a club and become a sled dog. Buck goes goes through many lessons to learn how to adapt to his new life out in the wild. Buck learns three big lessons. He learns his first lesson when he is beaten, learns his second when Curly dies, and realizes that he has to kill Spitz in order to survive. Buck is constantly learning lessons about how to survive in his new life.
Buck started as a pampered large house dog was stolen and he was forced to adapt to the cold Alaskan conditions. Bucks environment has changed from the beginning of the book he has lived in warm Santa Clara valley California but he must adapt to these cool harsh icy conditions of Alaska“Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley” (London 21). Judge Miller 's place, it was called” (London 21) Buck used to live in sunny California and lived with a rich family and occasionally went hunting with his owner... But now he has gone to Alaska where it 's a cold barren and unforgiving landscape where he must adapt to survive "This first theft marked Buck as fit to survive in the hostile Northland environment. It marked his adaptability, his capacity to adjust himself to
Struggle for Mastery, first Buck learned to steal food and got use to the snow, then eventually Buck met a good owner John Thornton and he save Bucks life from falling thru the thin ice from the other owners because they overpacked the sled and had a person riding on it and at the end of the story Buck ran off into the woods with the Call of the Wild, and never returned and other people say that they see a ghost dog running in the front of the
(London 49).Buck has always been the lead dog and once he got bought over and over again and got put in the toils and traces he was a beast. He was strong and friendly but, at the same time a bully. Buck killed Spitz in the “The Big Fight” and he was happy about it he felt good. So, did Perrault and Francois because Spitz was always trouble, he stole food, he instaginised Buck a
After Spitz death, the team was almost at peace. The ongoing major conflict of the book (Spitz’s domination) had been solved. The only thing missing was their new leader. I thought that Buck had rightfully earned it. I mean after all, he had defeated the leader. It seemed as though everyone felt as if that, all except for the masters. This caused a major conflict in chapter four. Francois Did not notice Buck in Spitz place when he brought up Sol-leks to the lead. Buck’s dominant primordial beast truly showed. The most justice in the whole book took place in chapter four. when Buck finally received the place he deserved. Not only in the reins, but on the totem pole as well. This was truly my favorite part of the book.
One of Francois and Perrault’s dogs were attacked by one of the dogs that were considered savages in the town of Dyea Beach. The the wolfish creature of a dog jumped on Curly and ripped her face open from eye to jaw and killed Curly. In the movie it does not show Curly was killed it does not even talk about a dog named Curly.
In the story of the Call of the Wild there was this dog named Buck. He was a powerful and a civilized dog. He was with his owner named Judge Miller. Buck was living a good life. Until buck was kidnapped by a gardener. He has sold Buck to the dog traders to train Buck to be a sled dog. Buck was beaten and shipped north to the
“evil-animal,” one man calls him—who is used to fighting with other dogs and winning. He meets his match in Buck, however, who is as strong as Spitz and possesses more crafty. Spitz is an amoral being who fights for survival with all of his might, disregarding what is right and wrong.