Animal Cruelty In Jack London's Call Of The Wild

Unknown to Buck or Judge Miller, one of the servants who is very well a gambler of sorts, sells Buck to a ring of thieves who buy and sell dogs to the northern traders. Due to Bucks previous lifestyle he does not adapt very well or as east as the other dogs. He is very hostile towards his new master which ties him up and beats him, and although he made

I picked this quote from chapter 6 and it explains the tension building up inside of Buck during his time with John Thornton, who is the ideal master, and his relationship with Buck represents a perfect friendship between a dog and their owner. The author tells us that this is the first time that Buck has loved a human. Yet it is clear that Buck is supposed to free in the wild, so Buck doesn’t know whether to stay with his owner or go free into the wild. But after Thornton is killed and he avenges his death he has no more reasons to not go into the wild where he truly belongs.

Francois has compassion for the dogs because of his perspective on how animals should be treated. “Hungry as he was, he would not move to receive his ration of fish, which Francois had to bring to him. He also rubbed Buck’s feet for half an hour each night after supper, and he

Buck is the main character of this novel. The other animals in the novel are Buck, Curly, Spitz, Dave, Billee, Joe, Sol-leks, Dolly, Pike, Dub, Skeet, and Nig. Buck’s mother was a Scotch Sheppard, and his father was a huge Saint Bernard. Buck was a civilized dog, but answers the call of the wild and becomes one with the wild. Curly was Buck’s companion on the boat trip to the North. Curly is described in the novel as a “good-natured Newfoundland.” Curly does not survive long; however, Buck learns a gruesome lesson when he sees how easily Curly was murdered while trying to be friendly with Spitz. Spitz was the dog that assassinated Curly and becomes Buck’s most bitter enemy. He was terminated later in the novel by Buck in a dog brawl. Buck’s victory entitled him to take over the lead of the dogs that belonged to Spitz. The dog fight illustrated to me Buck’s ability to survive even among the most primitive elements. Dave, Billee, Joe, Sol-leks, Dolly, Pike, and Dub are the other dogs that serve on the dogsled team with Buck. Finally, Skeet and Nig were two of John Thornton’s dogs that he owned before he rescued and adopts

ESSAY Jack London’s novel the Call Of The Wild is a story of resilience and strength, to overcome the problems faced you need to have these traits. The text follows Buck, a large St Bernard cross Scotch Shepherd dog, as his skills are constantly tested throughout this novella. The text shows the reader the importance of gaining resilience and strength throughout ones short lifetime. This is gained by Jack London’s explicit detail of buck’s character with the use of short sentences and rhetorical questions.

The Call of The Wild If you hang with the chickens, you’ll cluck and if you hang with the eagles, you’ll fly. - Dr. Steve Maraboli. A major theme in Jack London’s classic The Call Of The Wild is that life is a quest one’s true identity which Buck must undertake and achieve throughout the course of the book.

His equipment was horribly packed and arranged, his wife was about as feminine and helpless as they get, and he was completely unable to grasp the fact that his dogs had walked for thousands of miles without rest. Hal’s incompetence was shown through this line in the book: “He's also a idiotic brute—one who confuses the dogs' exhaustion for their hunger, and who decides that not listening to the advice of veteran Yukoners is the way to go.” Hal was completely oblivious to how badly he was treating his dogs and wouldn’t listen to people giving advice as to how to take care of a

London uses the motif to shatter Buck’s existence of civil domestication from the moment the rope is placed around his neck and is handed to the stranger. First, being choked into unconsciousness, it is an introduction to shock and suffering he experiences through repeated beatings and acts of violence he witnesses, with the death of Curly being the first act of savage violence displayed by not humans, but other dogs. “So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you,” is the realization Buck comes to when he watches Curly torn to pieces (London, Ch. 2, par. 4). London sets what can only be imagined as an intimidating and frightening scene for the dogs when describing the death of Curly, or even more so, Buck’s fight to the death with

Manuel kidnaps Buck and sells him to pay off a debt. Buck’s trustworthy nature changes as soon as he is beaten and is not fed or allowed to drink water. When Buck arrives in Seattle he is almost beaten to death by the man in the red sweater. "He saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club." (Call of the Wild, page 19). Buck learns from this horrible incident the ‘law of the club.’ The law of the club states that a dog is no match for a man with a weapon. Buck witnesses as his newly-made friend named Curly is torn to pieces by thirty or forty huskies after she falls to the ground from fighting. Buck is taught the ‘law of the fang’ from Curly’s death scene. The law of the fang recognizes the fact that once a dog falls to the ground he is dead. In the north, Buck learns many traits that will help him journey through the north in order to survive. Buck learns that he has to eat his food quickly in order to not have it stolen; he learns to steal food to survive, because the daily ration cannot fill his stomach; he learns to break the ice out from his toes; and finally Buck learns that in order to stay warm during the harsh, freezing nights, he has to make a ‘nest’ to sleep in. Because Buck learns these new secrets of the sled dogs, he is able to survive in the north and to maintain his

According to The Department of Justice estimates that nearly 25 dogs are killed by law enforcement every day in the United States. That equals 10,000 per year. Every circumstance and breed of animal is represented in these groups of murdered animals. Everything from German

Buck learns his first lesson in survival when he is beaten. This is where he learns that only the strong and smart survive the wilderness, "He saw...that he stood no chance against a man with a club. " Buck gets beaten by the man with a club because that is how sled dogs are taught and disciplined. Buck knew he couldn't win against the man with a club; the man was much bigger and stronger than Buck and he knew he could do nothing but take the beating.

“Humane officers try to respond quickly to complaints, but get a lot of calls every day and can’t always respond the moment you call” (American humane). If there was a law where police or anyone did not need a warrant if they saw an animal being abused then the law would be abused. “The authority of law enforcement to seize and otherwise protect animals they suspect are suffering abuse could be crucial to preventing further incidents” (Dopplr). Animal abuse is not top priority like child abuse or as important as a home invasion but it still should be taken seriously. “Currently there are 15 states without specific provisions that call for said reporting, and allowing this could not only alleviate some of the burden from the victims themselves, but bring them peace of mind in knowing that there are many upon whom they can rely in a time of crisis” (Dopplr). Any household domestic animal should be under the protection that the human gets. “Humans can help prevent these cruel acts by informing others about what to do if they see such an act or by helping them to better understand how to train and care for their pets” (american humane). Animals are not as valued as humans because they are not intellectually superior like

There are many different things that fall under the category of “cruelty”, neglect and abuse being the two main subcategories. The most common type of animal abuse involves dogs, Pit-bulls in particular. In 2007, of 1800 media-reported cases of animal cruelty, 64% (1,126) involved dogs, 18% (337) involved cats, and 18% (337) involved other animals. Some of the most common places where animal abuse occur are, in no particular order: fur farms, dog fights, laboratories, races (both Greyhound and horse), slaughterhouses, and puppy mills. Some less thought of forms of animal abuse are crush videos, traditional Chinese medicine, the cat/dog meat trade in Asia, the ivory trade, trophy hunting, and even shock collars. Abandonment is the leading form of animal cruelty. (See illustration.)

According to the animal cruelty page on the ASPCA website in 2017, one animal is abused with every passing minute. This means that by the time I finish this speech, as many as seven animals will be the victim of undeserved cruelty. Based on these statistics, about 1,440 animals will suffer today.

“ From far away drifted a faint, sharp yelp, followed by a chorus of a similar sharp yelps (London 105).” In the book, Call of the Wild by Jack London the main character Buck faces a retrogression. Buck goes from being king like to a wild rebellious dog. Buck goes through this change because men found gold. The men needed dogs like Buck. Buck was half saint Bernard and half scotch-shephard, so he was a gigantic dog and had a thick coat to survive in harsh weather like in the Klondike. So Buck is sold and beat he learns to obey the law of club and fang to be formed into a sled dog, but ends up forming a bond with a man his name was John Thornton . Thornton died and Buck answers the call and runs in the wild becoming alpha of the wolf pack. As Buck was