Creative Writing: Into The Wild

They had a lot of gold that was up North that they wanted. They had got the gold and Thornton uses his 1,600 that Buck just won to set up a expedition . Buck had made a friend and she was a wolf and almost takes off for the wild. It seem like they was really meant for each other because they really not any evil animals they friendly and loveable so they will be great friends. Buck had attacked a bear and he had killed the bear at that. I feel like that’s good and kind of bad because, Buck is a dog and he killed a bear. Another thing is that he protected himself from the bear. He kind realized how fun it was killing things, which makes him chafe against the pleasant domesticity of his life with Thornton. Buck had really starting to treat himself

Buck only knew what he

Buck went through many different struggles throughout the book, Call of the Wild. For example, he was repeatedly abused by almost all of his owners. The man in the red sweater, would beat him with clubs. This made Buck feel weaker,

So he answered the call. Buck was still mad at the indians who killed john so he started hurting and killing the indians and he then got know as the spirit dog. This is how Buck persevered.

Buck became a hunter and a killer, he loved to kill and hunt, salmon, and rabbits and a lot more but Buck had so much pride and joy in killing he killed a bear. Buck always goes for the throat when he kills. Buck was exhausted and had a hard time trying to survive after this one until John Thornton stepped in risking his life. In this scene, Buck had almost been badly beaten by Hal but he got a new master.

John Thornton was able to give Buck his first experience of love that made Buck venture his hardest to become the greatest dog he could. This was implied when Buck obeyed every command he was given from Thornton. For example, John Thornton told Buck to jump off a cliff to prove his loyalty. Buck immediately did so and was able to prove that he trusted John Thornton. Buck was able to show his heroism later, when John Thornton got into a bet he thought he could not win.

John Thornton, "who is unafraid of the wild," is the last thing Buck has that protects him from the hostile environment where only the strong survive (London 86). After Thornton nurses Buck back to life from his brush with starvation, Buck slowly realizes that he is ready to face the wild, where he would find his true self, not as a pet or a sled dog, and most importantly as an animal without a master. It becomes apparent that,

In Chp. 7, Buck learns to trust humans. Through bonding with his caretaker, John Thornton, Buck finds his ties to civilization even stronger than before. That all changes when John is killed by the savage Indian tribe, the Yeehats. Buck, distraught in his loss, massacres all of the Yeehats. Buck’s last link

John gave Buck the companionship, love and freedom that he needed. You cold often find Buck roaming around in the woods, killing his own food and becoming very independent. When he returned one day, he found that John had been murdered by a tribe of Indians, Yeehats. His rage was apparent and he became wild. Although Buck was sad, he knew it was time to move on.

Meeting and living with John Thornton was a transitional period for Buck (Labor 76). He had a passionate devotion to Thorton (76), and even while he loved him, he still made sure to retain his wilderness instincts (Buckwalter

Buck learns from the pain he suffered, but is still determined to get out. “He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken. He saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. He had learned the lesson, and in all his after life he never forgot it. That club was a revelation.

He hears the howl of the wolves and inherently responds; he becomes increasingly restless and begins to wander into the forest. After the death of John Thornton, Buck answers the call of the wild and takes up the life of his ancestors. His devolution climaxes in his transformation into the leader of a wolf-pack. "Buck was wildly glad. He knew he was at last answering the call, running by the side of his wood brother toward the place from where they surely came

The Call of the Wild is, first and foremost, the story of Buck’s gradual transformation from a tame beast into a wild animal. But even as the novel celebrates the life of a wild creature, it presents us with the character of John Thornton, whose connection to Buck suggests that there may be something good and natural in the human-dog relationship, despite its flaws. Thornton, a seasoned gold prospector, saves Buck from being beaten to death by the odious Hal and then becomes Buck’s master. From then on, a deep and abiding love blossoms between man and dog. Their relationship is a reciprocal one—Thornton saves Buck, and Buck later saves Thornton from drowning in a river. It is clear that Buck is more of a partner than a

Manuel is the reason that buck now lives on his own in the wild following his instincts. He stole buck from the estate he lived in and sent him through a painful journey.

Buck involuntarily realizes his natural instinct and ancestry, and understands his true nature. "The snow walls pressed him on every side, and a great surge of fear swept through him--the fear of the wild thing for the trap. It was a token that he was harking back through his own life to the lives of his forebears; for he was a civilized dog, an unduly civilized dog, and of his own experience knew no trap and so could not of himself fear it. The muscles of his whole body contracted spasmodically and instinctively." Buck feels things not from his life, a testament to his true belonging of natural instinct regardless of his upbringing in his current life.