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Kill Quotes In The Call Of The Wild

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The Call of the Wild: kill or be killed

One of the main themes of The Call of the Wild is that the world is kill or be killed and it is shown throughout the entire story. At the beginning of the book, Buck sees very disturbing things that make Buck realize that he is no longer a king. For example, When Buck sees Curly get killed right in front of him it makes Buck that the world is a cruel and unforgiving world, unlike his old home where he was practically a king. For example, he was given plenty of food and water at his old home, where here he was going to get very little. For example, at his old home he was loved and everyone babied him, but here, no one is going to make sure he’s okay all of the time and will have to learn to depend on himself. Since this is Buck’s first real example of how the world truly is kill or be killed and teaches him he needs to be smart and strong in order to survive in this world and Buck has to decide if he is willing to kill for his life. …show more content…

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

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