Call Of The Wild
It is in everybody's nature to grow and mature. Usually, the pace of growth is based upon the outside influences in the environment. In the book The Call of the Wild, Jack London clearly illustrates the lifestyle of a person with various influential outside forces. Our protagonist, Buck, is born into the lifestyles of the affluent and has a master who treats him terribly nice. Nonetheless, due to Buck's gambling habits acquired by the gardener, he was forced to live in another lifestyle, one that he is unfamiliar with. Albeit with this unfortunate mishap, it gave Buck the opportunity to progress in both mental keenness and physical strength. At the initial point of Buck's ordeal, he merely adapts just enough to stay alive. He was at first aghast of the brutal treatment between the dogs and their masters. After he was familiar with his surroundings, he soon transited into a leader instead of a follower. To prove his superiority over others, Buck focused all his strength and energy into accomplishing his goal. After this ordeal, he wounds back to his original loving master, John Thornton. As Buck approaches his last stage of maturity, he finds that he is less dependent on his master for food and shelter. Enfin, when his
Buck was born into the "life of a sated aristocrat; he had a fine pride in himself, was even a trifle egotistical, as country gentlemen sometimes become because of their insular situation" (4). With his stay under the shelter of Judge Miller, Buck was given the opportunity to hunt with the Judge's sons. These activities developed the foundation he needed in order to live the harsh life that lies ahead. Manuel, one of the gardeners, deceived the gullible Buck into selling him. This was able due to his character "to trust in men he knew, and to give them credit for a wisdom that outreached his own" (4). Buck is sold to officials who use him to pull their sleds over great distances through sleet and snow. Now Buck truly understands the meaning of "survival of the fittest," to adapt and live or not adapt and die. Now that he is fully assimilated into the group and has learned many things through experience, Buck begins to assert his strength in an attempt to gain the position of leader in the pack. However, the only opposition to his goal was the current leader, Spitz. At the beginning, Buck was frightened to even approach Spitz, but now with the much experience gained, gave him the confidence to advance to the next step, the elimination of his current master. "All that stirring of old instincts which at stated periods drives men out from the sounding cities to forest and plain to kill things by chemically propelled leaden pellets, the bloodlust, the joy to kill--all this was Buck's, only it was infinitely more intimate" (40). This new and exciting feeling caused him to act on impulse; at the first sign of aggression by Spitz, buck pounced on him. Although both were of equal strength and agility, Buck came out triumphant due to his larger memory span. Now that overcoming this obstacle gave Buck the opportunity to be the leader of the pack. This new leadership position might be the blessing for the two masters, Perault and Francois. Not only did they keep a record pace with Buck in the lead, but there was also a sense of order that Spitz could not establish. If ever there were a dog that challenged the authority of Buck, they wou
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Approximate Word count = 1453
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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