In doing research for this paper, I found out that London like so many others of his time went to the frozen Klondike expecting to strike it rich. However, like so many prospectors, he did not find an ounce of gold. Instead he suffered effects of scurvy, and incredible hardships. Realizing he was beaten, London returned to California without gold, but with a wealth of experiences and impressions from the Klondike that would soon be captured in the stories and novels for which he became famous.

London in the stories I've read so far doesn't write your typical Hollywood story. He kind of has a darker side, and doesn't worry about having a happy ending. For instance in, "To Build a Fire," London doesn't give either the man or the dog a name in the story. Unlike others in the class, I was hoping that the man would survive the elements and make it back safely. But in a more true to life scenario, the nameless man suffers incredible bad luck, and has no ch

Buck is then traded a couple more times. First he pulls a sled for the postal service. After several exhausting months of this, he is sold to an inexperienced trio of prospectors, Hal, Charles, and Mercedes. First they feed the dogs too much and then as the food runs out, they feed them too little. When the dogs get completely fatigued, Hal whips them mercilessly. John Thornton, a prospector camped nearby, stops Hal and takes Buck away from the inept threesome. The three move on only to be killed when the ice gives way behind them.

When Buck returns to camp and discovers that Yeehat Indians have surprised and killed his owner and the two other men, he loses his last connection to mankind and civilization then returns back to his wild nature. In a fury he kills several of the Indians and becomes something of a legend to the Indians known as, Ghost Dog. Buck then joins a wolf pack and creates a superior animal by mating with a wolf. The novel ends as Buck becomes totally absorbed into the natural world.

One of the themes London seems to use in his stories I've read, is that of Charles Darwin's proposed theory of survival of the fittest. This is a phrase that fits perfectly to describe Buck's experience.

At this time, gold had been found in Alaska, and thousands of men were rushing to the Northland. They wanted dogs, dogs exactly like Buck. One night, Manuel, the estate's

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