Brief Summary Of Characters In Mark Twain's Into The Wild

Civilized and savage behaviors are described as contrasted points of view, when in reality, aren’t that different. This is incessantly shown all throughout the book. “The man struck the shrewd blow he had purposely withheld for so long, and Buck crumpled up and went down, knocked utterly senseless. “He’s no slouch at dog breakin’, that’s wot I say,’ one of the men cried on the wall enthusiastically.”(P11) This shows that the supposedly “refined” humans could not feel remorse for the abuse of an innocent dog, when they selfishly had something to gain from that horrid violence. Clearly not even one person had the intention of stopping the maltreatment of Buck. “This was the first time Buck had failed, in itself a sufficient reason to drive Hal into a rage. He exchanged the whip for a customary club. Buck refused to move under the rain of heavier blows which now fell upon him.”(P55) Hal was beating Buck senseless, because the poor limp animal was famished and fatigued. At the fault of Hal and the family’s ignorance, the sled team would not be almost dead in the first place. The family’s recklessness drove them to the grave. “The Yeehats were dancing about the wreckage of the spruce bough lodge when they heard a fearful roaring and saw rushing upon them an animal in which they have never seen before.”(P79)The Native Americans were dancing over the

“The man struck the shrewd blow he had purposely withheld for so long, and Buck crumpled up and went down, knocked utterly senseless. “He’s no slouch at dog breakin’, that’s wot I say,’ one of the men cried on the wall enthusiastically.” (P11)The man with the red sweater is just one example of how humans are uncivilized, and completely and utterly mad. He inflicted a great deal of pain for Buck. Not only did he cause physical harm, but he will never forget that one faithful day when he learned the Law of Club and