Have you ever heard the calls? Buck sure has. In the novel The Call of The Wild by Jack London, Buck is a large st. Bernard that lives in the beautiful Santa Clara Valley with Judge Miller. As the story goes on Buck gets dognapped and sent to the man in the red sweater. The man in the red sweater is also known as the crack dog doctor.
“Men have found gold in the artic and they wanted dogs. Not any kind of dogs but strong dogs that were able to carry sleds through the freezing cold.” Buck the dog lived in Santa Clara Valley in a giant house. The name of the house he lived at was called Judge Miller’s place. The house was a beautiful large house that was surrounded by porches and a long driveway.
Buck's owner, Judge Miller, provided him with all he could imagine, the book states, "Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. " (Chapter 1 Page 1) Unfortunately, the greed of the gardener, Miguel, tears that away from him. This is proven by two quotes in which the story states, "He loved to play Chinese lottery.
“Buck is a strong husky. ”,said Judge Miller. Next day, Judge Miller was late to his job at Santa Clara Courthouse, his tears were dripping from his eyes. He missed Buck very much, and he witted that the lost dog posters were everywhere in the courthouse and on the buildings, which is his first plan to do. He never have this experiment and a nightmare that Buck is gone.
Call of the Wild is a book about a sled pulling dog named Buck, Buck wasn’t always pulling sleds though. He used to be a domesticated dog living under the roof of a rich Judge, but all of that changed when he was captured and sold to two men who were crossing the Yukon territory. Through many courses of events, Buck became wild, hence the name of the book. This book takes place in the Yukon territory which was freezing and conditions were very rough, by the end of the story Buck had changed because of the problems he faced.
In the novel, Call of the Wild written by Jack London, the actions and personalities of Buck’s many owners are all very unique. Buck is a strong and courageous dog who over time become mature and independent through his experiences with all of his different owners. Buck has been through a long cycle of being bought and sold by different men. There have been many men Buck serves under, but there has been no one like John Thornton. John Thornton is Buck’s savior.
Buck had to get into a fight. He had to kill another dog; his world had become much harsher. Buck being pulled into the harsh world by being kidnapped and then having to fight in it shows how harsh his world has
The suddenness and violence of his capture further emphasize the loss and trauma he experiences. As Buck adapts to his new life as a sled dog, he also experiences the loss of his identity as a domesticated pet. He learns to tap into his primal instincts and becomes more like a wild animal than a domesticated one. This loss of identity is exemplified in Chapter 3, where Buck fights fiercely with the other sled dogs: "He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of Time. He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars and over the face of dead matter that did not move" (London
Buck had strong natural instincts; "the dominant beast was strong in him Once he was forced to learn to survive in the new order, his dead instincts became alive again". Buck's sight and scent became remarkably keen;his hearing developed acuteness. The need to survive awakened and the old tricks which they had stamped into the heredity of the breed;came to him without effort or discovery taken to a man in a red sweater, the man with the club is king, he's in control. Buck was constantly lunging and fighting with the man in the club. But Buck knew he could never win.
The title of this book was The call of the Wild. The book is wrote by Jack London, and it is a Fictional book. This book takes place in the Yukon territory (modern-day Canada.) It also takes place after a gold rush. This book is wrote in third person limited omniscient, meaning that the book is wrote by the narrator and they do not know the feelings of the main character/characters.
In the beginning of The Call of the Wild, Buck is stolen from his home in California and sold to two men named Perrault and Francois. When on the team, they put him next to dogs that are old
Buck – the hero of the story. All of the events are about him. Through the story we can meet him in whole because the author describes his behavior, feelings and thoughts. He is a strong and big dog, with big eyes and wide chest. He is a loyal friend who lived a pleasant life in California.
“He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.” (London, 16). In the novel The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Buck, a Saint Bernard-Scotch Shepherd mix originates in sunny, civilized Santa Clara Valley, CA during the gold rush. He rules his demesne like a king, but sadly he is stolen by Manuel, a familiar gardener. Buck is brought to a dog breaker and seller, through him Buck meets Perrault and Francois.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but the most adaptable” (Charles Dickens). In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Buck starts as a soft, well cared for house pet in the sunny state of California. His life changes drastically when he is kidnapped and forced to labor as a sled dog in the Yukon. Buck has to adapt in many ways to survive his new and dangerous life. The theme of The Call of the Wild is one must adapt to new changes.
The beginning of the novel shows us that Buck is a pampered dog who had lived in the Santa Clara Valley under the property of judge miller and was the ruler of the house. He was feared, and respected by the other dogs. He has everything he wanted and will soon have it taken away from him. Manuel, the gardener, will abduct Buck in his house and that will be the beginning of a cruel life for him.
