One’s quest for greed and selfishness tear the soul apart. Throughout the novel, "Call of the Wild", written by Jack London it was apparent that due to the greed of multiple characters, lives of others were destroyed. Wherever Buck wandered the selfishness of others took away his happiness. Greed destroys and takes from everyone and everything. To begin with, Buck had a golden life.
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
In the beginning of chapter one Buck, from the Call of The Wild, is describe to have multiple appearance traits. One of which is that buck is a large dog and only weighs about one hundred and forty pounds. In addition, Buck is a Saint Bernard, which means that he probably has a large fur coat. Not only this but buck was described to be neither housedog nor kennel dog. Based on this description I have a few thoughts of how Buck will deal with the hardships of the Yukon Territory.
In The Call of the Wild, severe conditions and tiring agendas force Buck to push his body to its limits, all the while men look him over, assuming death. Buck perseveres through all,
Another way to show the theme is by this detail is the passages "...never seen before a seeming familiarly the instincts (which were but the memories of his ancestors). " Also this statement from the passage "...which had lapsed in later days, and still later in gimmicked and became live again. " All these details that show Buck is still controlled by his natural instincts like all of us. In conclusion natural instincts everybody has.
The Call of The Wild is a gradual path to achieve dormant primal instincts such as hunting or killing. However, in the movie, Buck never takes this path, but instead, he becomes one with the dormant instincts. While in the book Buck takes a path that leads him into the primal instincts. “He had killed man, the noblest game of all, and he had killed in the face of the law of club and fang.” (Londen Pg 83.)
Lead by a cunning Saint Bernard Mix named Buck, this Journey begins in the sun-kissed, Santa Clara Valley at Judge Miller’s home, and sprawls through the cold northern canadian territory of yukon. Buck’s escapades lead him to a cruel, punishing, illegal dog smuggling ring where he was beat ruthlessly. Buck’s fierce nature gave him the perseverance to withstand the cold winters and the many battles that he faces in this classic novel written in third person point of view, Call of the Wild. Confronted by an evil pack dog from Spitzenburg, Germany referred to as Spitz, Buck was forced to battle Spitz to the death in which Buck triumphs. Prior to the battle Buck traveled with a team of thirteen sled dogs, including Spitz to a gold mining town during the Klondike, Gold Rush.
“Faithfulness and devotion, things born of fire and roof, were his; yet he retained his wildness and wiliness. He was a thing of the wild, come in from the wild to sit by John Thornton’s fire, rather than a dog of the soft Southland stamped with the marks of generations.” (London 76). Buck became a killer, hunting and running with the
Buck is the protagonist in the book, Call of the Wild. In the beggining of the book, the very beginning, he was a proud dog who believed all humans are good, but that does not last long after some encounters with bad ones. He is quick to adapt to new circumstances, and learns very quickly. His father was a huge St. Bernard named Elmo, and his mother was a Scotch shepherd dog, and because of this, Buck weighed 140 pounds instead of something larger. He is said to be four years old the day he is kidnapped He is a survivor who will do what he must to live at his best.
Being that the story is not told through Buck’s point of view it makes it easier to point out the impact of anamorphism on the novels overall significance. The theme is the evolutions of primitive instincts, how you may have them innately and how you come full circle to regain them. The third person omniscient narrator who tells only of Buck’s thoughts and feelings and only the actions of other characters gives a full view of the cycle. Being that Buck is a dog, readers do not perceive him having realistic thoughts or being able to communicate, which he never does speak but he does have real internal
The hairy man serves as an image of the human race before civilization. This symbolizes the ‘call of the wild’ for Buck, which focuses upon the idea of survival and utilizing one’s environment as a resource. Whereas, the hairy man is seen by Buck to highlight how Buck is getting closer to his state of ‘wildness’ as a descendant of canines. The idea of fighting to become alpha was never in Buck’s previous thoughts and life, thus serving as a distinguishable moment for Buck. He takes his life into his own hands and no longer relies upon order to be established by his master.
As Jim Rohn once said, “It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future... it is what you do about what happens that counts.” Buck, the main character in the novel The Call of the Wild, is a victim of life 's many unexpected obstacles. From domesticated and tamed to wild and primitive, the transformation of Buck from beginning to end is a result of nature and nurture combined. Nature, his genetic makeup, proves to be the most dominant in his development of becoming a free creature of the wilderness.
The book call of the wild has many different themes, throughout the whole book while I was reading there was one specific theme that really stuck out to me and that was “Survival of the Fittest.” There is many reasons I say this is because the whole book Buck is conquering different obstacles. This book also reminds me of the book “The Hunger Games” the theme is similar to the book “ The Call of the wild,” because they both go by the universal theme as the “Survival of the Fittest.” The reason I say that the book “Call of the Wild” has the universal theme is survival of the fittest because Buck went through a lot of things in his life.
Greek and Slavic mythology and culture have influenced each other over the years. In both cultures, the people used myths and gods/goddesses to explain how the seasons changed. The god/goddess that embodied spring was reluctant to leave the world of the living to go to the Underworld. * Violence plays a big part in these myths, representing the harsh change to the colder seasons. The differences and similarities in the myths Persephone and Jarilo represent the differences and similarities between Ancient Greek and Ancient Slavic culture.
In the novel of the Call of the Wild, Buck tried to adapt to his new and difficult life. He was forced to help the men find gold; he experienced a big transformation in him. At the end, he transformed into a new and different dog. Buck went through physical, mental and environmental changes. In my essay, I talked about how Buck was like at the beginning, what he changed into, and how he was forced to adapt his new environment, and underwent these changes.
