Buck In The Wild

“But in spite of this great love he bore John Thornton, which seemed to bespeak the soft, civilizing influence; the strain of the primitive which the north land has aroused in him, remained alive and active” (London, 76). In the exciting and adventurous novel The Call of the Wild by Jack London a dog named Buck was living what he thought was his dream life on Judge Miller's estate in Santa Clara Valley in California. Little did he know the gardener, Manuel, had a gambling problem. Manuel stole and sold Buck to a man in a red sweater. Buck soon realized that his life was going to take a turn. Buck was a strong, smart, fit dog which made him the ideal dog to run in the harsh Yukon for the gold rush. Buck went through a list of masters but none

The dogs were tough and have been in the traces longer than he has. He has a lot to learn but for him it will be easy for others it was not. Buck was sold to two men name Francois and Perrault. They had a job to deliver letters to families of the miners. Buck got introduced to a new dog sled team with some competition. He had to learn how to survive in this new team. “It was no task for him to learn to fight with the cut and slash and the quick wold snap”(London,26). This quote shows that Buck had the characteristics of the wild inside of him. It also shows that is was not hard for him to draw those characteristics out and and it was also not hard for him to learn how to move quickly and

When Buck got done with his long hard arduous days in the traces he liked to sit next to the fire and dream about a strange man. He wondered who the other man was. Although the man seemed familiar it had raised many questions inside of Buck. “Sometimes as he crouched there, blinking dreamily at the flames, it seemed that the flames were of another fire, and that as he crouched by this other fire he saw another and different man from the half-bread cook before him”(London,49). The hairy man was Buck ancestor’s first master, the cave man calling out to him. He found the man interesting. It brought out the curious and primordial side of Buck. This is another characteristic of the primitive animal the wolf. My final piece of evidence that shows that the power of primitive instincts is scratching at the inside of Buck is the weird sound he hears. It seems to be calling no matter what time of the day it is. Buck loves to adventure and loves to seek different challenges. The love for Thornton is pulling him one way and there is a different force that seems to be calling to him. He can hear it the sound is loud and strong but not strong enough to take him from his beloved