This is the beginning of Buck's metamorphosis. Buck is taken from Judge Miller's home, to be sold off to become a sled dog. This is an example of an allusion. It alludes to the time period of the Alaskan Gold Rush, when dogs would be sold for money for the people trying to get to Alaska. He was the man who kept Buck and the other dogs in-line. When they were doing something wrong, he would whip them. He showed Buck how to behave. He is one of the motifs in the book. He is the discipliner. He contributes to Buck's metamorphosis because he shows anger, danger, and blood. This symbolizes a motif, for the color red often shows anger, danger, death, and blood. Buck's beginning to change Buck was truly starting to change. He was becoming a "red-eyed