Buck's Perseverance In The Call Of The Wild

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Dealing with life struggles takes a colossal amount of perseverance. During the story The Call of the Wild, Buck has to go through being embezzled from his normal life and is forced to be a sled dog in the Yukon Territory in Alaska. In contrast, my father began a life for himself by acquiring two more jobs just to make a good living for himself in his early adult years and hopefully the rest of his life. Like my father, Buck had to be robust and willing to seek any challenges heaved at him. Therefore, the struggles that shot upon them had to be addressed and accomplished to succeed in life. Whether that is having no money, or the lack of food. Buck has to persevere through struggles in life. After being swiped from his home in California, Buck has to go through many problematic struggles to adapt to the Yukon …show more content…

Their first struggle was the case of not having any money for food. Buck was low on food because his owners didn’t have the money to buy nice food for the dogs. In comparison, my father didn’t always have the money to get food and had to salvage the food he already had. Another comparison is how both Buck and my father had to adapt to the new life thrown at them. Buck becomes a leader whether that is with his dog sled team, or his wolf pack. My father beat adversity and got promoted at his job. He also became a better worker overall. The last comparison for Buck and my father is how they had to adapt to new lifestyles. Buck goes from being beaten all the time to being able to rest and becoming a vigorous dog. My father, in comparison to Buck, got another job to start paying off some bills and to make a little extra dough. My father became financially responsible and got pay raises due to his hard work. The biggest comparison of my father and Buck is how they both find a way to overcome the adversity that was heaved their