The Lost Chapter: Buck’s Fate The bitter cold rushed as the wind whispered passed. Buck had a hard time getting comfortable and sleeping. Too much was on his mind, many thoughts came after him one after another, thoughts of the past popped up in his mind. He was unsure with these thoughts, a part of him wanted to suppress his thoughts and his feelings towards them, another part of him makes him want to venture off into these feelings. As Buck laid there unsatisfied, he watched the dark sky with the silver stars dance, the tall trees sway with the wind. With one big sigh, Buck fell asleep. With the sound of a whistle, Buck was up. He found John Thornton in front of the camp with a tall, slim man. Confused, Buck went up to them. John went …show more content…
He then looked at Buck, who looked as if he was paralyzed by shock. Thornton came over towards him and wrapped his arms around Buck’s neck tightly for ten minutes, while cursing at him lovingly like he used …show more content…
Thornton waved goodbye as Buck and the man headed north away from the camp. Buck continued to replay the memory of John trading Buck for the money. For the next four hours, Buck was shaking his head every time that memory replayed, and whimpered as if he was in pain from time to time. Until it was about 8 PM, the tall man looked for a place to sleep. After, the man went towards Buck and in a loud, stern voice he said,“ Allow me to introduce myself, although you wouldn’t understand, my name is Tom Jenkins and I will be your master from here on out. Once we arrive to the city your job is to fight, I’ve heard about you, I know you can fight. So my ol’ boy Buck, bare with me on our journey to fortune”. Buck was not sure how to feel about this, flashbacks of his fight with Spitz came into his mind, He remembered how good it felt to defeat him, he then realized he was only satisfied because he defeated an enemy, not a stranger. As the dark night filled, and the silver stars danced once again, Buck was back in the position that he was in last night. Everything started to hit him as if he just fell off a cliff, an urge to runaway, John Thornton, feeling betrayed, thoughts of the past obviated, thoughts of the present and future were all in his presence. What was in it for him? He didn’t want to kill a soul by force, he didn’t want to make Tom money for a job he doesn’t want to do. At this point, Buck knew what he wanted to do. He’s going to