Call Of The Wild Comparison

Compare and Contrast: Theme Essay “When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there.” ~ Zig Ziglar. In the book “Peak”, a fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person ever to reach the top of Mount Everest. Peak fights his body, himself, and his father to reach the summit before his next birthday. Buck, the main character in “The Call of the Wild”, realizes that he does not always get the domesticated life he thinks he loves after he was stolen right out of his backyard and beaten, tortured, and sold to multiple hash people to be as a sled dog. Through his journey as a tortured sled dog, he goes through changes and soon is on his own and living his life in the wild.

For example, there was one point where Buck could hardly travel anymore because of the really bad weather conditions, but he kept pushing his body farther and he made it through. “[...] for he was a civilized dog, an unduly civilized dog, and of his own experience knew no trap and so could not of himself fear it.” (London 47). Buck also pushed to the top and became leader after he killed Spitz. “Then Buck sprang in and out; but while he was in, shoulder had at last squarely met shoulder. The dark circle became a dot on the moon-flooded snow as Spitz disappeared from view. Buck stood and looked on, the successful champion, the dominant primordial beast who had made his kill and it was good.” (London 78). This demonstrates that Buck did what he had to do to become leader and rise to the top because he did not give up in his

In “Peak,” Peak immediately rose to the top and assured himself that he would be successful and would not give up no matter what, even after Zopa convinced him he was not. “In a strange way the conversation helped to center me. It reminded me that climbing, even though there might be other people in your party, is a solo sport.” (Smith 142). Similarly, there is “The Call of the Wild, where from the moment Buck got to the camp with Perrault and Francois, he was an enemy to all days, he wanted to fight to become higher in the pack.” They were all to soft, dying under the toil, the frost, and starvation. Buck was the exception. He alone endured and prospered, matching the husky in strength, savagery, and cunning.” (London 64). The theme between the books is also presented in different ways as well. In “Peak,” it was never certain that Peak would actually give up or keep going because even though he kept telling himself he would not, the harsh conditions made it difficult for him to keep that promise. According to the text, “Yogi dragged me over the edge and he and I lay there on our backs gasping for breath.” (Smith 225). On the contrary, Buck was always certain he could out fight the other dogs and become leader. “It was inevitable that the clash for leadership should come. Buck wanted it.” (Smit 65). Therefore, the theme that