Call Of The Wild Quotes

Jack London's Call Of The Wild chronicles the tale of a house dog that is forced to adapt and overcome the challenges in order to survive the harsh conditions he is put in. Call Of The Wild paints a vivid picture of a person's violent, loving and prideful behavior. This behavior is portrayed by the main character Buck the dog in order to take a philosophical standpoint on society as a whole. In the beginning of the book London portrayed Buck as a dog that is doted upon by a plethora of servants and cared for by a kind master. Buck is faced with problems such as being locked out of the house or what to do on a nice day. Environmental factors, such as upbringing or location in which one was raised, plays a crucial part and not only how Buck

London molds Buck's character and portrays him as a naive character unaware of what's to come.

Later Buck is captured and put to auction. While this is happening Buck is being hit and prodded with sticks beating Buck: “But the saloon-keeper let him alone, and in the morning four men entered and picked up the crate. More tormentors, Buck decided, for they were evil-looking creatures, ragged and unkempt; and he stormed and raged at them through the bars. They only laughed and poked sticks at him” (9). Buck has lost himself as he has been placed into a literal and metaphysical corner. London portrays human nature by placing Buck in an unfamiliar condition. He becomes a shell of his former self unable to collect himself. While Buck is confused he eventually meets a man who lets Buck out of his cage giving him false hope. The man starts to beat him, challenging him to attack. Charles Walcutt discusses how men are no different from beasts in The Call Of The Wild: “In The Call of the Wild, the portrayal of men as beasts is shown as well as the portrayal of dogs as beasts. When Buck is caged after he has been stolen, he is tormented by his captors.” This further supports

John sees this and argues with the man ultimately freeing Buck and expressing the hazard of going on this journey as the ice is too thin to support the weight of the dogs in the man on the sled. The man does not listen to this though and presses onward ultimately killing the dogs and himself as they fall through the ice. This man is the personification of pride and greed. Even though he is faced with the dangers ahead of him he is too prideful to turn around and take the man's warnings and is blinded by greed making him unable to see the dangers ahead ultimately leading to his tragic downfall not only killing him but the things around him and the people around him. Later once freed Buck lives with John. John becomes Bucks' hope. Buck moves in with John in the forest close to Native Americans. One day Buck sees John get killed by a Native American and goes on a rampage killing multiple Native Americans losing himself in the face of rage. Just like many humans that become blind in the face of rage, Buck is no different. All that humans are concerned about is revenge as it's the only thing that can quell their pain but in reality it just perpetuates the cycle of Revenge. Ultimately after John's death, Buck is left with a hole in his heart and goes on a search to fill it again. He stumbles upon a pack of wolves that