Compare And Contrast Call Of The Wild And Walden

Although they are very different books, Walden, and Call of the Wild share a lot of the same ideas and beliefs. There were many characters in both books. In one book, the characters were smart, handy, and swift. In Call of the Wild, the characters were more tough, stern, and rough. The traits the characters showed were extremely different, but all of them had to survive in the wilderness sometimes using the same methods, and other time using completely different ones. Three similarities or differences in the books Walden and Call of the Wild are respect for the wilderness, wants, and their mentality.
In the book, Call of the Wild, Thoreau has a lot of respect for the wilderness. In the book, Walden, Thoreau goes to live in the woods not for

Although Thornton knew how to survive in the wilderness and took its threats seriously, he did not respect it. One reason why this is true is because Thornton was traveling through the wilderness just to obtain gold. “The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce bough lodge.” (London 91). This quote is extremely important and relevant to why Thornton had less respect for the wilderness than Thoreau. It shows the only reason Thornton traveled through the wilderness was only to strike it rich by taking nature’s natural resources. This shows Thornton’s greed and how he takes advantage of the wilderness to become rich, which is being disrespectful to the wild. Thornton also lived on the trail to Dawson, where he found Buck. He survived here only because he knew how to take advantage of the wilderness, feeding himself every day and making it to the next. He was only on the trail because he was seeking a place to obtain gold. This shows his desire to take one of nature’s most sacred resources and give nothing in

This version of his mentality slightly charged throughout the book, but this was always the core to his mentality. “I caught a glimpse of a woodchuck stealing across my path, and felt a strange thrill of savage delight, and was strongly tempted to seize and devour him raw; not that I was hungry then, except for that wildness which he represented.” (Thoreau 136). This except explains Thoreau's mentality. At this particular time, Thoreau was in need of food and spotted some. He was excited because the slight was so beautiful because the woodchuck was apart of the wild, and because of his need for food. In the end, he killed the woodchuck, not because it wasn’t a beautiful part of nature, but because he needed to fulfill that particular task that was at hand. This explains Thoreau’s core mentality throughout the