Death In Jack London's The Call Of The Wild

Would you kill if your life depended on it? A major theme in Jack London 's’ call of the wild, is life is kill or be killed.

In the beginning of the book, Buck must fight to the death with the original lead dog Spitz. First, Spitz is much more experienced. For example, Spitz has many scars on him and each fight is to the death. Since Buck is very big and smart, he handled himself well. Second, Buck witnessed Spitz kill the dog Curly. For example, Spitz killed Curly with ease, the fight was very short. Since Spitz killed Curly he clearly has more experience than Buck. Last, Spitz was very fast and cunning. For example, he leaped around Buck very fast and Buck couldn’t bite him. Since Buck was smarter he used his imagination and took out spitz’s front legs and let the other dogs finish him off.

In the middle of the book, Buck had to kill a bear. First, Buck seen a bear and he had to get food. For example, Buck walked and found the bear and it had plenty of meat for Buck. Since Buck could eat the bear he killed it and had food for days. Second, The bear was distracted and not ready to be attacked. For instance, the bear had a lot of mosquitos on him and

For example, the indian tribe killed John Thorton(Bucks owner) and John’s dogs and his partners. Since Buck loved John he was so angry that he had to hunt them down. Since the “yeehats” killed Buck’s owner he had to kill them. Second, Buck killed them all with ease. For instance, the yeehats were trying to attack Buck but they couldn’t. Since Buck was so fueled with anger he ripped open throat after throat until the yeehats had barely any more tribe members. Last, the yeehats had weapons and buck had only claw and fang. For example, the yeehats had bows and spears. Since Buck is so skilled at killing at this point it didn’t matter what they had. In conclusion, Buck either could kill the yeehats or they could’ve killed