Greed In The Call Of The Wild

Jack London in Call of the Wild tells us about a dog named Buck.Buck is kidnapped at the start of the tale to be utilized as a sled dog in the course of the Klondike Gold Rush.He is passed between numerous owners throughout the story until in the end becomes a uncivilized animal. Jack London additionally utilizes Call of the Wild to describe the theme that greed and power can lead to being neglectful and unfair to animals. In this book there are many examples of where humans desire for riches and power have led to dogs being ill-treated.

One way in the book that the theme, greed and powerlinks to being neglectful and unfair to animals is presented is through one of Bucks owners, Hal, Charles and Mercedes. The callowness of these owners led

It was inevitable that they should go short on dog-food. But they hastened it by overfeeding, bringing the day nearer when underfeeding would commence.” Then if you continue on page 51 it states “Then came the underfeeding. Hal awoke one day to the fact that his dog-food was half gone and the distance only quarter covered; further, that for love or money no additional dog-food was to be obtained. So he cut down even the orthodox ration and tried to increase the day’s travel.” How does this support the reason and claim? In this case the dogs were over fed by Hal, Charles and Mercedes which eventually led to the dogs having less food than they needed. This made it so they were hungry and therefore less productive. Another example of Hal, Charles and Mercedes' greed cause unfair consequences to happen to the dogs. They stop in an area where John throton warns them of the dangers if they continue to travel but their greed makes them continue on which later be the cause of the dogs and their deaths. THis can all be supported on page 57 to 58 where it reads

The man uses brute force to hurt Buck only to teach him who is in control. The text on page 11 even reads “ But the man, shifting the club from right to left, coolly caught him by the under jaw, at the same time wrenching downward and backward. Buck described a complete circle in the air, and half of another, then crashed to the ground on his head and chest.” This text shows how the man beats the dog with a club. Therefore this also illustrates the theme greed and power can lead to being neglectful and unfair to animals. This theme can also be seen again on page 11 where it says ““Well, Buck, my boy,” he went on in a genial voice, “we’ve had our little ruction, and the best thing we can do is to let it go at that. You’ve learned your place, and I know mine. Be a good dog and all’ll go well and the goose hang high. Be a bad dog, and I’ll whale the stuffin’ outa you. Understand?...Also he saw one dog, that would neither conciliate nor obey, finally killed in the struggle for mastery.” The man is willing to do whatever to the dogs to make them obey. He knows she can win whatever fight and is willing to even kill the dogs as read in the text. This shows how human strength leads to mistreatment of