Mr. London's The Call Of The Wild

THE CALL OF THE WILD:
THEME ANALYSIS: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
Charles Darwin, in The Origin of Species 1859, developed a theory that life on earth evolved through a process of natural selection. Those creatures that were strong were able to adapt to the environment were the ones that survived. The process as seen by Darwin was ruthless and a moral; London appears to have had Darwin in mind when he wrote The Call of the Wild. As soon as Buck is kidnapped from Judge Miller’s ranch, he learns that a new law applies to life, quite different from the “law of love and fellowship” he knows before. London calls this the “law of club and fang” a succinct phrase that describes in a nutshell the survival of the fittest.
The law of the club is that man, having access to greater force, is the master of the dogs. The stronger wins and the weaker must submit and serve the will of the

But afterwards broken to the sled on the desolate Alaskan trail, where his experiences are related with a candor and ring of genuineness, exciting yet often times heartrending in the extreme. The philosophy of the survival of the fittest runs through every page of Mr. London’s book. The call of the wild evidently signifies the appeal of barbarian life over civilized life. In fact, this dog becomes, after a series of bloodcurdling incidents ending at the murder of a beloved master, the eventual leader of a pack of timber wolves. Buck was following a fang fight for individual supremacy, he recognizes the “wild brother,” and joins the wolf pack. The book very brief is filled from cover to cover with thrilling scenes. The northern territory is brought home to us with convincing vividness. Every sentence is pregnant with original life; probably no such sympathetic, yet wholly unsentimental, story of a dog has ever found before. The achievement may, without exaggeration, be termed “wonderful.” (TCLC.vol.39.p.