Needless to say Buck learned the ways of the Northland very fast. Throughout the story Buck had multiple masters, so when he found John Thornton he was scared that the was going to be transient just like his other
Buck’s great genes and extensive training have allowed him to become more agile than any foe he is pitted against. So when Jack London is talking about Buck fighting a pack of wolves he say “he was everywhere at once” meaning that buck is so quick to strike that there is nowhere that the wolves aren’t vulnerable. The inclusion of this hyperbole gives us a sense of how Buck has evolved from a simple house dog to a wild killer of great strength.
Buck has learned many crucial things since arriving in the Yukon. One of the most important lessons buck has learned is the law of club and fang. This was an important lesson because it helped him learn his place in the pack. The other crucial lessons Buck has learned are how to stay warm,the importance of a good meal, and to obey. Theses are crucial lessons because they helped him survive.
None of them were very intelligent, so they got Buck taken away by Thorton only a short time after they found him. Thornton was one of the only men that Buck had grown to love and
Suddenly, kidnapped and being taught harshly with violence. In the text,“Dazed, suffering intolerable pain from throat and tongue, with the life half throttled out of him, Buck attempted to face his tormentors” (London 21). Even at the beginning of his struggles he still had perseverance to keep moving. Buck was sold to be a sled dog multiple times to different owners throughout his life, only finding few he felt treated him right. Being in the traces as a sled dog made him later realize that the one thing he wanted to do for the rest of his life was to run free in the wild.
This launches Buck into fits of anxiety and panic, due to the fact that his family is gone. Also, after being taken from his family, Buck is thrown into a small crate, starved, and observed with only the poke of careless sticks. Alone, unsure of what to do, Buck is pointed and laughed at, his cruel captors quickly assuming his weakness. Buck also has to carry cargo across the freezing Yukon, losing feeling in his frostbitten feet, though gaining comfort from new handmade shoes. He becomes more tired than ever before, straining his body for more and more power, ultimately collapsing at the end of the day in a self-dug hole in the cold snow.
Buck had to step up and fight the previous leader. He beat a massive problem and showed his power towards being the alpha. During the fight, he shows his ancient ancestry related to wolves. One other time he had to fight Indians to save his owner. Once,,seeing his best owner dead, he reacts extremely fast.
He is treated with care and is loved by Thornton. One day coming back into camp, Buck heard that Thornton was killed by the Yeehat tribe. He is left alone and lonely again, starting to go on a
Buck adapts to how humans in the Yukon treat him, the new merciless environment, and When Buck first arrives in the Yukon, he is accustomed to being well fed and treated as royalty by his owners. He was the dominant beast. “ And over this great demesne Buck ruled” (2). This all changes in the Yukon.
In Call of the Wild, Buck has to persevere through difficult times. He is taken by
‘That Buck learns quickly’” (11). These show that it is well prepared that they let Buck find the solution by itself. They didn’t teach him but let nature teach him instead of them. After Buck acknowledge of studying by himself, the trip later become much easier and he made progress, he even became the head dog of the sled.
He encountered many confrontations and adventures in the wild, but Buck still remains the leader due to his strength. He has gone through many situations, lost his team, and his recent master. This is where he will meet Thornton and bond together. He will adapt to a new lifestyle as this quote emphasizes “Dog and man watched it crawling over the ice. Suddenly, they saw its back end drop down, ‘you poor devil’, said John Thornton and Buck licked his
Throughout his journey, Buck benefits greatly from his physical structure, genetic memory, and natural instincts. Natural selection played a big role in Buck’s fate. As demonstrated by the author, when describing Buck’s demeanor, “He alone endured and prospered, matching the husky in strength , savagery and cunning,” (28). The theory of natural selection says that all who are prosperous will thrive. Many generations have passed before him, so Buck inherits only the genes and traits beneficial to him.
He showed vast amounts of leadership skills and fairness which the current leader of the pack didnt show. Soon enough he challenged the alpha and had won a very hard fought battle. Buck showed his instinct to survive to his sled master when there was an avalanche. His master believed they should try and out run the avalanche by going left. Buck decided to go right because his instinct showed him that there was a tunnel in the side of the mountain they could take to escape from the avalanche Demonstrated through this story, Jack London showed the inherent instinctual advantage that animals have over humans.
Bring it On: All or Nothing The film I chose to watch is the third installment of the Bring It On series, which are all mostly unrelated stories loosely held together by the thread of cheerleading as a main plot point. I went with the third movie, released in 2006, because it attempts to have something to say about race, and was actually written by a black woman, though whether it survived rewrites and succeeds or not is to be questioned later. The basic plot is that the lead character, Britney, is the captain of the cheerleading squad at a very white, suburban school called Pacific Vista.
