Only the strong survive in the wild. Buck learns life lessons about the wild, how to survive in the wild and how to use his strenght as a natural instinct. Bucks instinctes are important but he must also learn how to adjust in the wild. He changes over the course of the story. Buck must use hes instincts and survival skills to lead the pack. Buck also teaches the readers about survival, stenght and natural instincs.
Buck had to be determined in order to survive. “He would see to it he never went down”. Buck learns his first lesson in survival when he is bitten for the first time by another dog. “ he had enough, and suffered from perpetual hunger pains…….. He watched and learned. When he saw Pike, one of the new dogs,
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He uses his natural streangth and instincs. An example of this is when he is no longer with man. “He began to sleep out at night, staying away from camp days at a time . There he wandered for a week, seeking vainly for fresh sign of the wild brothers….. He fished for salmon in a broad stream that empited somewhere into the sea, and by this stream he killed a large black bear, blinded by the mosquitoes while likewise fishing, and raging through the forest helpless and terrible….. The blood-longing became stronger thann ever before. He was a killer.” Buck knew he belonged in the wild, he was searching for his ancersters.. The wolf in him became stronger. “ Then an old wolf, gaunt and battle-scarred, came forward. Buck writhed his lips into the preliminary of a snarl, but sniffed noses with him,..... And now the call came to Buck in unmistakable accents. He too, sat down and howled. Buck ran with them side by side with the wild brother, yelping as he ran …show more content…
He learns his instincs are important but he aslo learns how to adjust. Buck also changes over the course of the story. Buck must use these lesson to learn to fight and lead the pack. Buck teaches the readers about sevival stenght and natural