The Call Of The Wild, By Jack London

Imagine being taken away from your sunny home in the south to be sent away to the cold north to become a sled dog. This was the harsh reality for many dogs during the Yukon Gold Rush. In the story, The Call of the Wild, Jack London wrote about this reality. Buck was your average house dog until that fateful day when he was taken from his home to become a sled dog in Alaska. Buck went through many new, frightful, and exciting experiences in the Yukon until he found his true call, the call of the wild. The theme of this novel is, as you go through life and face different challenges, you learn and grow.
Buck was taken away from his home and given to a stranger. Angrily, Buck started to attack the stranger but he was easily beaten, as the stranger

Being thrown into the hands of a stranger was something Buck had never experienced. His natural reaction is to attack, which he did but only to be quickly beaten by the stranger. Buck has yet to learn that he doesn’t attack his master but will soon face the same challenge and learn from it. Once Buck made it to the Yukon, he witnessed something that changed the way he would act for the rest of his life. Curly, being friendly, walked up to some of the other dogs, only to get demolished by them. “He had never seen dogs

“With the Judge's sons, hunting and tramping, it had been a working partnership; with the Judge's grandsons, a sort of pompous guardianship; and with the Judge himself, a stately and dignified friendship. But love that was feverish and burning, that was adoration, that was madness, it had taken John Thornton to arouse,” (London Chapter 6). Love was strong within Buck after meeting John Thornton and it was a completely new feeling to him. For awhile he went back to being more of a house than the strong, primordial dog he became. Internally, Buck was having trouble with his feelings. He wanted to follow the call but he also wanted to stay with John. Choosing between the two was extremely challenging for Buck, as he could only pick one. Buck never got to choose, as John Thornton was killed by the Yeehats. This leads into the next piece of evidence, that tells how after John died, Buck followed the call but once a year he would go to where John died and morn. “When the long winter nights come on and the wolves follow their meat into the lower valleys, he may be seen running at the head of the pack … his great throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack,” (London Chapter 7). Buck had lost his greatest love and it had helped him grow stronger. Death is a big obstacle in life but Buck learned to overcome it. He became a new dog but he never forgot about his history, which