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The Call of the Wild
Buck is the strongest, most powerful and most fearless sled dog in all of the Klondike in Jack London's novel, Call of the Wild. A part-St. Bernard and part-Scottish shepherd, Buck weighs about 150...
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The Call of the Wild
I think that Buck changes because he learns to fully grasp the nature of human cruelty. Buck undergoes changes from a domesticated dog to a wild one as a result of all that is done to him. His...
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The Call of the Wild
For one thing, the Law of Club and Fang is the title of Chapter 2. But beyond that, it is what Buck finds when he is taken away from Judge Miller's estate. When Buck meets the man in the red...
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The Call of the Wild
One of the primary themes in Jack London's The Call of the Wild is the constant conflict between civilization and wildness--in both the human and the canine characters. The protagonist of the novel...
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The Call of the Wild
There are several conflicts in the book, but the main conflict is that Buck is kidnapped and held against his will. It is resolved when he is rescued by John Thornton. When John Thornton dies,...
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The Call of the Wild
The moral of the novel concerns the human connection to the primal aspects of nature and ways in which our connection to civilization has interfered with that important connection. Within that...
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The Call of the Wild
Buck's first owner is Judge Miller. The offspring of a St. Bernard who had been "the Judge's inseparable companion", Buck lives an idyllic life during his youth on a California ranch...
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The Call of the Wild
In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Buck was a St. Bernard/Scotch shepherd mix. His father was a very large St. Bernard named Elmo, and his mother was the shepherd. Buck was not as big as his...
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The Call of the Wild
The man is no particular person, but rather a representation of a more "primitive" type of man. He is frequently described as hairy; this implies a sort of caveman archetype. Buck is basically...
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The Call of the Wild
Buck lived a pampered life at Judge Miller’s place. Buck was not always a sled dog. Before he was kidnapped, he was a pampered house pet. Judge Miller was wealthy, living on a large farm in Santa...
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The Call of the Wild
The main external conflict is man vs. nature. The conflict is shown by the differences between the Southland, symbolizing civilization, and the Northland, symbolizing the savage forces of...
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The Call of the Wild
Buck was healthy, strong, and fit. Although he had lived an almost pampered life on Judge Miller's ranch, "hunting and kindred outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his...
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The Call of the Wild
The first lesson Buck learned was that he had to really look out for himself amongst all the dogs on the beach. He sees Curly assaulted by a dog she approached in a friendly way. As soon as she is...
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The Call of the Wild
There is no better way to explain author intent than through the use of the author's own words. Therefore, the following reasoning behind London's purpose for writing Call of the Wild was best...
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The Call of the Wild
Like many of his works, The Call of the Wild is a prime example of Jack London's descriptive writing style. Many scenes are described simply and objectively, with no preconceived bias. Most critics...
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The Call of the Wild
Buck is introduced to primitive law when he first witnesses a dog fight. He sees how rank and order fall within a pack of dogs, and it is this first experience that inspires Buck to eventually...
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The Call of the Wild
In my opinion, the author has Buck act and think like a human pretty much throughout the whole book. He gives Buck this range of emotions and a real ability to think. So, just to take a couple of...
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The Call of the Wild
The relationship between Buck and John Thornton symbolizes the bond between animals and humans. John is the pull that keeps Buck from going wild. When Buck lives with the judge, he lives like a...
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The Call of the Wild
In Jack London's hard-edged and naturalistic adventure, Buck is first described as a large dog of one hundred and forty pounds, sired by a St. Bernard with a mother who was a Scotch shepherd dog....
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The Call of the Wild
Buck has developed into a primitive beast with strong instincts during his time in Alaska. Under the conditions of trail life and living as a sled dog, this instinct grew stronger. Spitz knew that...
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The Call of the Wild
In Santa Clara Valley, California Judge Miller has a huge home and a great deal of property. He also owns a beautiful dog named Buck. Buck is the king of this property and can roam as he pleases....
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The Call of the Wild
The falling action of a story is the part after the climax. This is the part where we find out who will "win" in a story (the protagonist or the antagonist) and how the conflict of the story will...
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The Call of the Wild
Buck understands early on how the power and cruelty involved in the natural setting. The law of the club reflects this. The law of the club is how human beings subjugate the dogs. The world into...
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The Call of the Wild
In my opinion, the first chapter is given this title because it follows Buck as he goes from civilization to a life that is much more primitive than what he is used to. At the start of the book,...
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The Call of the Wild
In The Call Of The Wild, Perrault and Francois admire Buck for his quickness in mastering the responsibilities of a sled dog as well as acclimating to life in the Klondike region of Canada. Buck's...
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The Call of the Wild
Hal, Charles, and Mercedes die when the ice on which they are running gives way, throwing them into the freezing water, where they drown.Hal, Charles, and Mercedes had been warned numerous times...
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The Call of the Wild
Buck's original owner is Judge Miller, in Santa Clara California. Buck is kidnapped by Manuel, and sold on the black market to people sending dogs to the Alaska Gold Rush. Buck is bought by...
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The Call of the Wild
Buck's dream is significant because it foreshadows his "retrogression." It's a dream which recalls the ancestory of his breed and "calls" him back to his more primitive roots. With regard to...
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The Call of the Wild
Buck was pleased with being the lead dog, and he immediately took the leadership role even when the men didn’t want him to. When Buck arrived, Spitz was the lead dog. Buck and Spitz did not get...
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The Call of the Wild
In his essay "The Other Animals" Jack London is answering a claim by writers such as John Burroughs that his books show that he knows nothing about the nature of animals. While London claims that...
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The Call of the Wild
in Jack London's novel, The Call of the Wild, Spitz and Buck are quite different animals. Spitz is the acknowledged leader of the team, enforcing his dominance of the other dogs. Buck, the...
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The Call of the Wild
As the title suggests, Buck answers the "call of the wild" and returns to his atavistic state. That is, he behaves more and more like a wolf. Buck becomes the head of a pack, and in the pale...
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The Call of the Wild
Following the attack by the starving huskies that injured many of the sled dogs and reduced their rations, Perrault and Francois pushed on toward Dawson, still four hundred miles away. The dogs...
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The Call of the Wild
Initially, Buck's response to the dognappers is one of quiet acceptance. But that's because he doesn't yet know he's being stolen. He instinctively trusts Manuel, and so has no reason to think that...
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The Call of the Wild
Judge Miller was Buck’s first owner. He lived in a big house in Santa Clara Valley, California. Buck, “….ruled the estate. Here he was born, and here he had lived the four years of his life"...
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The Call of the Wild
What Buck learns from the man in the red sweater is that the man with the club has to be obeyed. In other words, you have to do what the people with the power want you to do. You can say that this...
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The Call of the Wild
What the man in the red sweater teaches Buck is that Buck has to give in to anyone who has greater power than he does. When Buck first meets this man, he thinks he can just use his power and...
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The Call of the Wild
The incompetent humans do not know that they have too many dogs, so they overfeed and then underfeed them. Charles and Hal have no idea what they are doing. To them, it makes sense to have as many...
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The Call of the Wild
Before he is kidnapped, Buck lives a “sun-kissed” life. London begins the first chapter of Buck’s tale by describing how Buck slowing descends into a more primitive society. Buck certainly lived...
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The Call of the Wild
The man in the red sweater is a dog-breaker who teaches Buck the Law of Club and Fang. Buck lives a very comfortable lifestyle on Judge Miller’s ranch. He is a pampered pet. Yet when he is...
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The Call of the Wild
The dog Spitz dies at the very end of Chapter 3. That is the chapter that is entitled "The Dominant Primordial Beast." Spitz dies after a long chase and a fight with Buck. The two of them have...
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The Call of the Wild
Through the man with the club, Buck is introduced to "the reign of primitive law" (Chapter 1). This law says that "those with the greatest physical strength are the rulers"...
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The Call of the Wild
The fight between Buck and Spitz is said to be ‘inevitable’ because Buck wants to challenge Spitz for leadership of the sled team. The narrative explains why: It was inevitable that the clash for...
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The Call of the Wild
Buck shows his love for John Thornton by twice saving his life and by obeying him when he tells him to jump over a cliff. Thornton, in turn, loves Buck and does not abuse him like the other men...
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The Call of the Wild
In the beginning of Jack London’s “Call of The Wild,’ Buck is a soft dog that "lived the life of a sated aristocrat." He is dog-napped and sold by the gardener at the estate where he is...
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The Call of the Wild
The author, Jack London, does not spend much time describing the Yeehats directly. Essentially, they are the tribe of Indians that massacred the group of goldminers of which John Thornton was a...
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The Call of the Wild
Manuel had a gambling addiction. He needed money to feed his habit, while at the same time trying to provide for his family. At the time that the story takes place (late 1800's California Gold...
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The Call of the Wild
The Scotch half breed treats the sled dogs fairly even though he pushes them extremely hard. He comes into Buck's life after Francois and Perrault depart the story. The author may have purposely...
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The Call of the Wild
Buck has left John and the mining camp to go hunt and has decided that he will bring down a great old bull moose. As he follows it and harries it for days, the Yeehat Indians have attacked the...
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The Call of the Wild
In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Buck is kidnapped from his majestic, orderly home in California and sold as a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. In his home, he reigns over the grounds...
