FREE ESSAY ON THE CALL OF THE WILD

THE CALL OF THE WILD

Throughout 
the novel The Call of the Wild, we follow a dog named 
Buck through his journey through the Klondike. We 
experience a transformation in him, as he adapts to the cold, 
harsh land where he is forced to toil in the snow, just to help 
men find a shiny metal. Buck seems to almost transform into 
a different dog by the end of the book. In this essay, I will 
go over what Buck was like, how and why he was forced to 
adapt to his new environment, and what he changed into. 
When we first met up with Buck, he lived in the Santa Clara 
Valley, on Judge Miller's property. He was the ruler of his 
domain, uncontested by any other local dogs. he was a mix 
between a St. Bernard and a Scotch Shepherd dog. He 
weighed one hundred and forty pounds, and he carried 
every one with utmost pride. Buck had everything he could 
want. Little did he know, he would soon have it all taken 
away from him. One night, while the judge was away at a 
raisin grower's committee meeting, the gardener, Manuel, 
took Buck away from his home. Buck was then sold, and 
thrown in a baggage car. This would be the beginning of a 
new, cruel life for Buck. On his ride to wherever he was 
going, Buck's pride was severely damaged, if not 
completely wiped out by men who used tools to restrain 
him. No matter how many times Buck tried to lunge, he 
would just be choked into submission at the end. When 
Buck arrived at his destination, there was snow everywhere, 
not to mention the masses of Husky and wolf dogs. Buck 
was thrown into a pen with a man who had a club. This is 
where Buck would learn one of the two most important laws 
that a dog could know in the Klondike. The law of club is 
quite simple, if there is a man with a club, a dog would be 
better off not to challenge that man. Buck learned this law 
after he was beaten half to death by the man who had the 
club. no matter what he tried, he just couldn't win. Buck was 
sold off to a man who put him in a harness connected to 
many other dogs. Buck was bad at first, but eventually, he 
learned the way of trace and trail. Buck had to learn many 
things if he was to survive in this frigid land. He had to learn 
to sleep under the snow, and to eat his food as fast as 
possible so as not to have it stolen. At about this point in the 
book, we see Buck start to go through a metamorphosis of 
sorts. He transforms from a house dog to a more primitive, 
savage version of his former self. It was as if hundreds of 
years of knowledge, learned by his ancestors, were dug up 
and brought out. Buck proceeded to lose all the fat in his 
body and replace it with muscle. Buck was no longer Judge 
Miller's pet. He was a machine of survival and triumph. 
Most Southland dogs like him ended up dead because of 
their inability to conform. Buck was born to lead the team, 
but one dog would do everything possible to try and keep 
him down. This dog's name was Spitz. Spitz was a white 
wolf dog who was a proven champion in confrontation and 
was as crafty as they come. It was clear that he and Buck 
would not work well together. When dogs have 
confrontation in the Klondike, only one survives. This was 
because of a law called fang. The law of Fang is such that, 
when two dogs fight and one is knocked to the ground, that 
is it. The rest of the spectators will instantly pounce on the 
downed dog and make quick work of it. All of these 
unspoken rules had turned Buck into the Best dog to ever 
roam the Klondike. Buck did eventually fight Spitz and send 
him to his death. After all of the transformations and cruelty 
he had been through, you would think that Buck would 
never be able to trust another human. He was being starved 
to death by a gold seeking group who had not brought 
enough food for the dogs. When Buck could finally not 
move another step, a man from the group started to beat 
Buck. As the blows grew less and less painful, and he was 
fading farther and farther, Buck knew he was dying. While 
Buck was being beaten, a man named John Thornton came 
forth and took Buck from his attacker. The man nursed 
Buck back to health, and from that day forward, Buck lived 
for that man. Buck loved him with all his being. After being 
with this man for quite some time, Buck started to hear a call 
from far away. He started paying more and more attention 
to this call. He went out for days at a time searching for it's 
source. This call was the call of the wild. He had a will to go 
off and be with other dogs. He felt the urge to be free from 
man and catch his own food. One day, Buck finally left for 
good. He was excepted by a pack of wolves who treated 
him like a wolf himself. And so the transformation was 
complete. Buck had changed from a dog, to a beast of 
nature. 
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