Peony's Mission In The Call Of The Wild

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Cinder's mission was to save her sister Peony from the plague because she loved her sister and she was Cinder's only human friend. Buck's mission was to save John Thornton from the deadly river because he loved Thornton and would do anything for him. Artemis Fowl's mission was to kidnap a "leprechaun" so he could obtain it's gold because he loved gold. However, all three undertook their mission while searching for something or someone they love.

Cinder wanted to save her sister, Peony, because she loved her. Peony was Cinder’s only human friend. Peony had the plague and didn’t have much time left to live. When apologizing to her guardian for Peony’s exposure, Cinder cried, ‘“I’m so sorry,” said Cinder. “I love her [Peony] too”’ (Meyer 63). …show more content…

John Thornton was boating down the river when his boat overturned. He was thrown into the rapidly moving, deadly river. Buck jumps in automatically to save his beloved owner. The text explains, “Buck had sprung in on the instant; and at the end of three hundred yards, amid a mad swirl of water, he overhauled Thornton” (London 128). This shows that Buck loves Thornton and would do anything to save him even if it’s jumping into a deadly river. The author recognizes, “Buck knew no greater joy than that rough embrace and the sound of murmured oaths, and at each jerk back and forth it seemed that his heart would be shaken out of his body so great was its ecstasy” (London 120). It is clear that Buck loves his owner because in the quote it explains how much joy he has when Buck is around John Thornton and why Buck loves him. Furthermore, “Thornton was himself bruised and battered, and he went carefully over Buck's body, when he had been brought around, finding three broken ribs.” (London 131). This proves that Buck would go to any extent to save his cherished owner, even if it meant breaking three of his ribs and almost drowning. All these things prove that Buck loves his owner and undertook the mission out of

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