Perseverance In Mark Twain's The Call Of The Wild

In life, things will happen, and I can promise you that. Good or bad? There’s no telling, but in either one, you must always persevere. In The Call of the Wild, Buck must keep going and never lose hope. If he does, there is a slim window for survival. When you get badly hurt sometimes you just want to break down and cry, but in my dad’s position that wasn’t an option. While Buck is a dog and my dad is a human, they both can relate. Perseverance is a hard trait to have but in life threatening situations, it can go two ways. We can be broken, but nothing is immendable. We can always be fixed no matter what happens. Buck and my dad can prove that. When Buck was first introduced to the Yukon, he had no idea what was in store. Previously living

Going to the neighbor's land about two miles down the road, my dad, Kurt, had made this trip several times before. Driving along the dirt roads of good old Oklahoma, my dad was making his weekly trip to the neighbors to bale hay. Still slick from the days before, the muddy roads gave no mercy to a passing car. Gripping the road, his tires had never failed him before, but with the road in this condition, he began to slide around. Anyone who has driven on a muddy road knows that if you start to slip, you should turn your tires towards the way you are slipping. Thus, swinging your hood around and safely rolling into the ditch. In Kurt’s position, his tires were facing the wrong way and still proceeding to go farther that way. By the time he, at least, straightened them out, it was too late. The weight of his car shifted to one side and it tumbled into the ditch, rolling about four times before slowing to a rocking motion. In these scary moments, gravity proceeded to break his back and ruin his wrestling career once and for all. In the hospital in very unstable condition laid my dad. After several weeks, his health slowly got better. As soon as he was in stable condition, he insisted on going to therapy to regain his strength and his confidence. Deciding to give up wrestling was a very hard decision for him. He switched to