Perseverance In The Call Of The Wild

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Persevering to Achieve A Better Life

Learning to trust again has a lot of persevering tasks you have to conquer. In Call of The Wild, Buck gets abused by people and dogs and loses trust. In contrast, Sydney, 16 year-old at Mill Valley High School, had to persevere through getting molested and being able to trust these people again. While Buck and Sydney’s situation are very diverse, they both had to experience loneliness and persevere through. Overall, Buck and Sydney both persevered by trusting again while both having to struggle through the pain.
In The Call of the Wild, Buck is forced to deal with the cruel and unusual punishments of other humans and dogs which causes him to lose trust with anyone. Buck had to decipher the lesson of a club but not in a good way. He wasn’t happy with The Man in The Red Sweater so he …show more content…

of the subject, they both had to apply perseverance in order to trust again. One of the many things they had in common was losing their trust in the beginning. After being molested, Sydney wasn’t able to trust any stranger that would ask her something and she would only feel comfortable with her friends. Buck relates by not trusting his owners because he was afraid they would use the law of the club. Following up losing trust, another topic they relate in is being grateful for their surroundings. Sydney and Buck both got through their situations by their supporters. Sydney was grateful for all of her friends and family members that helped her through getting molested. In relation to Sydney, Buck was grateful for John Thornton because he saved his life from getting beat to death. Finally the last main thing they had in common was persevering to gain their trust back. In cause of them being grateful they learned to trust again because they realized someone does actually care about them. Although they might have their reality completely opposite there situation required just as much

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