Survival In Jack London's The Call Of The Wild

The Call of the Wild Literary Analysis Did you ever think that a normal dog would turn wolf like and join a wolf pack? In the adventure novel The Call of the Wild by Jack London Buck was a normal dog who lived in California. When he was sold to go to the Gold Rush in the Yukon. Buck joined a sled dog team, and his primitive instincts started to kick in. Buck turned wolf like, and joined a wolf pack ,and answered The Call of the Wild. The theme of survival of the fittest is how Buck learned to survive in the wild with the law of club and fang. Curly one of Buck’s teammates had an hard time of surviving in the Yukon. Shortly after Curly arrived, she played with the wrong dogs. Curly just wanted to play, but these huskies did not want to play at all. “But she lay there limp and lifeless in the bloody, trampled snow, almost literally torn to pieces,the swart half-breed standing over her and cursing horribly” (London 17). This shows that Curly wasn’t fit to survive in the Yukon. Also, that she was too playful, and didn’t know that these dogs wanted to play.

Buck learned how to get water in the Yukon. He learned from other dogs the law of club and fang, and was able to survive in the Yukon. He learned to bite the ice out with his teeth when it collected between his toes, and when he was thirsty and there was a thick scum of ice over the water hole, he would break it by rearing and striking it with stiff forelegs” (London 25). This shows that Buck started to learn the law of club and fang. He also, learned how to get water when he was thirsty. Buck learned many ways to survive in the