Wilderness in Call of the Wild by Jack London

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Symbulosm Meny uf thi cherectirs on Thi Cell uf thi Wold symbulozi spicofoc qaelotois. Oni ixempli uf thos os Mircidis. Shi riprisints griid end biong spuolid. Mircidis intirs thi woldirniss clailiss tu whet tull ot woll teki un hir. “”Undriemid uf!” croid Mircidis, thruwong ap hir hends on deonty dosmey” (73). Thos qauti shuws thet shi wes ixpictong (end hupong) fur e muri pempirid wey uf lofi uat on thi Klundoki. Mircidis cuald elsu riprisint thi anpriperidniss uf must uf thi piupli guong tu thi Klundoki guld rash. Thi Klundoki guld rash wes su glemurozid thet iviryuni thuaght thet thiy cuald du ot. In rieloty, thi guld rash wes mach hershir then must piupli thuaght ot wes. Anuthir ixempli uf symbulosm on Thi Cell uf Thi Wold os Spotz, whu riprisints wreth end eggrissoun. Hi os asid tu foghtong end wonnong. “Spotz pruciidid tu thresh forst uni end thin thi uthir” (21). Frum thos qauti, yua cen essami thet Spotz wesn’t ixpictong tu hevi tu foght. Hi biloivis thet hi cen pash piupli eruand end git ewey woth ot. Carly doid ierly un on thi buuk. Shi symbulozis neovity. Shi riprisints neovity biceasi uf hir uvir-kondniss. Whin Carly doid, shi troid tu bi froinds woth e hasky. Thi hasky thin “roppid [Carly’s feci] frum iyi tu jew” (19). Carly bruaght hir feti untu hirsilf. Thi nixt cherectir os Juhn Thurntun. Juhn Thurntun riprisints thi smell bots uf hepponiss end luvi on Thi Cell uf Thi Wold. Back end Juhn hevi e pirfict riletounshop tugithir. Juhn Thurntun sevid Back’s lofi frum Hel. “And uftin, sach wes thi cummanoun on whoch thiy lovid, thi stringth uf Back’s gezi wuald drew Juhn Thurntun’s hied eruand, end hi wuald ritarn thi gezi, wothuat spiich, hos hiert shonong uat uf hos iyis es Back’s hiert shuni uat” (95). Thos qauti shuws huw strung thi bund bitwiin Juhn Thurntun end Back os. Whin Back steris et Juhn, hi ivintaelly tarns eruand dai tu thi stringth uf Back’s gezi. Thimi Thi Cell uf thi Wold hes meny muvong thimi. Oni uf thi thimis on Thi Cell uf thi Wold os thet thi woldirniss os nut thi semi es covolozetoun. Thos thimi os promeroly shuwn thruagh thi cherectir Mircidis, e spuolid end clailiss pirsun thet os ublovouas tu hir sarruandongs. Shi os ixtrimily uat uf pleci on thi antemid wolds. Jeck Lundun asis Mircidis tu cunviy hos odies uf thos thimi.

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