Quotes From The Call Of The Wild

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The Call Of The Wild is a novel written by Jack London that tells of a dog named Buck as he slowly transforms from a mundane house dog to a vigorous wolf like his ancestors before him as he pulls a sled across the icy tundras of northern Canada. Throughout this story there is a common theme of Buck having to adapt to his environment in order to overcome hardships that may have lead to his death.Everyone can relate to this theme. No matter who you are there is a time where one must adapt to a situation whether it being getting a flat tire in the middle of the road to breaking a bone. They are changes you have to deal with in order to move along with your life. To begin, when Buck was traded off to a company that sells sled dogs he quickly had to adapt to his new environment. His …show more content…

The temperatures were well below freezing and the typical snow mound to sleep behind just was not cutting it. Instead of quite possibly dying from hypothermia,Buck came up with and an idea to build a well in the snow to sleep in. By doing this, he was able to conserve much more body heat than he would have on solid ground. Once again, Bucks ability to adapt to the environment around him saved his life. FInally the last adaptation Buck made to survive happened at the very end of the book. Buck had just killed an entire tribe of Indians because they killed his best friend and owner John Thornton. Right after, Buck was engaged by a pack of wolves. He fought for an extensive amount of time the leader of the pack came up and to buck and symbolically asked if Buck wanted to be a member of the pack. Buck knew this was his one chance at survival so in less than a second he adapted from a lifestyle with just one other person in it, to a pack lifestyle. By doing this Bick was able to acquire protection and internet, save his own

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