Wildness In Call Of The Wild

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The Call of the Wild: Buck's Journey to Find Himself (1) “Kingdoms are but cares,/Crowns so heavily lay,/Riches are ready snares,/And hasten us to decay,” notes King Henry VI of England in Shakespeare’s play as he longs to escape the entrapment of his inheritance and make his own way in the world, to become his true self. (2) In Jack London’s classic novel The Call of the Wild, his young protagonist the dog Buck has inherited his position as “King” of Judge Miller’s place. (3) However, his remaining on this splendid ranch would condemn Buck to mediocrity. (4) Buck is a descendant of the wild, and it’s only there that he can truly find his place in the world, his destiny as a wild animal. (5) At the beginning, Buck, stripped of his former …show more content…

(28) First, Buck begins by hunting wild game. (29) For example, Buck kills a black bear and a bull moose and eats from their corpses. (30) Since Buck can kill his own meat and consume it, he is nearly wild. (31) Second, Yeehat Indians attack John Thornton’s camp unleashing Buck's wildness. (32) For instance, Buck, who no longer recognizes Man’s laws, slaughters the Yeehats despite their weapons, “…they heard a fearful roar and saw rushing upon them an animal the like of which they had never seen before. (33) Buck, a hurricane of fury, hurled himself on them in a frenzy to destroy.” (35) Since Buck can attack and kill Man, he is now wild. (36) Last, Buck joins a wolf pack. (37) For example, Buck is confronted by a wolf pack and must battle his way into the pack. (38) Since Buck will eventually lead and pack and pass on his superior natural traits to his offspring, Buck, a descendant of the wild, has answered the call of the wild. (39) In conclusion, Buck has found his true identity as a wild animal. (40) “It takes so much to be a king/he exists only as such it seems,” Henry VI confesses at the end of Shakespeare’s play. (41) In The Call of the Wild, Buck escapes that strangling fate, and becomes so much more than he could ever have if he had remained on Judge Miller’s Place. (42) By the end of the book, Buck has made himself into a legend, the Ghost Dog “that runs at the head of the pack” and which strikes fear in the Yeehats for his cunning and courage—the predominant primordial

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