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Throughout the novel The Call of the Wild, we follow a dog named Buckthrough his journey through the Klondike. We experience a transformationin him, as he adapts to the cold, harsh land where he is forced to toil inthe snow, just to help men find a shiny metal. Buck seems to almosttransform into a different dog by the end of the book. In this essay, Iwill go over what Buck was like, how and why he was forced to adapt to hisnew environment, and what he changed into.When we first met up with Buck, he lived in the Santa Clara Valley, onJudge Miller's property. He was the ruler of his domain, uncontested by anyother local dogs. he was a mix between a St. Bernard and a Scotch Shepherddog. He weighed one hundred and forty pounds, and he carried every one withutmost pride. Buck had everything he could want. Little did he know, hewould soon have it all taken away from him. One night, while the judge wasaway at a raisin grower's committee meeting, the gardener, Manuel, tookBuck away from his home. Buck was then sold, and thrown in a baggage car.This would be the beginning of a new, cruel life for Buck. On his ride towherever he was going, Buck's pride was severely damaged, if not compl
He was beingstarved to death by a gold seeking group who had not brought enough foodfor the dogs. He started paying more and more attention to thiscall. He had a will to go off and be with other dogs. no matter what he tried, he justcouldn't win. Spitz was a white wolf dog who was a provenchampion in confrontation and was as crafty as they come. Buck had to learn many things if he was to survive in thisfrigid land. Thelaw of Fang is such that, when two dogs fight and one is knocked to theground, that is it. Buck was sold off to a man who put him in a harness connected to many otherdogs. Buck was sold off to a man who put him in a harness connected to many otherdogs. Buck was bad at first, but eventually, he learned the way of traceand trail. When dogs have confrontation inthe Klondike, only one survives. When Buck could finally not move another step, a man from thegroup started to beat Buck. This would be the beginning of a new, cruel life for Buck. At about this point in thebook, we see Buck start to go through a metamorphosis of sorts. Buck learned this law after he was beaten half to death by the man who had the club.
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