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Call of the wild a retrospective

In almost every novel in the history of time, the tipping point, or the climax relies on a need to change. Whether it be a change in character, a change in surroundings, or a change in a opinion, all stories have some form of change at one point or another. Change is an important part of Jack London’s novels White Fang and Call of the Wild, where the character receives a change in their ways almost opposite to that around them, and the later story will be covered in this paper. The poem at the beginning of the story is an excellent foreshadow of things to come. “Old longings nomadic leap, chafing at custom’s chain Again from it’s brumal sleep wakens the ferine strain (London, 1)” sums up the spirit of the journey. Buck’s primal urges emerge when he is kidnapped, but that’s another topic. Buck begins as a carefree dog, even more relaxed than other dogs of the time. In these days, gold is being discovered in the Yukon, and everyone with a dog and sled believes this is their shot at fortune. Not Buck however. Buck is the dog of a wealthy and respected Judge (which is the man’s actual nickname) who only has Buck for companionship, and Buck is rewarded for such with a home and is bounded by no rules. He is lazy, aristocratic, and rude to all but the Judge who controls his fate. Unfortunately for Buck, the gardener at the Judge’s mansion is an awful gambler, and when word of the gold rush and demand for dogs finds him, his first sight of Buck on the grounds triggers the impulse telling him “This is what I need”. Buck is kidnapped by the gardener, and ends up in an uncomfortable cage into the North, where he will be sold to anyone trying their luck at the gold. He is teased by the men at the train, and having never experienced such an injustice, is enraged. When finally let out, his primal urges are unleashed for the first time, telling him “KILL”. He has never thought to kill man before, and when diving for the first man in his way, is stricken down by a club. Buck’s first lesson in his journey is The Law of Club and Fang. A human must never be killed, and never attack one that is wielding a spear or a club or a gun.

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