Buck Not Guilty of Charge
Case 311, Buck for the murder of Spitz now opened. Buck a innocent Saint Bernard and Scottish Shepherd mix has been falsely accused for the murder of Spitz a mean evil dog. After months of bullying from Spitz a big fight finally broke out, for Buck had no choice but to fight back in self-defense.
Spitz had been a treacherous leader of the dog sled team since the beginning. None of the other dogs liked Spitz for good reason too. From day one Spitz was always bullying the other dogs especially Buck who he saw as a threat for no reason. The first encounter Buck had with Spitz was when he stole Buck's food at the first meal.”(London 13) If I were Buck I would not have a good first impression if you stole my only
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The final battle came when the dogs were chasing a snowshoe rabbit with Buck in the lead Spitz went out of his way to snatch the rabbit right before Buck was about to kill it. “Spitz left the pack and cut across a narrow neck of land… Buck did not know of this, and as he rounded the bend the frost wrath of a rabbit still flitting before him,he saw another ad larger frost wraith leap.” (London 41) Buck had no choice but to die or fight back at this point with no humans to intervene they along with other dogs known this was case early on. “At sound of this, the cry of life plunging down from life’s apex in the grip of death, the full pack at Buck’s heels raised a hell’s chorus of delight.”(London 41)
Objection! Buck isn’t as nice as you make him seem, he was a bigger bully than Spitz. Buck was jealous of Spitz because Buck wanted to be the lead dog like he was as Judge Miller’s place in Santa Clara Valley, so he had good reason to get rid of Spitz and bully him.. Excuse me! Buck was never the bully he was the victim of bullying so he had to stand up for himself. Buck never started anything between the two of them. “... he was too busy adjusting himself to the new life to feel at ease, and not only did he not pick fights, but he avoided them whenever possible.” (London
I think the detectives did a sloppy job in collecting evidence for the murder. Mark Fuhrman saw a finger print on the gate of Nichols home. and it wasn't found by the collectors who were collecting it. the evidence of the murder. O.k.
In this portion of the book, the author provides a precise characterization of Crooks. The stable buck takes “pleasure in his torture” (71) of Lennie. He suggests many scenarios that make Lennie miserable such as “Well s’pose, jus’s’pose he [George] don’t come back” (71) “s’pose he gets killed or hurt so he can’t come back” (71). Crooks’ suppositions are a sign of meanness, they demonstrate that loneliness has twisted his conscience. He also behaves this way because since “he ain’t got nobody” (72), he is jealous of Lennie’s friendship with George. Crooks suffers from loneliness. He has no one to turn to, and to be near him. He says it himself that “a guy needs somebody---to be near him” (72), or else “he ge...
Hartley got down on one knee, closed his left hand on the scruff of the dog’s neck as he settled the blade against its throat... The dog didn’t cry out or snarl. It merely sagged in Hartley’s grip. Blood darkened the road. Rash adds that it was not the first time Hartley bite his teeth in the heart because he had once turned down “meat (that) had a deep wood-smoke odor” from his neighbor which left his wife and child salivating because he couldn’t afford it.
A quick learner, he adapts well to the sled dog life. His heritage also helped him become accustomed to the harsh Klondike climate. Some difficulties such as sore feet and a voracious appetite set him back at the beginning, but he speedily overcomes them. Buck goes through several masters and many thousands of miles. Along the way, he learns “The Law of Club and Fang”: never challenge a human that has a weapon, and once a fighting dog falls to the ground, roaming huskies quickly destroy it.
could not keep up they were shot and killed:” Faster, you filthy dogs! We were no longer
To begin, Steinbeck’s foreshadowing throughout the plot to reveal the element of cruelty. On example of foreshadowing is when Crooks, Lennie and Candy are in Crooks’ room and Curley’s wife walks in asking if they have seen Curley. In response, Candy replies, “You gotta husban’. You got no call foolin’ aroun’ with other guys, causin’ trouble” (77). In this instance, Steinbeck foreshadows Curley’s wife eventually causing trouble. This shows the cruelty in human nature because Curley’s wife is not innocently talking to the men, she is purposefully causing a row on the ranch. The next example of foreshadowing in the novel is when Candy’s dog is killed. Carlson says to Candy, “Look Candy. This ol’ dog jus’ suffers hisself all the time. If you was to take him out and shoot him right in the back of the head-“ (45). Throughout the plot, the reader can see the parallels in the relationships between Candy and his dog and Lennie and George. The dog and Lennie are both nuisances due to their handicaps. The cruelty lies in the fate that awaits characters like Lennie and Candy’s dog; they are killed because they are no...
While a reader might argue that the men wanted to get rid of the dog because the dog was suffering, the men in fact desired to shoot the dog for the sake of themselves, not for the dog's misery. Disregarding Candy's affection toward the dog, they pressured Candy to let them shoot the dog. Carlson constantly kept insisting that if they shot the dog in the back of his head, "‘he'd never know what hit him'" (45). The ranchers' rapacious nature turns the intentional mercy killing into a
I was just fooling Lennie. ‘Cause I want you to stay with me. Trouble with mice is you always kill ‘em.’ He paused, ‘Tell you what I’ll do, Lennie. First chance I get I’ll give you a pup.’.
Throughout time the weak and innocent are often picked on for many reasons this is best explained by Atticus, “It is a sin to kill a mocking bird.”. The central idea of this book is not to prey on the innocent and harmless because they are often misunderstood. This idea is illustrated, and developed through many different characters such as Boo Radley, Scout, and Tom Robison all harmless characters, but misunderstood like the mockingbird.
First off, Buck shows an act of heroism when he backs up and defends John Thornton at a bar. A very evil-tempered and malicious man named Burton was trying to pick a fight with the tenderfoot at the bar, and John Thornton came in between the two men. Without warning, Burton struck Thornton across the face. Instantly Buck hurled himself into Burton. “Those who were looking on heard what was neither bark nor yelp, but a something which is best described as a roar, and they saw Buck’s body rise up in the air as he left the floor for Burton’s throat” (87). Buck had to be pried off of Burton, so he didn’t kill him. Buck almost killed a man who only punched Thornton. If Buck had no civilization in him like critics said, he wouldn’t have defended his master. It even said in the book, “But his reputation was made, and from that day his name spread through every camp in Alaska” (87). This reputation he made was, “If you set a finger on John Thornton and Buck was around, be ready to get your head ripped off”. The only reason he had this reputation was because of the intense love he had for his owner, and a
The tag line for the program indicated a family dog witnessed the murder and would be instrumental in solving the case. In the impoverished area of Palm Beach County, Florida, Jeff Lamb returns home and places a frantic call to 911 reporting his wife has been injured. His wife, Cathy, has been bludgeoned to death while two of the family’s large dogs are also beaten fatally. A third dog was found unharmed in the bedroom.
First, we're going to talk about Buck's strength through the things that he faces and how he adapts to the circumstances. Being that Buck's character doesn't have any speaking parts one get a true sense of how Buck feels through the imagery throughout the story As the story begins we meet Buck, who is a spoiled, carefree and loved pet to Judge Miller in the "sun-kissed" Santa Clara val...
...lice or lawyers used their integrity. The police skirted around the law and use evidence that the witnesses said was not correct. They had a description of the suspect that did not match Bloodsworth but, they went after him as well. They also used eyewitness testimony that could have been contaminated.
In doing so, he creates a character that acts like an animal, but thinks like a man. His humanity is what allows him to survive under the rule of man. He understands his role as being inferior to man, but superior to the other dogs. Buck learns that the men and dogs around him “knew no law but the law of club and fang” (London 15). Therefore, Buck adapts and abides by this law, creating a place for himself in the social hierarchy of the Northland. “The ability to keep his mental strength, even when his physical energy was sapped, is one thing that separates Buck from the other dogs” (Kumin 103). Although all dogs are the heroes in The Call of the Wild, Buck connects the most with the reader. As the story is told through his perspective, the reader empathizes with Buck more than the other dogs. The mental strength that Kumin references in the above quote stems from Buck’s human characteristics. Buck is a character that exemplifies the traits of all men, including Jack London himself. His human spirit makes this connection possible, and creates a bond between Buck and the
Dog’s Death instantly captured my attention because of the tone that was set with the opening line. “She must have been kicked unseen or brushed by a car” (Updike, 1953). The line ultimately lets the reader know that the poem is about to be sad, and you are going to feel one or more emotions before you are done with the poem. “Notice how particular details in Frost's and Updike's poems about dogs are used to evoke initial feelings—feelings that set the stage for thinking that eventually touches profoundly on matters beyond the welfare of animals” (Clugston, 2010). Along with the tone, Updike draws on your imagination to bring the images to the forefront. For example, “To use the newspapers spread on the kitchen floor and to win, wetting there, the words, "Good dog! Good dog!" (Updike, 1953).