Emotions In The Call Of The Wild, By Jack London

Animals experience emotion. Mother sea lions will cry when watching their babies being eaten by Orca Whales, and rats will help other rats in distress. People used to believe that animals rely only on instinct and that they don't have feeling or care about anything but their own survival. Now because of advances in science we now understand that animals experience emotion just like humans do.

First, both sadness and jealousy are emotions animals experience both in real life and in Jack London's The Call of the Wild. Firstly, animals experience sadness when a family member dies or is killed, and dogs can exhibit jealousy when their owners showed affection to other dogs. In Jack London’s The Call of the Wild, the entire book is told from the point of view of a dog named Buck. At one time in the book when the dogs and sleigh drivers settled down for the night, a group of starving huskies attacked them and bit bilee, one of the dogs. “Billee was crying as usual. Dave and Sol-leks, dripping in blood from a score of wound, were fighting bravely side by side.” (Jack London 16). After the attack Jack London showed

In Jack London’s The Call of the Wild, The main character Buck felt love for the first time when he lived with John Thornton. “Buck’s love was expressed in adoration.” (Jack London 43). This quote was stated when John rescued Buck and Buck grew to love him. In real life there was an article published in Modern Dog Magazine that showed that dogs brains are as developed as a two and a half year old human. “The mind of a dog is equivalent to that of a human who is two years old.” (Stanley Coren, Which Emotions Do Dogs Actually Experience, Modern Dog Magazine). A dog's emotional capacity will not exceed that of a two and a half year old so according to Modern Dog Magazine that means if a two and a half year old can experience love, so can a dog. I think many researchers and dog owners would agree that there dog can feel