Examples Of Perseverance In The Call Of The Wild

In the novel, The Call Of The Wild, by Jack London, Buck is a domesticated dog adapting and trying to survive in the wild. The topic in this novel is perseverance since the author constantly provides many hints throughout the novel that proves that the topic in this novel is perseverance. It can be seen when Buck perseveres in trying to adapt to his situation and understanding his surroundings. Also when he preservers through all the pain and suffering that is constantly leaking around him and Buck is sometimes rewarded for persevering through the hardships that follow day by day. Thus the theme in the book is in order to be rewarded, one must persevere. This message is found throughout the book since the protagonist, Buck is always facing

hardships and in the end he gets rewarded like when he faced against Spitz, when he was rescued by Thornton, and when he faced down against the indians.
London conveys this message in the novel when Buck is unleashing his hate and anger against the Indians that raided his master’s campsite and enduring the pain that they unleashed upon Buck. This can be seen in the following passage, “He plunged about in their very mist, tearing, rending, destroying, in constant and terrific motion which defied the arrows they discharged at him”(London 111). The text shows Buck perseverance against the foe that stood against him and London’s reward for buck is shown the following, “...had killed man, the noblest game of all, and he had killed in the face of the club and fang”(London 113). This shows that to be