Examples Of Survival In The Call Of The Wild

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The Call of The Wild. “He had been suddenly jerked from civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial” A once great domesticated dog named Buck is suddenly thrown into the hostile Northland environment during the Klondike gold rush. All while Buck undergoes a lot of wild events goes through many masters, climates and environments. He also encounters some near-death experiences all while doing this Buck begins to retrogress throughout the novel.Buck then begins to become a wild primordial animal.In the story “The call of The wild” Jack London shows many examples of survival of the fittest.One example of survival of the fittest is when Buck begins to start stealing and hunting his own food.”When he saw Pike,one of the new

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