How Does Buck Adapt To The Call Of The Wild

Call of the Wild Book Report

Buck was a dog that was stolen and sold on the search for gold.In the book Call of the Buck is challenged by his new life in the arctic darkness. Buck has to adapt to survive under the law of club and fang,while also moving up in rank and make peace with his instincts.

First, Buck must learn to adapt to the darkness and cold of alaska.

Secondly, Buck must adapt to being a servant instead of a king, as he once referred to himself as, And lastly he must adapt to the sleeping conditions there, because he is use to the perfect climate at judge miller's place. As an example he must adapt to running in the cold so his pads won't crack. This is because his paw pads aren't as resistant as the husky because they were born for life on the ice and snow. Secondly, Buck must become use to the fact that he is no longer the king but has instead become a slave to man. An example of bucks new position is the fact that instead of being able to roam completely freely and have everything he needs he usually doesn't have much food and his feet usually hurt. Since there are not many animals in the

cold.

In the middle of the book Buck must learn to be a good sled dog, Rise his instincts and move up in the sled team.Buck must first learn to be a good sled dog. He must learn all the commands of a sled dog to be able to stay and keep his life. Because,he needs to earn Francois and Perrault`s respect. Secondly, Buck must regain his instincts to survive in the cold wild. As an example, He must teach himself to dig a hole deep enough in the snow to disrupt the airflow and stay warm. He must do this because of the harsh environment of alaska. And finally he must move up in rank on the sled dog team so he can eventually lead them. For example, at one point while buck is exhausted spitz ( the current leader of the dog sled team) attacks buck fore he fears buck will replace him. In conclusion Buck must learn all of these new things and old skills to survive.

Towards the end of the book Buck must learn to trust, love and defend human and his own instincts better to survive and even prosper in the cold desolate land. First of all, buck must to learn to trust his own instincts and his human owners a little better. For example, when he and are bought by charles, mercedes and hal he has his instincts tell him that these new explorers are not very experienced. For example they wasted all the food very quickly and had to live off of leather from shoes they bought with the gun. but before they can get killed by them a kind woodsmen saves him minutes before they fall through the ice and die. buck continues to travel with this man and his friends until John Thornton( the kind woodsmen) gets gold fever and is focused on nothing but gold. Buck eventually comes back to camp only to find his companions dead, killed by yeehats. Buck was a little less than subtly approached by the yeehats and attacks without remorse or mercy. Now this dog has killed Bears, honey badgers and huge bulls since he has been with thornton so he ripped these yeehats apart. After his big fight with the indians he joins and eventually leads a wolf pack and even has offspring virtually becoming the dog king of alaska.

These are some of the reasons that Buck must make peace with his instincts, move up in rank and overall survive under the law of club and fang.