Peony's Mission In The Call Of The Wild

Cinder's mission was to save her sister Peony from the plague because she loved her sister and she was Cinder's only human friend. Buck's mission was to save John Thornton from the deadly river because he loved Thornton and would do anything for him. Artemis Fowl's mission was to kidnap a "leprechaun" so he could obtain it's gold because he loved gold. However, all three undertook their mission while searching for something or someone they love.

Cinder wanted to save her sister, Peony, because she loved her. Peony was Cinder’s only human friend. Peony had the plague and didn’t have much time left to live. When apologizing to her guardian for Peony’s exposure, Cinder cried, ‘“I’m so sorry,” said Cinder. “I love her [Peony] too”’ (Meyer 63).

This shows Cinder’s love for her sister and her desire for Peony to be safe from any harm. Additionally, Cinder wanted any antidote found to first go to her sister. Cinder demanded, “‘If you do find an antidote, or anything that even holds promise as an antidote, I want her [Peony] to be the first one to get it’” (Meyer 103). This means that Cinder would do anything for her sister to be cured from the plague and desperately wants her to be saved. In addition to loving Peony because she was family, Cinder would also lose her only human friend if Peony died. Cinder explains, “Peony was the only human friend she [Cinder] had” (Meyer 35). This is another reason why Cinder desired for her sister’s health to be restored. Given these points, Cinder undertook her mission out of love for her sister, Peony.

In the book Call of the Wild, Buck undertook many missions, but one of them was saving John Thornton from a deadly rapid river.

John Thornton was boating down the river when his boat overturned. He was thrown into the rapidly moving, deadly river. Buck jumps in automatically to save his beloved owner. The text explains, “Buck had sprung in on the instant; and at the end of three hundred yards, amid a mad swirl of water, he overhauled Thornton” (London 128). This shows that Buck loves Thornton and would do anything to save him even if it’s jumping into a deadly river. The author recognizes, “Buck knew no greater joy than that rough embrace and the sound of murmured oaths, and at each jerk back and forth it seemed that his heart would be shaken out of his body so great was its ecstasy” (London 120). It is clear that Buck loves his owner because in the quote it explains how much joy he has when Buck is around John Thornton and why Buck loves him. Furthermore, “Thornton was himself bruised and battered, and he went carefully over Buck's body, when he had been brought around, finding three broken ribs.” (London 131). This proves that Buck would go to any extent to save his cherished owner, even if it meant breaking three of his ribs and almost drowning. All these things prove that Buck loves his owner and undertook the mission out of

love.

Artemis Fowl the second is a twelve year old criminal mastermind. His mission was to catch a specific type of fairy called a leprechaun because all fairies carry around with them their own stash of gold. The text explains, “[Artemis Fowl] already knew what the ultimate goal was, now he could figure out how to achieve it. Gold, of course, was the objective. The acquisition of gold” (Colfer *). This demonstrates how much Artemis Fowl loved gold. Additionally, the author states, “If there was anybody capable of relieving the fairies of some of their magical gold, it was Artemis Fowl the Second” (Colfer *). This clearly shows that his paramount goal was to gain gold. In addition to that, when talking about Holly Short, an elf/leprechaun, the author states “She had been abducted by two humans during the Ritual” (Colfer *). This shows the extent that he will go to just to obtain more gold. All in all, Artemis Fowl’s love for gold is above many other things and it is why he undertook his mission.

In conclusion, all these people have a common goal; to obtain or save something or someone they love. Cinder wanted to save her sister from the plague out of love and friendship. Buck wanted to save his owner, John Thornton, because Buck loved him. Artemis wanted to gain gold because he loved gold and would undertake many complicated missions just to obtain it. In the end, they all completed their mission out of love.