Danielle Taylor
8th Period
"Survival of the Fittest” - Call of the Wild
The book The Call of the Wild is mainly about a dog named Buck that experiences many changes while trying his best to survive in the Yukon. Buck was living a very privileged life before he was taken. He was a pretty dog that had a lot of things. For intense, a huge house that he lived in the few years of his life. One day, that all changed when he was taken by two men. From that moment, Buck knew he had to change in life in many ways. He had to build Independence, strength, intelligence, and he needed to adapt to what he was going to receive in the near future. Buck had to have all those things to survive. If he doesn't, he would get killed or die.
Surviving in the wild after having almost everything handed to you is definitely not easy. An important thing to have, even when not in the wild trying to survive, is independence. Without Independence, people would be hanging on each other asking others for everything. People would not be able to live by themselves. For example, London writes, "Buck's first day at Dyea Beach was like a nightmare". (pg 15) is an example of independence because Buck had to be very independent if he wanted to not be attacked by crazy animals or other people. He couldn't be dependent on another dog because he was all on is own because almost everyone was against each other. Buck also needed to survive by feeding himself. The two men that took him didn't feed the dogs nearly as much as needed. Buck was also separated from his world. His world was nice sunny, and not very hardworking. Even though he thought that that was how dogs really lived and that's the only way to live for him, he soon got a reality check.
