Brief Summary Of Buck's Journey
JOURNEY OF MILLER ESTATE DOG ENDS IN PEACE
Buck’s Journey
Judge Miller’s dog, Buck, a half sheepdog and half St. Bernard, was recently captured by a gardener on the estate, and was sold to dog traders. He was beat in an effort to instill obedience into him. Soon after, Buck is sent to the Klondike region. Two mailmen, named Francois and Perrault, take him as their property. As Buck assimilates to his new sled-dog life, he develops a rivalry with Spitz, one of the lead dogs on his team. One day, Buck gets into a fierce encounter with Spitz, where Buck ends up killing Spitz, and subsequently, becomes the new leader of the team. Francois and Perrault, being inexperienced, force the dogs to carry much heavier loads, resulting in one dog becoming ill. The mailmen send the group of dogs to an assembly of gold hunters, Charles, Hal, and Mercedes. The new masters treat the dogs perfunctorily, and end up falling through a section of ice, pulling in the dogs and the humans into a frozen lake. The dogs are then pulled into John Thornton’s camp, a caring master whom Buck treats with devotion. However, a growing attraction for the wild pulls him away from society. He makes friends with wolves, bears, and moose while the men look for gold. In a battle with the Yeehats, an Indian …show more content…
tribe, Thornton is killed. Having no place to go, he heads to the wild where he becomes the leader of a pack of wolves. Every year, Buck goes to the place where Thornton died, where he can mourn in peace.
A Primeval, Primitive, Place
Buck witnesses great violence in the North, as he witnesses the wild dogs fight for food. He witnesses a husky tearing apart another dog’s face. Buck comes to the realization of the need to never collapse in a fight. Spitz, his soon-to-be rival has an ardor for violence. Buck struggles to find a place to sleep. He finds snow to be cold, but he gets rejected from men’s tents. However, he learns to dig a hole for himself and ends up sleeping comfortably. Buck’s old morals fade away as he realizes he must learn to steal in order to keep himself full.
True Loyalty Buck’s first true love is John Thornton, the man who saved his life from exhaustion and truly cares for him. Buck always responds to Thornton’s orders with alacrity. Thornton tests Buck by telling him to jump off a cliff, and Buck agrees to do so before Thornton halts him. Thornton’s life is saved twice, once in an incident in a bar, where Buck tackles a combatant’s throat, and another time when Thornton is caught in rapids after being thrown from a boat, where Buck pulls Thornton to safety.
A Wild Call One night, while the men are panning for gold, Buck hears a strange sound coming from a nearby forest.
He goes and finds a small timberwolf. Buck attempts to make a friendly advance, however, the wolf is scared. Eventually, the two show each other their friendship by sniffing, however, Buck comes to remember John Thornton. Eventually, he ends up developing two personalities, an affectionate sled dog, and as a hunter in the wild forest. One day, after returning from the forest, he finds his camp, including his master dead. He avenges Thornton by killing the Yeehat Indians. Buck joins the wolf pack, where he becomes a legendary figure Yeehat Indians tell of, a Ghost Dog, inspiring fear into the
Indians.
John THORNTON John Thornton, an experienced gold prospector was the saver of Buck’s life. An affable man, he was rather a partner, not a master to his camp. His camp was his Camelot, he was of peace and happiness there. He is a Nostradamus, as he foresaw the ice block catastrophe, which killed numerous humans and sled dogs.
Hal, Charles, Mercedes Hal, Charles, and Mercedes were all involved in a fatal accident involving in a crossing of an icy river. Their inexperience and incompetence in the wild brought them to the brink of starvation, and in the end, the death of themselves. Numerous mistakes throughout the journey were made, including overpacking , and miscalculating the amount of food necessary.
Buck’s Journey
Judge Miller’s dog, Buck, a half sheepdog and half St. Bernard, was recently captured by a gardener on the estate, and was sold to dog traders. He was beat in an effort to instill obedience into him. Soon after, Buck is sent to the Klondike region. Two mailmen, named Francois and Perrault, take him as their property. As Buck assimilates to his new sled-dog life, he develops a rivalry with Spitz, one of the lead dogs on his team. One day, Buck gets into a fierce encounter with Spitz, where Buck ends up killing Spitz, and subsequently, becomes the new leader of the team. Francois and Perrault, being inexperienced, force the dogs to carry much heavier loads, resulting in one dog becoming ill. The mailmen send the group of dogs to an assembly of gold hunters, Charles, Hal, and Mercedes. The new masters treat the dogs perfunctorily, and end up falling through a section of ice, pulling in the dogs and the humans into a frozen lake. The dogs are then pulled into John Thornton’s camp, a caring master whom Buck treats with devotion. However, a growing attraction for the wild pulls him away from society. He makes friends with wolves, bears, and moose while the men look for gold. In a battle with the Yeehats, an Indian …show more content…
tribe, Thornton is killed. Having no place to go, he heads to the wild where he becomes the leader of a pack of wolves. Every year, Buck goes to the place where Thornton died, where he can mourn in peace.
A Primeval, Primitive, Place
Buck witnesses great violence in the North, as he witnesses the wild dogs fight for food. He witnesses a husky tearing apart another dog’s face. Buck comes to the realization of the need to never collapse in a fight. Spitz, his soon-to-be rival has an ardor for violence. Buck struggles to find a place to sleep. He finds snow to be cold, but he gets rejected from men’s tents. However, he learns to dig a hole for himself and ends up sleeping comfortably. Buck’s old morals fade away as he realizes he must learn to steal in order to keep himself full.
True Loyalty Buck’s first true love is John Thornton, the man who saved his life from exhaustion and truly cares for him. Buck always responds to Thornton’s orders with alacrity. Thornton tests Buck by telling him to jump off a cliff, and Buck agrees to do so before Thornton halts him. Thornton’s life is saved twice, once in an incident in a bar, where Buck tackles a combatant’s throat, and another time when Thornton is caught in rapids after being thrown from a boat, where Buck pulls Thornton to safety.
A Wild Call One night, while the men are panning for gold, Buck hears a strange sound coming from a nearby forest.
He goes and finds a small timberwolf. Buck attempts to make a friendly advance, however, the wolf is scared. Eventually, the two show each other their friendship by sniffing, however, Buck comes to remember John Thornton. Eventually, he ends up developing two personalities, an affectionate sled dog, and as a hunter in the wild forest. One day, after returning from the forest, he finds his camp, including his master dead. He avenges Thornton by killing the Yeehat Indians. Buck joins the wolf pack, where he becomes a legendary figure Yeehat Indians tell of, a Ghost Dog, inspiring fear into the
Indians.
John THORNTON John Thornton, an experienced gold prospector was the saver of Buck’s life. An affable man, he was rather a partner, not a master to his camp. His camp was his Camelot, he was of peace and happiness there. He is a Nostradamus, as he foresaw the ice block catastrophe, which killed numerous humans and sled dogs.
Hal, Charles, Mercedes Hal, Charles, and Mercedes were all involved in a fatal accident involving in a crossing of an icy river. Their inexperience and incompetence in the wild brought them to the brink of starvation, and in the end, the death of themselves. Numerous mistakes throughout the journey were made, including overpacking , and miscalculating the amount of food necessary.