Buck From The Call Of The Wild

Being the leader of a wolf pack is all about being big, strong, and tough. Buck, from The Call of the Wild, was all of those things. He knocked Spitz, the alpha, out of the way. So, how did Buck do it?
Buck was a strong and tough dog. However, he didn’t start that way. Being around his team, helped him to become stronger. All of the intense fights, over food or higher power paid off. Strength was extremely important because it gave him a reputation since it won him fights. These gory and ugly fights killed some dogs. The dogs wouldn’t give up a fight unless it was physically impossible to keep going. Buck started using his instincts more and more throughout the book. In a way, this helped him to be more ready for attacks from any angry dog.
There are reasonable ways to solve conflict. Of course, talking about it and trying to end the argument works, but these dogs only solved problems by fighting. For dogs, there is only a one way to get to the top. The best way being fighting to the death and getting the alpha out of the picture.
Buck tried to avoid fights as much as possible.
However, Spitz became dangerous to be around. When he turned into a rival, Buck always had to watch his back. One night, Buck left his shelter for food and when he came back, Spitz had taken it over. The two prepared to start fighting when starving huskies invaded the camp, in search of food. Buck got attacked by three huskies meanwhile Spitz still nipped at him. Badly hurt, and outnumbered, the sled dogs ran out into the woods and stayed there for the night. The next morning, one of the sled dogs goes mad and she starts chasing Buck. Francois, one of their owners, kills the mad dog and Buck is exhausted from running. At his weak moment, Spitz springs upon Buck but, Francois whips Spitz. From then on, a rivalry began between the
two.
Buck started taking the weaker part of the pack’s side and he stood up for them when Spitz tried to correct them, which threatened Spitz’ role as top dog. Every day the rivalry between Buck and Spitz got worse. When the whole dog team sees a rabbit one night, Buck leads the pack and Spitz wants to get to the rabbit first. Running down the animal, Spitz cuts off Buck and gets his paws on the rabbit before Buck does. Buck runs full force into Spitz and the two know this will mean the death of one or the other. Spitz defends himself while Bucks attacks him. After a couple minutes, Buck is covered in blood while Spitz is fine. Spitz tries to attack Buck and Buck fakes an attack to his shoulder, but goes for his leg, breaking it. Spitz falls to the ground and Buck finishes him. With Spitz out of the way, Buck was the new alpha.
Becoming alpha obviously isn’t easy, especially when the leader is an experienced fighter. However, Buck got to the top with only the cost of a little bit of blood. He got stronger every time they fought. You could say that it’s a bit extreme to go to the extent of killing the top dog just to unseat him of his role. Maybe it is. However, in dog world, sometimes you just have to kill.