Call Of The Wild: Rising Action

February 12, 2013
PLOT 7.2 Call of the Wild essay A plot of a story includes the introduction, rising actions, climax, and falling action. The plot gives a story structure and helps keep the story organized. If an author were to write down random thoughts without any type of plot, the reader could get lost in the story, and the book would not make sense to the reader. An introduction describes where the story takes place, when it takes place, and introduces the characters. The introduction of
One of the first episodes in which the rising action took place was after Buck had been kept in a cage for two days without food or water and was taunted and made fun of. When he was finally released, a “red-eyed devil” was what came out of the cage. “As he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming, a mad glitter in his blood-shot eyes. Straight at the man he launched his one hundred and forty pounds of fury, surcharged with the pent passion of two days and nights.”(5) At this point, he was first introduced to the law of the club. “He saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man with a club. He had learned his lesson, and in all his life he never forgot it.”(6) The next episode of rising action was Buck’s battle with longtime enemy, Spitz. However, Buck’s friend, Curly, was Spitz’s first victim. “There was no warning, only a leap in a flash, a clip of teeth, a leap out, and Curly’s face was ripped open from eye to jaw.” (9) Buck was torn when he realized Curly was dead, and this pushed him into action. “It was inevitable that the clash for leadership should come. Buck wanted it.” Eventually, the perfect time did come. “In a flash Buck knew it. The time had come. It was to the death.” (23) The two dogs engaged in a fierce and bloody battle, and at one point, Buck appeared to have lost the fight. “Spitz was untouched. Buck was streaming with blood and panting hard. The fight was growing desperate.”(24) “But Buck possessed a quality that made for greatness- imagination. He fought by instinct, but he could fight by head as well.”(24) “Spitz struggled madly to keep up. He saw the silent circle, with gleaming eyes, lolling tongues, and silvery breaths drifting upward, closing in upon him as he had seen similar circles close upon beaten antagonists in the past. Only this time he was the one who