Change In The Call Of The Wild

Change is inevitable and there must be adaptions to your inner self to adjust with the environment or risk failing at survival in a modern or primitive state. Charles Darwin said , “It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” This idea is illuminated throughout Jack London’s The Call of the Wild. The novella The Call of the Wild shows the development of Buck from a domesticated household dog to an alpha leader of a pack who survives in the savage wild without the help of a human. Buck adapted from a domestic dog to a wolf like beast living in Alaska where the winters are brutal and the summers leave a wolf like beast vulnerable although he was the inferior dog and not the most intelligent.
Buck decided to never be put on his back in a fight or else the surrounding dogs will attack and finish him off. (quote) The other huskies ravaged Curly because she was too affectionate for the environment making her unfit. (((((Buck learned to be quick and steal, stay warm in the snow at night, ))))))))))))))))) Sol-leks’s blind side was an important lesson to Buck when he was slashed for crossing Sol-leks blind side. Sol-leks is missing an eye and swiftly attacks any human or dog who creeps across his blind side. Although Buck took account that So-Leks attacks on his blind side Buck carelessly walked past Sol-leks and as a result was attacked. Buck swore to never crossed his blind side again. Buck is constantly aware of his surrounding and In the epic fight with Spitz Buck was patiently waiting for his fight with Spitz. Spitz let rage consume his demeanor and was ultimately his downfall. Buck at first was hasty when fighting a more experienced opponent but adapted to the fighting style and learned a clever deceit which Spitz was not able to
Defending the honor of his favorite leader John Thornton, Buck did not have any mercy for the Yeehaw’s as he ripped the throats of the chief and the cowardly Indians who ran away. Without the weapons in their hands, Buck learned the humans posed no threat to him and were actually easier to kill than a husky. Although Buck did not have an opponent who was equivalent to Buck at the end of the novella, this was not the reality throughout earlier encounters Buck has had. The Mexican was able to deceive Buck because he was able to tie his neck and sell him. The man in the red sweater was stronger than Buck with his club and Buck knew with a club he will not be able to win a fight against a human. Spitz was stronger, faster and a more experienced fighter than Buck but Buck was able to conquer Spitz as he adapted to the fight and Spitz’s fighting style. As Darwin said, Buck was neither the strongest or the most intelligent who was still able to survive because he adapted to the change in his