Literacy In The Call Of The Wild By Jack London

The Call of the Wild Literacy Analysis “Buck shot past him, the axe crashed down upon mad Dolly’s head” (London 71). This quote from The Call of the Wild by Jack London is one of many examples of how London incorporates life and death situations into the novel. The novel is about a dog named Buck dealing with these life or death situations in the Yukon and Buck coming to a fully domestic dog to a fully wild animal.The novel test Bucks strength for survival in the Yukon. One event that took place that shows Buck dealing with survival in the Yukon. The Quote will take place when it’s Buck’s first night in the Yukon, Buck just stole food from Francois and Perrault. “This first theft marked Buck as fit to survive in the hostile Northland environment”(London
24). From the quote the book shows so far that buck is fit to survive the northland because he is physically strong and in shape to survive. This quote is a big reason of Buck is fit to survive the Yukon. The Quote is Going further in the book Buck is still with Francois and Perrault, they still have the whole team but they were just attacked by starving rabid huskies this quote takes place the very next day. “Buck shot past him the axe crashed down upon mad Dolly’s Head”(London 34). This tells us that during “Mad Dolly” chase with Buck buck had to run and come up with quick thinking to get away from Mad Dolly.
This final reason isn't about Buck but one of his new owners Hal. The final quote is near the end of the story also near when the “City Slickers” die, the quote is when Hal almost kills Buck because he didn’t to go into the spring ice because Buck knew that he would die. “Hal has no fight left in him” (London 71). This final quote shows that Hal didn’t want to fight anymore which is anymore reason of Survival in the Yukon.
The Survival of the fittest in the Yukon is a major for Buck. We went over 3 reasons why Buck is able to survive in The Call of the Wild if any more is an awesome book!.