Who Is The Antagonist In The Call Of The Wild
The Call of the Wild written by Jack London is a fiction book. The point of view is third person limited, and we have the point of view of Buck a dog who “broke the mold”. The third person helps tell the story by telling some things about other people or things in the story. The setting takes place in the Klondike gold rush in Alaska in about 1896. The protagonist of the story is Buck, and one of the major antagonists is Spitz. Spitz is one of the dogs who helped turn Buck into what he was meant to be. They fought to the death, and Buck won. Buck then became leader of the pack of dogs, and whipped them back into shape. More antagonists were Mercedes, Charles, and Hal. They overfed them, and when they ran out of food, they didn’t get anymore.
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He was transported to a lot of places, until he landed with a man that would beat him half to death if he got out of line. He was finally sold to a man who used him as a sled dog. The top dog was named Spitz, and Buck wanted him dead so he could be top dog. Soon all the dogs were rallying against Spitz, and only listened to Buck. The fight intensified and finally it came to life and death. Buck won leaving him to be the top dog. He whipped the other dogs into shape, and they became the best sled team the towns the went through had ever known. Soon after that the men sold them to the mail sled, which carried mail all over Alaska. That is when Buck started having visions. He only had them once a day. After the mail train, he was was sold to a couple and their brother-in-law. Their group of dogs kept getting bigger, and they kept overfeeding the dogs so they were running out of food fast. Buck and the other dogs ran out of food, and by the time they got to a camp, it was spring, and the dogs were almost dead. A man there named John Thornton saved Buck from being killed. They then became the best of friends. They went traveling around to get gold, and one night, Thornton bet that Buck could pull 1,000. He did, and when Thornton got the money, he paid his debts. He and his friends, along with Buck, went to find a place in Alaska where there is a secret gold mine no one knows about. Buck
He was transported to a lot of places, until he landed with a man that would beat him half to death if he got out of line. He was finally sold to a man who used him as a sled dog. The top dog was named Spitz, and Buck wanted him dead so he could be top dog. Soon all the dogs were rallying against Spitz, and only listened to Buck. The fight intensified and finally it came to life and death. Buck won leaving him to be the top dog. He whipped the other dogs into shape, and they became the best sled team the towns the went through had ever known. Soon after that the men sold them to the mail sled, which carried mail all over Alaska. That is when Buck started having visions. He only had them once a day. After the mail train, he was was sold to a couple and their brother-in-law. Their group of dogs kept getting bigger, and they kept overfeeding the dogs so they were running out of food fast. Buck and the other dogs ran out of food, and by the time they got to a camp, it was spring, and the dogs were almost dead. A man there named John Thornton saved Buck from being killed. They then became the best of friends. They went traveling around to get gold, and one night, Thornton bet that Buck could pull 1,000. He did, and when Thornton got the money, he paid his debts. He and his friends, along with Buck, went to find a place in Alaska where there is a secret gold mine no one knows about. Buck