Buck, the main dog in The Call of the Wild, was a St. Bernard/Scotch Shepherd dog living the perfect life in the sun-kissed Santa Clara valley. Before the wild, he was in the kind of lifestyle where he was treated with anything and everything any dog would have. He was healthy, fed constantly, living in a nice home, and feeling loved. Although, for Buck, his cozy and happy life comes to an end where he is secretly sold to Alaska by one of the workers on the estate without anybody noticing. There, he undergoes a series of hardships such as stealing food to survive or working extremely hard for so his owners wouldn’t yell at him which was hard on Buck since it put a lot of pressure on him. Buck’s exposure to the environment in the wild did not only affect others in the wild, but strongly affected Buck himself, reaching to the point where it made him develop into a whole new dog. In the wild, Buck tries to slowly adapt to the environment since it’s something that he hasn’t seen before.
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It’s very difficult for Buck to change the way he was living in a short amount of time. In The Call of the Wild, Buck saw Spitz steal bacon from the workers and Buck was later influenced by that act and ended up doing the same thing (24). For instance, living in the wild influences people to do these things, according to HubPages, ¨This would mean that a person is not really born with a personality at all, it will be the people in his or her life or society that will shape the kind of person he or she will become¨(Nature vs. nurture). When living in a certain environment, you start to adapt to it and that’s exactly what happened to Buck. Seeing Spitz steal the bacon impacted Buck to do the same which is how the environment and people around him changed him. Before the wild, Buck would never steal anything, but clearly this environment Buck is living in has changed him which is what nurture is all about. When Buck was living in Santa Clara valley, he was free to do anything like running around without being yelled at or not feeling restricted whatsoever to do anything he wanted which is why Santa Clara valley was a great place for Buck to live in. He did whatever he wanted and his owners didn’t mind. Although, in the wild, once the workers pull out the law of club and fang which is a law and the actual club is used when a dog misbehaves and to show you that you are to obey all the workers there. When the law of club and fang is in use, the dogs are especially restricted from doing anything they want which was one of the major changes for Buck. Once someone is in charge of the law of club and fang, they are basically the ruler of every single dog and once the dogs do just a tiny mistake, they would be hit with it to show them the dogs did something wrong which is what happened to a few of the dogs. Buck seeing how the workers’ lifestyle of ruling the dogs had Buck thinking. To illustrate, London explains what Buck is thinking, stating, “The scene often came back to Buck, to trouble him in his sleep. So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you”(London 11). The law of club and fang conflicted with Buck’s ways of living since he’s so used to living freely and that highly restricted him from that. The law of club and fang traumatized Buck, showing that a hit can come from the littlest thing. Buck’s habitat really affected him since being in the wild constantly working is a lot different from resting at home and roaming freely. Although Buck has been affected how the workers in the wild handle things, he also has been impacted by the others dogs such as Spitz. Buck became very competitive once he came to the wild, especially with Spitz. They were dangerous rivals which made it very competitive between them, like it was a war. It became so aggressive that Buck ended up killing Spitz, which was also one of the main
It’s very difficult for Buck to change the way he was living in a short amount of time. In The Call of the Wild, Buck saw Spitz steal bacon from the workers and Buck was later influenced by that act and ended up doing the same thing (24). For instance, living in the wild influences people to do these things, according to HubPages, ¨This would mean that a person is not really born with a personality at all, it will be the people in his or her life or society that will shape the kind of person he or she will become¨(Nature vs. nurture). When living in a certain environment, you start to adapt to it and that’s exactly what happened to Buck. Seeing Spitz steal the bacon impacted Buck to do the same which is how the environment and people around him changed him. Before the wild, Buck would never steal anything, but clearly this environment Buck is living in has changed him which is what nurture is all about. When Buck was living in Santa Clara valley, he was free to do anything like running around without being yelled at or not feeling restricted whatsoever to do anything he wanted which is why Santa Clara valley was a great place for Buck to live in. He did whatever he wanted and his owners didn’t mind. Although, in the wild, once the workers pull out the law of club and fang which is a law and the actual club is used when a dog misbehaves and to show you that you are to obey all the workers there. When the law of club and fang is in use, the dogs are especially restricted from doing anything they want which was one of the major changes for Buck. Once someone is in charge of the law of club and fang, they are basically the ruler of every single dog and once the dogs do just a tiny mistake, they would be hit with it to show them the dogs did something wrong which is what happened to a few of the dogs. Buck seeing how the workers’ lifestyle of ruling the dogs had Buck thinking. To illustrate, London explains what Buck is thinking, stating, “The scene often came back to Buck, to trouble him in his sleep. So that was the way. No fair play. Once down, that was the end of you”(London 11). The law of club and fang conflicted with Buck’s ways of living since he’s so used to living freely and that highly restricted him from that. The law of club and fang traumatized Buck, showing that a hit can come from the littlest thing. Buck’s habitat really affected him since being in the wild constantly working is a lot different from resting at home and roaming freely. Although Buck has been affected how the workers in the wild handle things, he also has been impacted by the others dogs such as Spitz. Buck became very competitive once he came to the wild, especially with Spitz. They were dangerous rivals which made it very competitive between them, like it was a war. It became so aggressive that Buck ended up killing Spitz, which was also one of the main