Can someone make this speech formal (both word adjustments and general tone) Imagine being a sled dog with poor owners in the middle of the aggressive North, if you can imagine that you can imagine what life for Buck was like. The call of the wild, on the surface, is a story about Buck, a four-year-old mixed dog that is part shepherd and part st. Benard. More importantly, it is a naturalistic tale about the survival of the fittest in nature. Buck is kidnapped by a gardener on the Miller estate and sold to dog traders, who teach Buck to obey by beating him with a club and, subsequently, ship him north to the Klondike. Arriving in the chilly North, Buck is amazed by the cruelty he sees around him. As soon as another dog from his ship, Curly, gets off the boat, a pack of huskies violently attacks and kills her. Watching her death, Buck vows never to let the same fate befall him. Throughout the novel, Buck proves to both himself and others that he is not only fit but the fittest. Buck overcomes many challenges with the goal of becoming the leader, the best. Buck begins to undercut Spitz’s authority, and eventually, the two dogs become involved in a major fight. Buck kills Spitz and takes his place as the lead dog. During the story, he learns the rules and codes of the north, then makes his own. Though it seems like buck is the only focal point in the book, there is a larger meaning behind the story, such as the fact that Buck is merely a proxy of Jack London himself. The general theme of the story is wild vs. civilization and bucks internal conflict with the choice between the two. Throughout the chapters, Buck is conflicted with his choices but ultimately chooses the wild. I believe one of the most fascinating parts of the story was when Buck became softer around Thorton and seemed to let his guard down more than he ever has in the story beforehand. John treated buck as a companion rather than an object like his past owners did. Buck finds a master he loves in John Thornton. It is the first time Buck feels ''love, genuine passionate love''. Buck learn to trust Thornton and felt much safer around him then he ever had before. This situation shows Buck leaning towards civilization more rather than towards his instinct and natural urge of the wild. But Buck’s love for Thornton is mixed with a growing attraction to the wild, and he feels as if he is being called away from civilization and into the wilderness. This feeling grows stronger when he accompanies Thornton and his friends in search of a lost mine hidden deep in the Canadian forest. While the men search for gold, Buck ranges far afield, befriending wolves and hunting bears and moose. He always returns to Thornton in the end, until, one day, he comes back to camp to find that Yeehat Indians have attacked and killed his master. Every year he returns to the place where Thornton died, to mourn his master before returning to his life in the wild. As I said before, one of the most important parts of the book is Buck's internal conflict between his two choices; civilization or wild? Jack London is an extremely skilled writer and did a wonderful job at creating a mental picture of the cold and harsh North to his audience. It is to be made a point that Jack London doesn't write for any audience in specific, he writes to the world, not a certain group. His book is not only interesting to adults but it is also interesting to middle schoolers and high schoolers who may be reading it in their language arts class. In short, Call of The Wild is a book anybody would enjoy and I highly recommend reading it.