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Buck begins as a spoiled regent, strutting proudly over his soft, sun-kissed domain, but he abruptly sees everything taken away from him. He is reduced to nothing, beaten and kicked and forced to pull sleds through the Canadian wilderness.
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Life In Santa Clara
Buck was living for 4 years in Santa Clara Valley at his owner's house, Judge Miller. He was the ruler of all houses and unlike other dogs, he was allowed to walk everywhere. He also watches over Alice and Molly Miller, Judge Miller's daughters when they go for walk. Buck also was taken by Miller's sons, when they go in the hunt. But one night, when Judge Miller was out of town, Manuel, gardener helper took Buck for a walk, but it turns out that Manuel was planning to sell him, to pay for his gambling debt. Buck first doesn't understand where Manuel brought him.
Becoming Sled DogFight with SpitzMeeting Hal, Charles and MercedesSaved by John ThorntonDeath of John ThorntonBecoming Alpha of the Wolf Pack- Buck. A powerful dog, half St. Bernard and half sheepdog, who is stolen from a California estate and sold as a sled dog in the Arctic. Buck gradually evolves from a pampered pet into a fierce, masterful animal, able to hold his own in the cruel, kill-or-be-killed world of the North.
- John Thornton. Buck’s final master, a gold hunter experienced in the ways of the Klondike. Thornton saves Buck from death at the hands of Hal, and Buck rewards Thornton with fierce loyalty.
- Spitz. Buck’s archrival and the original leader of Francois’s dog team. Spitz is a fierce animal—a “devil-dog,” one man calls him—who is used to fighting with other dogs and winning.
- Francois. A French Canadian mail driver who buys Buck and adds him to his team. Francois is an experienced man, accustomed to life in the North, and he impresses Buck with his fairness and good sense.
The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck.
- Jack London
- 1903
- During the four years since his puppyhood he had lived the life of a sated aristocrat; he had a fine pride in himself, was even a trifle egotistical, as a country gentleman sometimes become because of their insular situation.
- He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial. No lazy, sun-kissed life was this, with nothing to do but loaf and be bored.
- The dominant primordial beast was strong in Buck, and under the fierce conditions of the trail it grew and grew. Related Characters: Buck.
- At a bound Buck took up the duties of leadership, and where judgment was required, and quick thinking and quick acting he showed himself superior even of Spitz, of whom Franois had never seen an equal.
Buck is the main protagonist of Jack London's 1903 short adventure novel The Call of the Wild, and its adaptations. At first, Buck is a pampered dog living in the Santa Clara Valley in California. However, the Judge's gardner, Manuel captures him and sells him to the Yukon.
Buck’s story begins at the house of Judge Miller in Santa Clara, California. Here, Buck is a beloved domesticated pet, living comfortably. However, after gold is discovered in the Yukon territory of Canada, Buck is stolen by one of Miller’s gardeners as the demand for sled dogs increases.
