Elements of Fiction• Setting– describes the nature around him• Conflict Resolution-- there were no ties to

humans once John died– buck was free • Internal Conflict– discussing Buck’s need

to be with John but also be out in nature• Characterization– describes one of the

characters• External Conflict– argument between two

characters• Theme– hearing the call….

Chapter 5: Where are Hal, Charles, and Mercedes from?

Eastern US What does Mercedes do when Hal whips the

dogs? Mercedes whines and shows pity for the dogs

What did Buck do to show his love for John Thornton?

Bite on John’s hand, attack a man who hit John Thornton, jumps off cliff and saves John in the water

Chapter 5 How does the addition of six dogs make Hal

and Charles feel? Confident

Do the dogs on Hal’s team respect and have confidence in him?

No Do Charles, Hal and Mercedes get along?

They argue about everything

Chapter 5 How do the dogs react to Hal’s beatings?

They hardly react anymore How does Buck change after meeting John

Thornton? He realizes what love means Becomes confused—be wild or be civilized

What was Hal, Charles, and Mercedes warned about? Who warned them?

The thin ice—John Thornton warned them Who sold Buck to Hal, Charles, and

Mercedes? Scotch-half breed

Chapter 6:• How did Buck save John Thornton?

– Hans and Pete tied a rope around Buck and swam him through the rapids to save Thornton

– Black Burton

• Why did Buck pull a sled with a thousand pound load for John Thornton?

– He did it out of love for John

Chapter 6

• Why does John Thornton agree to the bet with Matthewson?

– Thornton loves Buck and his pride pushed him to prove Buck is the best

• What characteristics do Buck show when he saves John Thornton?

– Intelligence and loyalty

Chapter 7

• What setting is Buck most closely in touch with the primitive forces of nature within himself?

– the wilderness

• How was Buck able to kill the moose?– the moose was extremely weak and hungry

after Buck stalks him

• How does Buck react when he finds what the Yeehats have done?

– He is angry and kills them “FIEND”– Ghost Dog

Chapter 7

• What does Buck do when he hears the “call” louder than ever before and discovers the pack of wolves?

– Buck fights and overcomes several of the wolves before joining the pack

• How does Jack London show a final transformation in Buck at the end of the novel?

– Change of Tense

Chapter 7

• Does Buck use his physical strength or mental strength to make himself superior over the other creatures in the wild?– MENTAL

• Do John Thornton and his group find gold?– YES

• What can john Thornton survive on in the wild?– Gun and salt

• How does Buck appear to the Yeehats?– Evil Spirit/ Ghost Dog

Chapter 7

• How does Buck view man after his experience with the Yeehats?– Easy to kill

• What kind of conflict does Buck go through during this chapter?– Internal conflict between John and the “call”

• What thing(s) do(es) Buck do to win lasting fame among the miners and Yeehats?– Attacking the man in the bar, pulling the 1,000 pound

sled, and he kills the Yeehats chief

Chapter 7

• How do John Thornton and his team live when they journey to the gold mine in the east?– Page 145 – 2nd paragraph—“ To Buck it was

boundless..”– Hunt and fish and wander—sometimes they

had lots of food and sometimes not

Vocabulary Chapters 5-7

The Call of the Wild

Manifested

• -- apparent to the eye or to the mind; plain; clear

Pertinacity

• -- great persistence; holding firmly to a purpose, action or opinion

Wantonness

• -- reckless, heartless, or malicious

Callowness

• -- young and inexperienced

Imploringly

• -- beg or pray earnestly for

Voracious

• -- eating much; greedy in eating; ravenous

Repugnance

• -- strong dislike, distaste or aversion

Apprehensively

• -- afraid that some misfortune is about to occur; anxious about the future

Superfluous

• -- more than is needed

Innocuously

• -- not hurtful or injurious; harmless

Quibble

• -- an unfair and petty evasion of the point or truth by using words with a double meaning

Contagion

• -- the spreading of disease by direct or indirect contact

Palmate

• -- shaped like a hand with the fingers spread out

Incarnate

• -- embodied in flesh, especially in human form; personified

Excrescence

• -- an unnatural growth ( wart)

Characters Chapter 5-7

The Call of the Wild

Hal: A callow nineteen/twenty-year old with revolver and belt with many cartridges on it.

Charles: Middle-aged, light-colored man with weak eyes and moustache that covers a drooping lip

Mercedes: Charles’ wife and Hal’s sister

John Thornton: Owner of a camp at the base of the White River; saves Buck from being killed when Buck refuses to pull Hal’s sled

Skeet: Irish Setter at John Thornton’s camp who tends to Buck’s injuries

Nig: Good-natured half-Bloodhound, half-deerhound at Thornton’s camp

“Black” Burton: “Evil-tempered and malicious” man, attacked by Buck when Thornton is hit while trying to break up a fight