The Call of the WildMr. Shelton

Chapter 12. Buck rules by hunting, carrying children,

guarding3. Buck is 140 lbs St Bernard, ½ Scottish

Shepherd4. Manuel kidnapped Buck to pay gambling

debts.5. Buck fought the stranger with the rope

but lost.6. Buck was going to Frisco to the dog

doctor7. The men wanted Buck for a sled dog8. The men laughed at Buck9. The man in the red sweater clubbed him10. Buck had been beaten, but it didn’t kill

him.

Chapter 111. The dog who didn’t obey was killed.12. They paid 300 dollars for Buck13. They got to Alaska aboard the Narwhal

(a boat)14. Buck licked and sniffed his first snow.15. Buck has gone from a civilized culture of

California to the primitive environment of the Klondike.

Chapter 21. Life on Dyea Beach was a nightmare as it was

confusing and lawless. (Law of Club and Fang) (as opposed to the law of love and fellowship at Judge Millers)

2. Curly was attacked and killed by another dog (taught him not to get knocked off of his feet).

3. Buck hates Spitz, because he is cruel and he is the leader. (Buck wants to be lead dog).

4. Buck is now a sled dog.5. Dave and Sol-leks (the angry one) both want to be left

alone.6. Buck slept in the snow (he learned by watching other

dogs).

Chapter 27. Buck’s job is to deliver dispatches (mail)8. Buck was hitched between Dave and

Soleks to learn.9. Perrault was a good owner as he used

webbed snow shoes to help push down the snow for the dogs.

10. Buck got 1 ½ pounds of salmon because he was bigger.

12. Buck learns by experience and instinct13. Experience: digging bed in snow;

instinct: fighting

Chapter 31. Spitz treats Buck as an enemy.2. The fight between Buck and Spitz was

interrupted by the starving huskies. 3. The nine dogs spent the night in the

forest. 4. Perrault was worried about the 400 mile

run to Dawson? Wounded dogs and ½ of the rations were gone.

5. Perrault builds a fire one dozen times a day: to un freeze the water; it is 50 below zero.

Chapter 36. Buck was too tired to eat; he also had sore feet. 7. Buck would turn over and wait for his foot gear

(boots)8. Francois axed Dolly to save Buck.9. Francois whipped Spitz because he attacked Buck.10. There was a war over leadership.Simile: comparison using like or as: Jaws like a steel trapMetaphor: a comparison of two things by saying one

thing is something else. Ex. Life was near the surface (of Spitz’ throat) Blood is compared to life.

Chapter 311. Francois whipped Buck as he was defending

Pike.12. Buck’s howl in Dawson shows the emergence of

his inner beast (instinct). He is answering the call of the wild.

13. Dogs robbed fish from him; Dub and Joe fought him (Spitz).

14. Buck was most joyful when he was chasing the rabbit.

15. The fight started when Spitz killed the rabbit.16. Buck used imagination (creativity) to win the

fight with Spitz.

Chapter 41. Buck would not go into his normal place

as he wanted leadership. 2. Buck is a superior lead dog as the team is

making record time. 3. Francois says that Buck is worth 1,000

dollars as he broke two dogs in.4. The trip was a record run as they made 40

miles per day.5. The new owner is the Scottish half breed

owner. He is a mail carrier.

Chapter 46. Buck didn’t like the run as it is

monotonous.7. Buck would dream of Judge Miller and his

ancestors from years passed.8. The hairy man from another world was a

cave man that Buck’s ancestors worked with.9. Snow made for heavier pulling for the

dogs.10. Dave suffered the most as he was sick.11. Dave died when he was shot.

Lit terms:Cliché: a commonly overused phrase:

opposites attract, one in the hand is worth two in the bush, haste makes waste. The early bird gets the worm.

Personification: giving something non human human qualities. The wind whispered through the trees. The tunnels belched out cars.

Chapter 51. The group was in a wretched state as they were

limping, lost weight, and they are tired.2. 500 per mo, 125 per week, 18 per day.3. Buck didn’t get a rest as he was immediately

sold.4. Description of the Americans: Hal: 19 year old

brother, Charles: mustached husband, Mercedes: a “lady”

5. What do we know about Mercedes and how?Mercedes is weak and foolish as she is worried

about culture: petting the dogs and their feelings

Chapter 56. Hal, Charles, and Mercedes are unfit for

the north as they disorganized; unprepared.7. They should not have a tent on the trip

because it is spring, and it overloads the sled.8. The dogs were tired; the runners where

frozen.9. The Americans take the advice of ½ the

load and twice the dogs by discarded essentials.

10. 14 dogs is too many because there are not enough rations.

Chapter 511. There is no order or discipline in the manner that

the Americans did things. 12. ¼ of the trip was gone and ½ the food was gone. So

they started underfeeding.13. They all quarreled because of stress.14. Mercedes rode on the sled because she was a “lady.”15. Hal traded his gun for horse hide (for dog food).16. The dogs were bags of bones (metaphor) as they are

starving.18. The ice is unsafe for them to travel.19. Cliché: it is idle to get between a fool and his folly.

Chapter 520. Buck had given up. He knew he had no

chance with those owners.21. John Thornton saved him and took him

away.22. The Americans fell through the ice and

died.

Chapter 61. John Thornton’s friends left him beside the

river as his feet are frozen.2. Skeet licked Buck’s wounds.3. Thornton aroused love in Buck.4. Man roughed Buck; Buck bit his hand.5. Buck feared losing Thornton.6. Buck is called more and more by the call

of the wild.7. Buck went to jump over a cliff. He trusts

Thornton.

Chapter 68. When Burton went after Thornton, Buck

tore his throat.9. Buck swam to Thornton and took him a

rope.10. Buck pulled 1,000 pound sled.11. The odds changed because the sled was

frozen.12. Gee! Haw! Mush!13. The man wanted to buy Buck because he

pulled 1,000 pound sled 100 yards.

Chapter 71. They spent the 1,600 dollars on the lost mine.2. They traveled to the lost mine by land.3. They found a broad valley first.4. Buck dreamed of following the hairy man

(symbol of the wild).5. Buck ran free to appease these desires.6. The timber wolf was making the night call. 7. The wolf wanted him to follow.8. He was happy as he was answering the call

of the wild.

Chapter 79. He left the wolf to return to Thornton.10. Buck hunted.11. Buck becomes a killer in the wild.12. He was persistent in killing the bull

moose.13. The Yeehats flee because Buck is killing

them.14. Yeehat arrows killed Thornton.15. Buck no longer stayed as Thornton was

dead.16. Buck joined the pack after killing the

leaders.