Literary Devices
First fell foul
What is Alliteration?
Buck's transition from a comfortable pet to a survival-driven animal is a key theme in this chapter. In this new world, only the strongest, or those who adapt to power, will survive.
What is Survival of the Fittest?
After getting sold many times, Buck experiences his first snow.
What is arriving at the Yukon?
The drama queen
Who is Mercedes?
He had no idea of the dangers that lay ahead in the frozen North, where the wild animals fought for dominion over their territories.
What is control or power over a territory or area?
Shrieking Locomotive
What is Personification
Man with weapon is to obeyed and NEVER show your weaknesses?
What are the Laws of Club and Fang?
Curly dies is a tragic death because she tries to make friends with the other dogs. Buck learns this rule of the wild.
What is Law of Fang?
Buck's first owners in the Yukon
Who are Francois and Perrault?
With each passing day, Buck’s prowess as a sled dog grew; he had become one of the strongest and most reliable of the team.
Buck’s defiance grew with each passing day, and the other dogs began to notice the shift in power.
What is Foreshadowing?
Buck’s transformation becomes complete as he feels the increasing call to the wild. Despite his attachment to Thornton, he is irresistibly drawn back to his primal instincts, signaling the final stage of his transformation.
What is the call of the wild?
What is the fight between Buck and Spitz?
Buck's "bestie" in the wild
Who is the timber wolf?
Then he fell, and lay where he fell, howling lugubriously as the long train of sleds churned by.
What is sadly or mournfully?
Through the forest they crept noiselessly, Buck at the hairy man's heels...
What is Hyperbole?
Buck’s rise to lead the sled team highlights his natural ability to command and thrive in the harsh environment.
What is Leadership?
After being warned many times not to continue once they arrived at White River, Hal, Charles and Mercedes don't listen to those warnings and continue on anyway.
What is falling through the ice and dying
A symbol, to Buck, of his rising instincts and his pull to nature
Who is the Caveman or the hairy man?
All the stiffness and gloss had gone out from his beautiful coat. The hair hung down, limp and draggled, or matted... they were preambulating skeletons.
What is walking?
Past the Scales and the timberline, across glaciers and snowdrifts hundreds of feet deep, and over the great Chilcoot Divide, which stands between the fresh and guards forbidding the sad and lonely North.
What is Imagery?
Buck is domesticated while he's in camp with John and the others, but turns into a primal beast once he is in the secrecy of the forest.
What is Transformation?
What is Buck saving John's life?
[Buck] followed the new scent into a thicket and found found Nig. He was lying on his side, dead where he had dragged himself, an arrow protruding, head and feathers, from either side of his body.
Who are the Natives or Yeehats?
This belt was the most salient thing about him. It advertised his callowness--callowness sheer and unutterable. (Referring to Hal)
What is youth and/or inexperience?