Comprehension
Buck hates Spitz for this reason.
What is Spitz's cruelty and/or selfishness?
This law that Buck and the other sled dogs live by explore themes of power in The Call of the Wild.
What is the Law of Club and Fang?
This is the character that saved Buck from death.
Who is John Thornton?
The Call of the Wild takes place during this time period.
What is the Klondike Gold Rush?
This is the type of figurative language used at the end of this quote: "And in her zeal, when she had finished with her own, she attacked the belongings of her men and went through them like a tornado.”
What is a simile?
Francois does this when Buck's feet are strained by work.
Why did Francois make shoes for Buck?
The novel demonstrates this theme as it portrays Buck persevering through hunger, extreme climates, and violence.
What is the theme of survival?
This is the character that cried as they were forced to throw out their clothes and many of their personal belongings.
Who is Mercedes?
This is one other activity that sled dogs were used for in the Yukon Territory in the late 1800s.
What is mail delivery?
This literary element describes the sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
John Thornton, Pete, and Hans used the money Buck won to go into the wilderness in search of this.
What is a lost cabin?
The novel demonstrates this theme through the contrast between Buck's life at Judge Miller's property and his life as a sled dog.
What is the wild?
This is the character that killed Curly.
Who is Spitz?
This was the first people group to use dogs to pull sleds in Canada.
Who were the Inuit?
This type of figurative language is used through the perspective of Buck as a main character.
What is personification?
What is John Thornton's boastfulness and overconfidence?
The relationship between John Thornton and Buck demonstrates this theme.
What is loyalty?
This is the character that was killed for being overworked and ill.
Who is Dave?
Jack London was influenced by this literary movement.
What is Naturalism?
The type of figurative language used at the end of this quote: "As it was with Buck, so it was with his mates. They were perambulating skeletons."
What is metaphor?
What is Dolly chasing Buck through the forest?
What is social Darwinism?
This character is an older dog with one eye.
Who is Sol-leks?
This era, occurring around the early 1800s before the events of the novel, created the conditions under which certain labor practices were expected.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
A type of literary element that can influence a narrative's mood or plot by creating a particular atmosphere or conditions.
What is setting?