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Conflicts
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What is Buck's life at the beginning of the story? 

Easy, comfortable, "he is king" 

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What happens to Curly? 

Killed by another dog in the street. 

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Who does Buck kill? 

Spitz

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Who is the protagonist of the story? 

Buck

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What is an example of the man vs man conflict in the story? 

Buck vs man in red sweater 

Buck vs Spitz 

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How much was Buck ultimately worth?

300 dollars

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How do the dogs stay warm in the cold climate? What does this experience show about Buck? 

Digging into snow (snow blanket) 

Returning to instincts, relearning how to be a dog 

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What accelerates the conflict between Buck and Spitz? 
The invasion of the camp by starving Huskies. 
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What is the setting of the story? 

1897 

California 

Yukon 

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What is an example of the man vs nature conflict in the story?

The struggle for warmth and food in the yukon. 

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What happens to the dog that "will neither conciliate or obey." 

It gets killed by the man in the red sweater. 

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What is the first thing that Buck steals? 

Bacon

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What animal are the dogs chasing that get Buck and Spitz far enough away from Perrault and Francois to have their final fight?

A rabbit. 

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What is the inciting incident of the story? 

*the action that sets the story into motion. 

Manuel steals buck and sells him. 

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Is Buck in conflict with himself, if so how?

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What does the man in the red sweater teach Buck? 

To fear a club. 

He brings out instincts he never knew he had. 

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What would you say is the law of club and fang? 
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How does Buck take "power" away from Spitz? How does he get the other dogs against him?

He attacks spitz in protection of Pike and later the other dogs. Eventually Spitz was no longer feared.

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What is theme? 

universal insight into human experience 

the message the text communicates about life 

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What could happen in the story to introduce a "man vs supernatural" conflict?
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insert ghosts, aliens etc. 

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Elmo Toots Alice Shep Ysabel

Which of the following is not a dog? 

Alice 

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Buck is not punished for his first theft, another dog is, how has the idea of Justice changed so far? 

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Buck is described as having "approached that of a bully , and was given to swaggering up and down before Spitz's very nose"

Are Buck's towards Spitz justified? Why or why not? 
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From which point of view is the story told? 

Third Person Limited - Buck's point of view but not first person. 

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Which type of conflict is most present in the story so far? 

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