Call of the Wild Presentation for American Lit

1. Cameron, Emily,
Kathrina, Takako
Present you....

3. Setting the Story
Cameron

4. The setting takes place
at a place where nature
rules over human, in this
case dogs too. It's cold
and freezing.

5. Hero Buck
Takako

6. At the beginning.......
Pampered
During this four since his puppyhood, he has lived the life of sated
aristocrat; he had a fine pride in himself, was even a trifle
egotistical.

7. But... At last.......
King of Beasts
Goal: To be the Leader

8. Summary
Kathrina

16. Realism & Regionalism
Emily

17. "in the Southland, under the law of love and fellowship, to
respect private property and personal feelings; but in the
Northland, under the law of club and fang, whoso took
such thing into account was a fool." (Chapter 2,pg 23).
"T'ree vair' good dogs, Dat Buck, heem pool lak hell. I itch
heem queek as anyt'ing." (Chapter 2, pg 17).
Charles & Hal
"two men from the States came along and bought them."
"Both men were manifestly out of place, and why such as
the could adventure the North is part of mystery of things
that passes understanding." (Chapter 5, pg 55).
Thornton

18. Naturalism
Emily, Takako

19. Buck v.s. Spitz
Antagonist
"Spitz never lost an opportunity to bully Buck."(Chapter
3, p26).
"The dark circle became a dot on the moon-flooded
snow as Spitz disappeared from view."
"Buck, the dominant primordial beast who had made
his kill and found it good." (Chapter 3, p42).

20. Chance
Fate
Chapter 5 pg 70, all the dogs except Buck fall into the hole,
because Only Buck listened to Thornton's warning, so he
survived.
Environment
"Thornton's warning to take no more chances on the rotten
ice", "and then a whole section of ice give way and dogs and
humans disappear." (Chapter 5, pg 69,72).
"He wanted, not to escape a clubbing, but to have the
leadership." (Chapter 4, pg 44).
"He must master or be mastered; while to show mercy was a
weakness. Mercy did not exist in a primordial life. It was
misunderstood for fear, and such understanding made for

21. Heredity
"And not only did he learn by experience but instincts
long dead became alive again."(Chapter 2, pg 24).
"He fought by instinct, but he could fight by head as well."
(Chapter 3, pg 41).
"His cunning was wolf cunning, and wild cunning; his
intelligence, shepherd intelligence, and St. Bernard
intelligence, and all this plus an experience gained in the
fiercest of schools, made him as formidable a creature as
any that intelligence roamed the wild." (Chapter 7, pg
98).
" Buck's marvelous quickness and agility stood him in
good stead." (Chapter 7, pg 107).

22. Conclusion
Cameron

23. Jack London tries to tell
us that we don't have
control over nature.
Although we can try to
fight it, nature is still
more powerful than us.
Just like Buck, he tries to
overcome hardships in
the story. He grows
harder and gains more
experience, but he still
can't control nature. He
doesn't really have much
choices to make because
he is a dog, he had to
learn to obey. So the way
I see it is that he didn't