Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
The Call of the Wild (Characters (Buck- Buck is a dog from California who…
The Call of the Wild
Characters
Buck- Buck is a dog from California who is kidnapped and put into work as a sled dog in Canada. He adapts quickly and does what he needs to to survive.
Buck lives with Thorton for a while until Thorton is killed by natives. Buck then decides to live with a wolf pack.
Manuel- Manuel is a very dishonest and bad person. He gambles, and also works for Judge Miller as a gardener. Manuel kidnaps Buck and sells him to pay off his gambling debts.
-
Dave- Dave is a dog who pulls the sled on a mail route through Canada. Dave is a lazy dog and never does more than he is required to do.
-
Perrault- Perrault is a Canadian courier who employs Buck as a sled dog. Perrualt is very experienced and does his job well, along with Francios.
Perrault and Francois eventually give the dog team up, and so we never hear from him again.
-
John Thorton- Thorton is the man that saves Buck's life by protecting him from a whipping and cuts Buck loose from the traces.
-
-
Themes
-
Perserverance
Buck and all of the other sled dogs have to persevere with their assignments as sled dogs, in chapters 3,4,5, and some of 6.
-
Respect
Buck is respected by his fellow sled dogs when he becomes leader, on page 62.
Loyalty
Buck is loyal to his team, Perrault, and Francois, and especially to John Thorton.
Plot
Exposition
Rising Action
-
Climax
Arriving at John Thorton's camp, John Thorton saves buck from being potentially killed.
Falling Action
Resolution
John Thorton dies, and Buck kills some of the natives out of rage. He then leaves and becomes the leader of a pack of wolves.
Buck lives with Thorton but becomes tempted to go into the wild and takes longer and longer trips into the forest.
-
-