THE CALL OF THE WILD

Characters

Buck:He is a dog of two different breeds and he is the main character in the book. Buck lived a happy life in a sun kissed house and was a proud, strong dog. Buck has a new master.

Spitz:He is a big snow white dog from Spitzbergen with a treacherous personality also the leader of the dogs.

Francois:He is Bucks new master and works for the Canadian and delivers dispatches to outpost throughout the frozen north. Francois sold the dogs and is no longer their master.

The Man in the Red Sweater:An unnamed Man who is rather mysterious. A man who was a lawgiver and to be obeyed.

Curly:Is a good-natured dog who is Bucks friend and companion.

Figurative language

Idiom

"I say dat Buck two devils".

Simile

The sled held as though it were a anchor

"Their weak as water"

Metaphor

The Fluorescent light was our sun during the test

Buck killed Spitz in a fight to the death and won and then was sold to new owners and was rescued by Thornton.

Thornton: He Free'd Buck

Plot

Rising action:Then he was dog-napped by Manuel and sold to a man in a red sweater. After, the man in sweater gave buck to Francois and Perrault then Buck had to adapt to his new life witch meant having to steal and kill if necessary(He killed Spitz and most other dogs died).He was soon sold to a new owner Half bread and suffered from there

Climax:Buck was Gave'n to new owners but soon after that he was free'd by Thornton because Buck was being beaten.

Exposition:Buck the main character lived a somewhat normal house dog life in a sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley.

Resolution:Buck Now travels alone but not always, sometimes he will travel with the wolf pack. He departed from civilization.

He was killed by Buck when fitting to the death.

Personification

or the stars leaping in the frost dance

Sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley

"Dat Spitz fight lak hell"

The hurricane ran down the field like a freight train

Hyperbole

The judge's inseparable companion

an endless and orderly array of outhouses

Curly's face was ripped off and killed.

Falling Action:The sled team fell then Thornton took ownership of Buck. Some time after that Thornton received Sixteen hundred dollars in five minutes making it easy to pay off debts and to journey after that Buck and Thornton went back to hunting gold. Though afterwards when Buck was out hunting for his food on his way back to the camp he found some of the dogs he knew dead along the trail but hardly hesitated to stop and look. Then he grew tense and heard noise's around the camp that turn't out to be a tribe that killed Thornton,Skete,and Pete. Subsequently he slaughtered most of the tribe members that intruded his camp and chased after them with anger

Thornton And Buck have grown stronger together.He made the bad choice of saying Buck could carry 1,000 Ibs by himself.Thornton refuses to sell Buck and loves him more than Judge Judy.

Buck now hangs with a wolf pack in the wild after his owners death. He is no longer part of civilization

Thornton died from a tribe while sleeping.