The call of the wild
characters
Buck:The main character has to learn how to survive the harsh conditions that he is forced to live in or he will die at first he lived a lovely life in California but the got kidnapped and forced to work as a sled dog he gains strength and learns how to live in worst conditions he has ever been in.
Curly: she was the first deaf buck witnessed she showed the conditions and how harsh it could be in this new life he was living in
figurative language
Dave: Dave was on the sled team with buck and was in the front of the sled he soon got very sick and weak but still tried to lead the sled but his owner denied it and shot him dead
Sol-leks: was one of the more "supporting" characters who didn't like when anyone approached his blind side
Spitz: Was the main characters (Buck) rival and they would always compete to be on the top but one day buck finally was done with him and the fought to the deaf and buck won
simile
They're weak as water
The slide held as if it was an anchor
metaphor
the mail was taking on airplane proportions
poor devil
plot
exposition: Buck lived with judge miller in California during 1800s
rising action
climax: John Thornton saved buck from sudden doom to his death
idiom
his harte was not in the works, nor was the harte of any dog
time was flying
falling actions
buck gets beat by the man in the red sweater to learn to obey
buck witnessed his first deaf
buck gets kidnapped to become a slide dog
buck fight Spitz to the death and wins
buck learns how to survive and abated to new conditions
buck and sled team is sold to Hal Charles and Mercedes
buck and sled team are ordered to go over thin ice
buck starts to love Thornton and is loyole to him
buck wins Thornton money by pulling a 1000 pound sled
buck finds Thornton dead
buck attacks the Yeehats and kills most of the Yeehats
Buck hears the call of the wild
hyprbole
now you red eye devil
some dang fine day
personification
Stars leaping in the frost dance
with eyes that laughed and a boundless good nature