Call of the Wild

Call of the Wild I chose to write my essay on Jack London’s, “Call of the Wild.” The main reason I chose this selection was that I truly enjoyed his way of story telling in, “The Laws of Life,” and, “To Build a Fire.” London’s, “Call of the Wild,” didn’t disappoint. In doing research for this paper, I found out that London like so many others of his time went to the …

…legend to the Indians known as, Ghost Dog. Buck then joins a wolf pack and creates a superior animal by mating with a wolf. The novel ends as Buck becomes totally absorbed into the natural world. One of the themes London seems to use in his stories I’ve read, is that of Charles Darwin’s proposed theory of survival of the fittest. This is a phrase that fits perfectly to describe Buck’s experience.