The Call of the wild -Jack London- 영어영문학과 20132194 김용식 전기공학과 20147050 백혜민

Contents Characters Summary Themes Vocabulary Reference

1. Characters Buck: Buck is a powerful dog. He is stolen and sold as a sled dog in the Arctic. Buck gradually evolves from a pampered pet into a fierce, masterful animal, able to hold his own in the cruel, kill-or-be-killed world of the North. Spitz: Spitz is the captain of sled dogs. He is a fierce animal—a “devil-dog”

1. Characters John Thornton: Buck’s final master, a gold hunter. He saves Buck from death at the hands of Hal, and Buck rewards him with fierce loyalty. Thornton’s relationship to Buck is the ideal man-dog relationship compared to Hal’s. Hal - Hal is an American gold seeker in search of adventure and riches. Buck’s former master.

2. Summary Buck just won to set up an expedition in search of said mine. It takes a long time, but they finally discover the mythical cache of gold. Jackpot. Buck's happy because Thornton's happy, but he's still experiencing the call of the wild. That wild just keeps on calling. Buck makes friends with a wolf and almost takes off for the wild, but remembers Thornton and returns to camp, where he is smothered with affection.

2. Summary He kills a bear. We know what you’re thinking—bears are huge. That’s the point; Buck's awesome. He's also reminded here of how much fun it is to kill things...which makes him chafe against the pleasant domesticity of his life with Thornton. Buck starts to seem more like a wolf than a dog. Fall comes and Buck kills a moose, which is no small feat. Buck returns to camp to find that Thornton and his men have been killed by natives of the Yeehat tribe. He retaliates and the natives flee, calling Buck an "Evil Spirit."

2. Summary Now that Thornton's gone, Buck is on his own again, and he can finally give in to this call of the wild. He becomes the leader of the wolf pack and procreates—now the world has some cute ill' baby Bucks to continue kicking butt and taking names.

3. Themes -Primitivity Primitivity is presented as the authentic and dominant side of a being. Modernization and civilization, then, go against true nature. -Man and the Natural World In the call of the wild, nature is a force to be reckoned with. The wild is an antagonist and a guide at the same time.

3. Themes -Loyalty In ‘The Call of the Wild’, loyalty is rare, but strong, when it exists.

4. Vocabulary pamper: Indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil. ‘famous people just love being pampered’ ramshackle: in a state of severe disrepair ‘a ramshackle cottage’ antagonist A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary. ‘he turned to confront his antagonist’

4. Vocabulary penetrate: Succeed in forcing a way into or through ‘the shrapnel had penetrated his head and chest’ slake: Quench or satisfy (one's thirst) ‘slake your thirst with some lemonade’ incarnate: embodied in flesh; in human form. ‘he chose to be incarnate as a man’

5. Reference Web resources http://www.sparknotes.com http://www.shmoop.com/ https://en.oxforddictionaries.com

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