Call of the Wild

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The Call of the Wild
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The Call of the Wild

• Before reading the book, over the next couple of
  slides we will discuss key points that are seen
  in Jack Londons The Call of the Wild.

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Survival of the fittest

• Natural Selection
• one species does change into another
• Charles Darwin

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Civilization vs. Primitive Nature

• Civilization An advanced state of human
  society.
• Primitive Early in the history of the world or
  humankind

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Instincts cannot be ignored

• Instinct A natural impulse

Would you go near this bone?
Would you go near this dog?
Would you go near this dog if it had this bone?
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Instincts continued.

• Kneeling, or putting their front legs on the
  ground and lowering their front quarters is an
  indication they want to play.
• A superior dog will usually stand tall on stiff
  legs, the superior dog will strut around the
  powerless one, often stressing this posture with
  frequent growls and snarls
• Another instinctive habit seen in many dogs, is
  turning in circles before lying down. Some
  experts say this circling goes back to the days
  when dogs turned around and around to pack down
  the grass to make a soft bed.

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Friendship

• If taken care of correctly dogs are mans
• __________ _____________!

FRIEND!!
BEST
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Character List
CHAPTERS 4-7  Skeet

Nig

Lone wolf

Hal

Charles

Mercedes


John Thornton

Pete

Hans "Black" Burton

Matthewson

Jim O'Brien

Yeehats

• CHAPTERS 1-3
• Buck
• Judge Miller
  
  
• Manuel
  
  
• Red sweater
  
• Francois
  
  
• Perrault
  
• Spitz
• Curly
  
  
• Dave
  
  
• Sol-leks
  
• Billie
  
• Joe
  
• Pike
  
• Dub
  
• Dolly