The Call Of The Wild Essay

Things on earth are either made tough or built tough. 

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”

-Helen Keller 

Imagine your house where you feel safe and secure. Now picture you being ripped away to a far off place where only the things that adapt and are built tough survive. Buck, a dog in The Calk Of The Wild goes from a judges house to a sled dog in Canada. It make you wonder. How tough can one dog be?

Toughness is a big part of life, and Buck in “The Call of the Wild” has to be tough, and he must be strong in his new life in the Klondike in order to thrive as a sled dog. After Buck is kidnapped by some sled dog trainers, he is brought into a new world where he must adapt to his surroundings and become more tough than Buck has ever imagined. He experiences immeasurable pain from the amount of beatings and whippings he gets throughout the first and second chapter, and this new type of treatment persuades Buck to become a tougher dog in general. In chapter 6, John Thornton is bet a large amount of money if Buck can pull a 1,000 pound sled 100 yards, and Buck must be as tough and hardworking as he can be. “His great chest was low to the ground, his head forward and down, while his feet were flying like mad, the claws scarring the hard-packed snow in parallel grooves.” (The Call of the Wild Chapter 6.) Buck realizes that he must be tough to survive as a sled dog. He notices that after he is brought into the Alaskan wilderness, he releases his inner savagery on the other sled dogs as he fights his way to victory multiple times. He must be strong, and persuade through all of the pulling of the sled. Finally, he expresses his toughness when he wins John Thornton 1,600 by pulling a 1,000 pound sled—by himself— 100 yards. Buck has been and has needed to be tough to survive in the Alaskan wilderness.

Adaptation will help you as it helped Buck survive as a sled dog. Adapting to your surroundings is essential. Buck must adapt to his new life as a sled dog in Alaska after he is kidnapped by some sled dog trainers and brought into a new world. Buck is living in a small town with his owner and his owner’s sons. He is a spoiled dog that gets treated well and never has to worry about anything. One day, Buck is taken away from his nice, easy going, and dreamlike home, and brought into an unforgiving, violent, and hostile world. “Never in all his life had he been so vilely treated, and never in all his life had he been so angry. But his strength ebbed, his eyes glazed, and he knew nothing when the train was flagged and the two men threw him into the baggage car.” Buck comes to realize that he must adapt to survive in a new world. He realizes at one point in his life he would need to accept some sort of change, and this was his time. After he fully adapts to his new life as a sled dog in Alaska, he whippings he gets are much less painful than when he was first whipped. And after all Buck has been through, adaption helped Buck get through the hardest times, even when it seemed impossible to keep going. 

Distain doesn't always lead to hatred. The Call Of The Wild started out as a book that I had distain for because it was another book to read. While I had distain for the book at the start, it showed me that toughness and adaptation will help you survive. The Call Of The Wild made me want to pull my eyes out (like all books). My eyes have been saved as the book taught me to care about what books have to offer. I learned that it doesn’t matter if you come from a wealthy background or a poor background. Everyone has the ability to adapt and be tough. We can all be tough, it’s just about working at it.

Buck has to fight to survive. He must make it out of cold frozen wastelands, battlefields, and the fight with a visions dog for the leading spot in a dog sled team. What will bucks next adventure be?

Mount Washington

The mountain that changed me. 

The Best View Comes After The Hardest Climbs.

Enjoy nature and all of its values. While i was in New Hampshire, i got to see MT. Washington. I love mountains and snow. I hate rain and hot days. I loved going on top of MT. Washington because it made me appreciate nature and all the gifts it gives. We drove to New Hampshire for a trip. It took three and a half hours. I was cramped and tired; although i was excited to go up the mountain. We would take the cog railway. The wait was surprisingly short. We climbed on the train that would take us to the top. There was fog at the top which greeted us like a Chick-fil-A employee. My hair was wet and my mind was fried. I realized more than ever that i loved nature and that I loved mountains. I now knew that if I could choose my dream home would be on a snowy mountain high above the ground. I love the ugh elevation the isolation and most of all the unpredictable weather conditions. I could maybe experience snow in  July and a hot day in January. I will always love the Motrin’s from now until I die. MT. Washington will always have an impact on me.