Survive from the Law of Fang

21 strike horses to make them run faster. The first encounter of Buck with the man in the red sweater make Buck learns about the violence of a club and the cruelty of a man. In mid air, just as his jaws were about to close on the man, he received a shock that checked his body and brought his teeth together with an agonizing clip. He whirled over, fetching the ground on his back and side. And again the shock came and he was brought crushingly to the ground. This time he was aware that it was the club, but his madness knew no caution. A dozen times he charged, and as often the club broke the charge and smashed him down p. 27. Buck has no knowledge about a club and what a man capable to do with it, but he decides to act based on his anger again and does not calculate his actions. He does not expect that the man in the red sweater will launch an attack to him. After that, many strikes are landed on him, yet he does not give any signs to surrender. On the one hand, Buck’s fury, anger, and tiredness are mingled together, cause him to not be able to think straight. On the other hand, the man in the red sweater is a man with no mercy. He keeps on striking Buck whenever Buck is about to attack him. At one point, Buck is about to give up, however, the man in the red sweater does not let him go. He staggered limply about, the blood flowing from nose and mouth and ears, his beautiful coat sprayed and flecked with bloody slaver. Then the man advanced and deliberately dealt him a frightful blow on the nose. The man, shifting the club from right to left, coolly caught him by the under jaw, at the same time wrenching downward, and backward. Buck described a complete circle in the air, and half of another, then crashed to the ground in his head and chest p. 27. Buck knows his limits, he is covered in blood, all parts of his body are screaming in pain. The strikes are becoming unbearable for Buck, for he never knows such violence in his entire life. From the quotation above, it is known that PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 22 Buck’s tormentor, the man in the red sweater, is a harsh man. He does not fear Buck will attack him back. Moreover, he uses a club, something that easily weakens Buck. For the last time he rushed. The man struck a shrewd blow he had purposely withheld for so long, and Buck crumpled up and went down, knocked utterly senseless p. 27. The last strike sends Buck to the ground and ends the fight between him and the man in the red sweater. After Buck seems to understand how things work in his new life, he tries to set aside his anger and fury, and focuses more to himself. After all, his anger and fury will not rid him from hunger and thirst. He still is a living thing that needs to eat and drink, and in his current condition he only gets those essential needs from human, even from the one who just tortures him. Buck learns his lesson about a man with a club in a hard way, but the important thing is that now he knows how to behave around a man with a club. As stated by Hammond 2010 that an external conflict is more complicated than an internal conflict, this conflict which is faced by Buck nearly knocks him down. Buck’s first encounter with a man and a club in his hand nearly causes him his death. If only Buck does not back down, the man in the red sweater might beat him to death.

d. The Conflict between Buck and Spitz

Buck is bought by a Canadian Government from the man in the red sweater. The Canadian Government, Perrault, then brings Buck in the deck to go into Dyea Beach. In the deck, Buck meets two other dogs, Spitz and Dave. Spitz is a big snow-white dog, friendly but slippery at the same time. Buck’s first