Buck wants to be Free like the Hairy Man

41 alone. However, when the night falls, the call once again lures Buck. This time, Buck gets the external motivation from a pack of wolves. He stood up, listening and scenting. From far away drifted a faint, sharp yelp followed by a chorus of similar sharp yelps. As the moments passed the yelps grow closer and louder. He walked to the centre of the open space and listened. It was the call, the many-noted call, sounding more luringly and compelling than ever before. And as never before, he was ready to obey. John Thornton was dead. The last tie was broken. Man and the claims of man no longer bound him p. 102. The call, once again beckons Buck to go into the wild. Now that Buck is alone, he feels the call lures him stronger and this time Buck decides that there is nothing to hold him back anymore. He does not have any master, he also decides that he is not a sled-dog, so this time he answers the call and does not deny it anymore. A pack of wolves is waiting for him in the open space, and there are some fights between Buck and some of the wolves. However, Buck succeeds in beating each who challenges him, with his skill and counted-manner, until there is no wolf springs against him, and the pack of the wolves accepts him. Then an old wolf, gaunt and battle-scarred, came forward. Whereupon the old wolf sat down, pointed nose at the moon, and broke out the long wolf howl. The others sat down and howled. And now the call came to Buck in unmistakable accents. The leaders lifted the yelp of the pack and sprang away into the woods. The wolves swung in behind, yelping in chorus. And Buck ran with them, side by side with the wild brother, yelping as he ran pp. 103 – 104. Thompson 2014 states that rather than an enjoyment, extrinsic motivation is usually followed by a reward. Buck denies following the external motivation he gets from the timber wolf and other wolves’ howl not because he does not want the reward, he does want freedom and a wild life in the woods. The reason which holds him back is his love for John Thornton. However, finally PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 42 without a master, Buck decides to claim his reward and go into the wild with the pack of wolves. The call from the wild is bugging him for a long time, and finally at last Buck is ready to answer and follow the call. Thus, Buck’s story either as a sled-dog or a house-dog ends, and his journey in the wild with the pack is just about to start. Figure 1.The Conflicts Faced by Buck According to Hammond 2010, there are two types of conflicts, namely the internal conflict and the external conflict; both types are found in the novel. Based on the analysis, there are nine conflicts which are faced by Buck; those nine conflicts then are classified into two types of conflicts by Hammond 2010. Figure 1 above shows that there are two internal conflicts and seven external conflicts of Buck found in the novel. The internal conflicts, as seen in the chart above are, surrender into the Law of Club and survive the Law of Fang. Meanwhile, the external conflicts are the conflicts of Buck with Manuel’s friend,