Extrinsic Motivation of Buck from A Timber Wolf
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,
43 the four men in a saloon, the man in the red sweater, Spitz, Hal, Black Burton, and
The Yeehats.
Figure 2.The Motivations of Buck
Thompson 2014 states that there are two types of motivations, namely, the intrinsic motivation and the extrinsic motivation; both types are found in the
novel. Furthermore, there are three motivations of Buck to go into the wild, namely one intrinsic motivation and two extrinsic motivations. Figure 2 above
shows that there is one intrinsic motivation of Buck; Buck wants to be free like the hairy man from his imagination. There are also two external motivations of
Buck, namely from a timber wolf and a pack of wolves. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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