38 hairy man does not resemble Buck. Thus, the imaginary hairy man encourages
Buck to go in to the wild. Even though Buck is with John Thornton and he is not suffering anymore, he has not got his truly freedom yet. Buck’s vivid imagination
shows in the quotation expresses Buck’s desire to go into the wild, to feel the freedom, to live freely as he wants, and most importantly to experience the wild
world outside by himself.
2. The Extrinsic Motivations of the Main Character
Thompson 2014 states that an extrinsic motivation is a motivation that comes from outside of a character. She also claims that when a character is
extrinsically motivated, he acts based on a reward that he will get when he achieves his goal, the rewards are, for example, money, a prize, or a feeling, such
as, happiness and freedom. In the story, the main character Buck gets two extrinsic motivations, namely from a timber wolf and a pack of wolves.
a. Extrinsic Motivation of Buck from A Timber Wolf
While Buck is recovering from the damages done to his body in John Thornton’s camp, he often plays in the woods and wanders around. One time, he
hears a howl from the wood, a long-drawn howl comes from a wolf. Buck follows the sound of the howl, and meets a timber wolf in the woods. After understanding
each other, side by side with the timber wolf, Buck wanders around the woods. In this part, the theory of external motivation by Thompson 2014 is applied, Buck
gets an extrinsic motivation from outside of himself. Buck gets it from a timber PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
39 wolf he meets in the woods. Buck follows the timber wolf and wonders around
the woods. Buck was wildly glad. He knew he was at last answering the call, running
by the side of his wood brother toward the place from where the call surely came. Old memories were coming upon him fast, and he was stirring to
them as of old he stirred to the realities of which they were the shadows. He had done this thing before, somewhere in that other and dimly
remembered world and he was doing it again now, running free in the open, the unpacked earth underfoot, the wide sky overhead p. 94.
Buck often hears the sound of the call from inside the woods. From the quotation it is clear that Buck is feeling glad and free after a long time he does not
feel those feelings. He feels like somewhere in his life he used to be a free dog, a free individual in his own world. Buck’s happiness is so big that he even calls the
timber wolf as his wood brother. He feels a strong connection between him and the timber wolf, he feels he can trust the timber wolf instantly and goes to the
woods with him. The timber wolf motivates Buck to follow him in to the deeper part of the woods and in to the wild.
They stopped by a running stream to drink, and, stopping, Buck remembered John Thornton. The wolf started on toward the place from
where the call surely came, then returned to him, sniffing noses and making actions as though to encourage him. But Buck turned about and
started slowly on the back track p. 94.
The quotation above shows the timber wolf’s effort to engage Buck to go with him to the place where the call comes. However, Buck is not ready yet to
leave John Thornton and his team, they are Buck’s current master and friends, from whom Buck receives safety and comfort. Half of Buck’s ego admits and
more than willing to go with the timber wolf into the wild, deep into where the call comes from. However, another half of Buck’s ego cannot seem to let himself
40 to do that yet because of John Thornton, a master he starts to love. Thompson
2014 states that an extrinsic motivation usually has a reward rather than an enjoyment and for now Buck gets the reward in a form of happiness for he is able
to wandering freely for a while. This time, Buck decides that this is not the time yet for him to go into the wild, even after he tastes the taste of freedom and wild
happiness. Buck finds it difficult to leave John Thornton, so he ends up running back to the camp and into his master’s sight. However, the more Buck tries to
deny the call from the woods, the stronger the calls affect him. The extrinsic motivation Buck gets from the timber wolf is quite strong.
But after two days the call in the forest began to sound more imperiously than ever. Buck’s restlessness came back on him, and he was haunted by
the recollections of the wild brother, and of the smiling land beyond the divide and the run side by side through the wide forest stretches p. 95.
Although Buck is happy to see John Thornton, to watch him night and day, to follow him in all his activities, somewhere in the back of his mind he is
haunted by the recollections of the wild brother, the timber wolf. The call seems louder in Buck’s ears; the call reminds Buck of the wild of the woods, the feeling
of running around the woods with the timber wolf and hunting and resting beside the river. The timber wolf gives a big motivation for Buck to go in to the wild.
The timber wolf shows Buck the world outside, how to live in the woods freely with another being.
b. Extrinsic Motivation of Buck from A Pack of Wolves
After John Thornton and the rest of the team are slaughtered by The Yeehats, Buck is alone at last. Still mourning over the loss of his master, Buck is
