Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: An Analysis of Setting and Buck’s Conflicts to Find Theme In The Call of The Wild

Appendix
The story of The Call of The Wild was started in Santa Clara
Valley, California. A dog named Buck used to live in a large house owned
by his master, Judge Miller. Buck lived a happy, comfortable life just until
Manuel, the Judge Miller’s gardener kidnapped and sold him to Perrault
and Francois that later used Buck as a sled dog during their mission of
finding gold in Northland. After he was kidnapped, Buck had taken to
many places from Southland to Northland. All of the places he was
forcedly taken to were so harsh and brutal so that Buck experienced many
surprises or shocks with the new law, The Law of Club and Fang, bloody
fights with a strong Husky dog named Spitz and a group of fericious
Indians, the Yeehats. He also had to work really hard in order to survive in
those hostile places. However, when Buck arrived in large camp where
thousands of men gathered to find the gold, he had new lovable yet strong
master, named John Thornton. Buck has already adapted with the hostility
of each place he visited. In fact, the new harsh way of life made him
became stronger and tougher in which led him to be the leader of a wolf
pack.

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