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Buck In The Call Of The Wild

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In The Call of the Wild, the author explains Buck's character traits in order to develop the theme of pride being dangerous. Throughout the excerpt, the reader learns about Buck through the narrator's focus on him and his mindset. Because of this, the reader can infer that Buck is a proud animal and views himself as a powerful animal. These two traits inhibit Buck from realizing what is happening to him when he is being sold by Manuel. Through the narrator's description of Buck, the readers learn that Buck is a prideful animal. In paragraph 4, the narrator shows how Buck acts around the other animals by stating that "he utterly ignored" both of the inside dogs. The narrator also describes him as having alot of pride in himself. He knows where

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