Compare and Contrast: Buck and White Fang “I’ve seen a look in dog’s eyes a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts.- John Steinbeck. Buck from The Call of the Wild and White Fang from White Fang have several differences but also multiple similarities. At the beginning of their stories, Buck and White Fang are alike in some ways but different in others. First, both dogs are mixed breeds. For example, Buck is half St. Bernard and half Scotch Shephard while White Fang is half wolf and half husky. Since, both dogs are mixed breed they have a similarity. Second, Buck’s and White Fang’s birth circumstances are different. For instance, Buck is basically born a prince on Judge Miller’s place and gets everything he wants while White Fang is born in a cold damp den with hardly enough to eat for him to survive. Since, Buck and White Fang are born into exact opposite birthplaces, this is a difference between them. Last, both dogs are large and strong with keen …show more content…
First, Buck and White Fang’s masters are attacked. For instance, Buck isn’t at camp when the Yeehats attack and kill John Thorton but White Fang is in the cabin when Beauty Smith attacks and saves Jack Conroy’s life. Since, they are in different situations when their masters are attacked they are different. Second, they are both freed. For Example, Buck gets freed when he discovers that John Thorton is dead and White Fang becomes free when Jack Conroy lets him out in the wild on his own. Since, both White Fang and Buck become free this is a similarity. Last, they both save their masters from certain death. For example, Buck saves John Thorton from drowning and White Fang saves Jack Conroy when the gold mine caves in. Since, they both saved their masters lives they are alike. In conclusion Buck and White Fang both save their masters from certain
Although they may seem quite different at first glance, there are many similarities between the two. These two characters,
In the two novels they have similarities, as well as differences. They both were enslaved when they were a small child and they both have family and love ones that care for them. These are a central themes that are similar in both slave girl in california and the narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass. However there are a lot of opposing themes such as between the two novels only one has a death of a family member and in one of the novels the main character had to suffer for mostly his whole life without ever being free.
Chines and other similar races had very difficult times back then 1900’s. They were discriminated and beaten. Both stories Dragonwings and “The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire” similar in ways and different in others. Overall they both portray the hard life of a chinese in the U.S. in the 1900’s. All Together, they are alike by, both having character in the U.S.A and them being discriminated upon.
Buck stood and looked on, the successful champion, the dominant primordial beast who had made his kill and found it good” (London 21). One’s perspective on Buck should have changed by now because he has gone from being an innocent dog to becoming a dog that kills to get what he wants. Has Buck become the bad guy now and Spitz is the good guy or are they both the same? How did Buck win one might be wondering could Spitz have let him win because early in the chapter Spitz was described as a “... practiced fighter.
They lead Buck to the master of his dreams, John Thornton. John is everything Buck wants, he is loving and cares for Buck.
Buck 's intelligence and strength helped him survive, but the determination and will to live is what really got Buck through his hardships. A major theme in The Call of the Wild is "Determination can get you through anything," a statement Buck proves multiple times. Buck was a strong-willed dog that faced many challenges, from being kidnapped, sold to Alaskan gold miners, becoming a sled-dog and conflict with other dogs. While Buck 's wits, strength, and most likely some luck assisted him in his journey, Buck stayed determined throughout and it got him to where he wanted to be. In the beginning, Buck was a pampered dog, he lived in a nice house with a family that loved and cared for him.
Some of there similarities is that they both are strong, and will resist anything against them. They both show similarity signs by using their brains and using sneaky ideas and ways to outhink their masters plan to work them. A difference about the two was how they grew up, who they grew up with, how was their childhood etc. While other slaves had the daily torture routine, Kunta Kinte and Frederick Douglass used there strength in their similarites and differences, to help them survive.
He becomes more of a wolf than just a dog by the end of the book. My sisters Brook and Sophia both persevered from an experience with their father. It took them forever to make it all the way and even now there is still healing to do but they made it past the hard part. Buck and my sisters stories have a lot in common. They also have a lot of things that are different.
Through the actions of the two laws (Buck being beaten and Curly dying) Buck quickly learns that he has to adapt or perish. At the end of chapter 3, Buck and Spitz begin fighting, Buck quickly learns that if he wants to be the leader he would have to kill Spitz. After Buck kills Spitz, he feels no remorse for what he has done. Buck is starting to show his savage instincts.
They both were generous to save their friends lives, they both were courageous for doing so because if they got caught trying to save them, and they had a major chance of getting killed or punished. This proves why they are similar in their characteristics and
Foreshadowing is a very powerful literary device used in most, if not all, pieces of literature. Authors who intentionally add this aspect to their story use it as a way of building anticipation in the reader’s mind, thus adding the feeling of suspense. Ken Kesey masterfully applies this concept throughout his novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by utilizing the intricate web of connections that he spins between characters and other elements present in the text. McMurphy’s eventual downfall is foreshadowed through subjects that he is subtly linked to such as both the dog and Ruckly. McMurphy’s behavioural patterns are likened to a dog several times in times throughout the novel, such as when Chief Bromden describes him sitting down, “He goes over to his chair, gives another big stretch and yawn, sits down and moves around for a while like a dog coming to rest” (Kesey 48), and when Harding says, “Friend… you… may be a wolf… You have a very wolfy roar,” (67).
In cinema nowadays, movies that are more famous among the people somehow engaged with explosions, gunfights, and superheroes. In the early days of cinema, the special spot for people had to do something with monsters and murderers. Some of these monsters have abilities to be sympathetic to the people who watch the movie. As a great example there is the movie Frankenstein. Dr. Frankenstein’s invention, is a monster that is created by an obnoxious scientist who decides to play god and it goes wrong.
Buck’s great genes and extensive training have allowed him to become more agile than any foe he is pitted against. So when Jack London is talking about Buck fighting a pack of wolves he say “he was everywhere at once” meaning that buck is so quick to strike that there is nowhere that the wolves aren’t vulnerable. The inclusion of this hyperbole gives us a sense of how Buck has evolved from a simple house dog to a wild killer of great strength.
He encountered many confrontations and adventures in the wild, but Buck still remains the leader due to his strength. He has gone through many situations, lost his team, and his recent master. This is where he will meet Thornton and bond together. He will adapt to a new lifestyle as this quote emphasizes “Dog and man watched it crawling over the ice. Suddenly, they saw its back end drop down, ‘you poor devil’, said John Thornton and Buck licked his
As Jim Rohn once said, “It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future... it is what you do about what happens that counts.” Buck, the main character in the novel The Call of the Wild, is a victim of life 's many unexpected obstacles. From domesticated and tamed to wild and primitive, the transformation of Buck from beginning to end is a result of nature and nurture combined. Nature, his genetic makeup, proves to be the most dominant in his development of becoming a free creature of the wilderness.