Perseverance Through Work
Work is the main factor of stress in life. With this, comes perseverance and working hard. However, in the novel Call of the Wild, the main character Buck worked arduously to reach a certain goal in the end of his suffering. He did this all with no home, shelter, or provided food. In life, my mother has also persevered with many bosses who did not treat her the way she deserved. In contrast to Buck, my mother had to pay for food and school. They both worked equally as long and hard. One with provided food, one without. In comparison to Buck my mother worked strenuously to reach her goal, knowing it would pay off for them later in life. For Buck, this was being reunited with Judge Miller or just a presence of love and care, for my mother it was being able to influence the lives of the next generation.
Buck had to persevere through mean leaders abusing him. He persevered and it paid off for him
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In one way they are alike, they both had to ration. Whether it was food or money, the both of them had to do it. Buck had to ration and steal food to be able to survive and persevere. With my mom, all she spent her money on was the absolute needs of a regular family. This blows me away as this would probably be impossible for me. Another comparison of Buck and my mother is standing up against the people who brought them tough times. The difference with Buck is that he had to stand up against abusive mushers and my mom only stood up for her rights in her contract and being a citizen of the United States. Buck and my mom both had the special people and goals that basically got them through everything. These were the center of their perseverance. For Buck, it was Judge Miller and John Thornton, the two people that gave him unconditional love. For my mom, it was her family and goals that kept her on track. The both of them are different and similar in many
Both had many opportunities to confront their family and fight for their future, but due to their cowardliness they never fought furiously for their fate. They were never responsible for their own actions and tried to run away from their problems. They never realized that, “Destiny is determined not solely by fate, but by how we choose to respond to fate. We are responsible for our choices,” (Doc E). No matter how tough their situation seemed they always had the choice to fight for their
Both came from incredibly poor families, yet somehow they managed to conquer their less than ideal circumstances. They were faced with an arduous journey towards life 's peak, yet, against all odds, were able to make the summit. I have the utmost respect for the "mountains" they have endured and conquered to give my parents and in effect, me, the lives that we have today. I truly believe that without this appreciation for my grandfathers ' challenges, there would be no desire to achieve. The knowledge of my grandfathers ' lives and the hardships they endured instills in me the determination to make the most of any circumstance.
Rhetorical Essay “I am obsessed in becoming a woman comfortable in their own skin”, is something that Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter and Janie Mae Crawford in Their Eyes Were Watching God would most likely agree on. Both of these women in their stories were constantly treated differently because they were not men. A major theme in both these novels would be that female oppression is practiced in the society and how the women in these novels overcame the differences that society has thrown at them however, these novels differ from the process that the women experienced to gain their independence. These novels are similar because both women experienced troublesome time while being under the influence of male dominance.
They lead Buck to the master of his dreams, John Thornton. John is everything Buck wants, he is loving and cares for Buck.
Buck finally learned to trust again and found someone he cared for deeply, even more that the Judge (his first owner). Not only did he find that, he also found a part of him that he didn 't think was in him anymore, the skills he obtained from his savage ancestors that lived before him. My mom gained numerous thing too, she gained a husband, 4 kids and a dog. But mainly she gained something greater than all those things, she gained a better and fuller relationship with
Surviving Impossibilities Survival is the act of surviving and doing what is required to lived; sociology has a theory called “Social Darwinism.” Social Darwinism could be broken down to one phrase, survival of the fittest. The notion survival of the fittest implies that those who are successful were meant to be successful and those who are not successful were meant to be in the situation they are in, the key is adapt and survive. M.K. Asante Jr. did just that in his memoir Buck. Buck is about the life of an inner city Philadelphia young black male who faced many obstacles and this young boy was able to overcome his circumstances.
In Call of The Wild, Buck, the main character, is forced to push through treacherous conditions and dangerous situations to achieve his goals, showing his undying perseverance. Buck is able to persevere through everything due to his extreme want to be great at everything he does, no matter the activity. He never gives up, even through tough circumstances, and this results in his pulling a ton with his own strength, and leading his team through the perilous slopes of the Yukon. “He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken,” (Chapter 1, Paragraph 40).
“Faithfulness and devotion, things born of fire and roof, were his; yet he retained his wildness and wiliness. He was a thing of the wild, come in from the wild to sit by John Thornton’s fire, rather than a dog of the soft Southland stamped with the marks of generations.” (London 76). Buck became a killer, hunting and running with the
The information that I gathered and understood the most, from all this reading, was that as a family member I should reduce my mother’s stress as much as possible. Therefore, I learned to cook after she came home, so that she would be able to rest instead of trying to provide the family home-cooked meals. My brother and I helped with the chores around our home as much possible. My mother worried about all of us, so I tried to lessen her burden.
In Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird, there are many times when the characters are faced with challenges and they show courage as they overcome them. Some of those times when courage is expressed are when Atticus defends Tom, when Scout gets the lynch party to back off, and when Boo saves the kids from Bob Ewell. These are examples of courage in the face of adversity because these characters risked their own lives to help out another character. The first example of courage in the face of adversity is when Atticus defends Tom Robinson. Atticus shows courage by doing this because of how everyone says that he is defending negroes and that is wrong.
Buck in the book Call Of The Wild he perseveres a lot and grows as at first he was a weak dog. Although I personally think that my sisters have gone through more, but some of the things my sisters went through were kind of the same as the stuff Buck when through. Like Buck got beaten with a club. He was scared because he had never been beaten like that. Until after that Buck learned the club of law and fang.
One prime example of learning of out struggle was when the mother gave Jeannette 200 for one summer. She believes that she can make it work, if she works more. But eventually her father asks her for money and she gives in to the temptation “I pulled my head back. Giving him that money pissed me off. I was mad at myself but even madder at Dad.
Journal Expansion Assignment #2 Imagine you are a refugee, you come from a country where you lived in fear because of war. Your living on the streets with many other citizens because the bombs caused your house to go in flames. Half of your family is gone because they died in war. In both these quotes, "It is through cooperation rather than conflict that your greatest successes will be derived." - Ralph Charell and “History [and life are] complicated—neither life nor history [are activities] for those who seek simplicity and consistency.”
Buck always wanted to be the leader,ruler,and king when he finally had the chance he made his dreams come true. An example of struggle for mastery is when the leader of the wolf pack tries to kill Buck but buck killed him to become the leader. “...till the boldest one leaped straight for him.like a flash buck struck,breaking the neck. ”(London 106) This quote proves that buck struggled for mastery when he had to kill the leader of the wolf pack.
In the novel of the Call of the Wild, Buck tried to adapt to his new and difficult life. He was forced to help the men find gold; he experienced a big transformation in him. At the end, he transformed into a new and different dog. Buck went through physical, mental and environmental changes. In my essay, I talked about how Buck was like at the beginning, what he changed into, and how he was forced to adapt his new environment, and underwent these changes.