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Contents 1. Summary 2. Changes of Buck 3. Intention of the Author 4. Vocabulary 5. Quiz

1. Summary (chapter 4~6)  Become the leader of the sled team.  A series of rapid trips → exhausted  Their poor plan and mistreatment from new owner, Hal and their families make dogs die or half-die.  John Thornton rescues Buck, beaten by Hal.  Buck loves John Thornton deeply.  John bets on whether Buck will be able to pull 1000 pounds and Buck’s victory brings him 1600 dollars.

1. Summary (chapter 7)  John Thornton’s group departs a journey to the east to find a fabled gold mine. After months of travel into the wilderness, they find a field of gold and settle down to mine it.  While John amasses gold, Buck ranges further and further into the wilderness.

 One night he begins to follow a wild timber wolf off into the forest. Buck spends increasing amounts of time in the woods. Buck lets his inner beast emerge. Tracking and killing a large moose, he hones his speed and strength.  He returns to the camp and find that Thornton and the team have been killed by the Yeehats. Enraged, Buck attacks the tribe and kills many of them in revenge. 1. Summary

 In grief he returns to the forest, with no further ties to civilization. He encounters his “wild wolf brother,” the timber wolf. After establishing his dominance, Buck is accepted into the pack and fully embraces the call of the wild.  In the years to come, the Yeehats pass down a legend of a “Ghost Dog” and an “Evil Spirit” that continues to haunt them. 1. Summary

2. Changes of Buck Civilized (Kidnapped) Learn the harsh realities of his new world for the first time by the man with the red sweater. From the civilized world

(In the harsh Alaskan wilderness) Learn how to survive in the wild world.  Comply with the commands and meet expectations of his masters, the strong.  Become cunning. Ex)He steals food.  Have strong muscles and keen senses more than before.  Primitive instincts, blood-longing ↑  Challenge Spitz’s leadership, finally win supremacy. 2. Changes of Buck Into the wild world

Feel a strong connection to his wild wolf ancestors of the past.  The vision of the short-legged hairy man →Imagine wandering around other world with him where he remember.  The sounding from the depth of the forest → Arouse his excitement and desire on something he don’t know.  Encounter a wild timber wolf in the forest → Take a friendly attitude. 2. Changes of Buck Into the wild world

(Death of John’s group) Fully recover his wild nature and make a living in wild environment where only the strong can survive. 2. Changes of Buck Into the wild world

London prescribes the wild nature as a feature which makes our lives healthy under the belief that all organisms follow the same principle for survival. He penetrates the common instinct shared by dogs and human beings through the viewpoint of a dog who can exert his instinct properly. London worries about human beings’ becoming overly civilized and their falling into weakness as a result of losing their healthy wild nature. He hopes that the vices of human beings can be cured by the healthy aspects of the wild nature. 3. Intention of the Author

ramshackle Definition Badly built or broken down. Example Sentence There are ramshackle houses. 4. Vocabulary riotously Definition Excitedly, wildly. Example Sentence The students are riotously stormed out at the end of class [rӕmʃӕkl] [raiətəsli]

time-graven Definition changed or created by the effects of time, eroded. Example Sentence This ancient landscape is crossed by a time-graven canyon. salient Definition Most noticeable or important. Example Sentence I received an A on my book report because I included all of the salient parts of the story. Vocabulary

pertinacity Definition Persistence, refusal to give up. Example Sentence The team's pertinacity made u p for their lack of skill. antagonist Definition An enemy, rival, or opponent. Example Sentence Spitz is the best example of an antagonist because he is Buck' s biggest rival. [pə́:rtənǽsəti] [ӕntӕgənist] Vocabulary

slake Definition Satisfy something or make it less intense, especially thirst Example Sentence This elephant is quickly slaking its thirst using the tap. incarnate Definition Given a body. Example Sentence The dog seemed like evil incarnate Vocabulary

cessation Definition An ending or stopping of something. Example Sentence The cessation of the music let everyone know that the party was over. ere Definition An old-fashioned way of saying "before.“ Example Sentence We had so much fun when my grandparents came to visit; I hope they will return ere long. [seseiʃn] [er] Vocabulary

 The salient thing of this other world seemed fear. (a) vigil (b) tangible (c) important (d) lope  But in the end Buck's pertinacity was rewarded; for the wolf, finding that no harm was intended, finally sniffed noses with him. (a) anger (b) persistence (c) flexibility (d) impatience  He was in a savage temper, and, standing over six feet from the ground, was as formidable an antagonist as even Buck could desire. (a) proponent (b) friend (c) enemy (d) muse 5. Quiz

 Nor did he give the wounded bull opportunity to slake his burning thirst in the slender trickling streams they crossed. (a) satisfy (b) steeped (c) riotously (d) ere  Death, as a cessation of movement, as a passing out and away from the lives of the living, he knew, and he knew John Thornton was dead. (a) vigor (b) vitality (c) stop (d) bounce Quiz

 What name is of the Indian tribes that killed the John Thornton’s group? (a) Nipmuck (b) Yeehats (c) Taino (d) Kickapoo  What did Yeehats call Buck? (a) Ghost Dog (b) Devil Dog (c) Fierce Dog (d) Angry Dog Quiz

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