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...se considerations in order to survive. Struggle for survival is the central theme for this novel. We see this struggle particularly in Buck's conflict with Spitz, in his determination to become the lead dog on Francois and Perrault's team, and, at the end of the novel, in the way that he battles his way to the leadership of the wolf pack. Buck does not only want to survive; he wants to dominate, as do his rivals, like Spitz. Buck gradually evolves from a good pet into a fierce, masterful animal, able to defend himself on his own in the cruel kill or be killed world of the North. Though he loves his final master, John Thornton, they are like father and son. Later he feels the wild is calling him away from civilization to reconnect with the primitive roots of his species. When Buck enters the wild, he must learn many lessons in order to survive, and he learns them well. When Buck first arrives in the north, he watches a friendly dog named Curly brutally killed by a husky. Soon, he finds himself in a rivalry with Spitz that ends with the two of them in a combat, a battle from which only Buck stays alive. Having established himself as a dominant dog with this victory, Buck must continue to prove himself in battles with other creatures—with a bear, with a moose, and, finally, with humans. At this moment, when his fighting spirit is temporarily broken, along with the brutal killing of Curly by a group of vicious sled dogs, symbolizes Buck's departure from the old, comfortable life of a pet in a warm climate, and his entrance into a new world where the only law is "the law of club and fang." In the closing chapters of the novel, Buck feels the call of life in the wild taking him away from mankind, away from campfires and towns, and into the forest. The only thing that prevents him from going, that keeps him tied to the world of men, is his love for John Thornton. When the Yeehat Indians kill Thornton, Buck's last tie to humanity is cut, and he becomes free to attack the Yeehats, killing a number of them. To attack a human being was the least that buck had thought, and his conformity to do so now symbolizes the fact that his transformation is complete that he has truly accepted his wild nature. Buck is a savage creature, in a sens...