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... He enters a brand new life in the wild, and is taught to always obey his masters, Francois and Perrault. ... Along a journey with his master, he begins to befriend wolves and other animals from the wild, and feels drawn away from civilization. One day, he returns from the wild to his camp and finds that Indians have killed Thronton. ... Afterwards, he goes of to live in the wild, where he feels he belongs. ... ” Thereafter, as he becomes the new leader of the pack, a feeling of blissfulness overcomes him, as if he was destined for this position of being in the wild. ... ”
One of the many main ideas in the novel is that of primitive instincts that Buck recovers as he enters the wild. One of the reasons why he may have picked up the skills he did so quickly is because his ancestors belonged to the wild long ago and possessed these kinds of instincts. Buck, rather than learning the ways of the wild, recovers them. As dogs become more civilized, they gradually started losing these skills of the wilderness, and when Buck is “returned” to the wild, what was lost from the past is now found again.
Approximate Word count = 954
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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