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This paper is a critical analysis of the theme of "the primordial wilderness" in Jack London's novel, Call of the Wild. The theme of the paper concentrates on whether the character of Buck willingly heeds the call of the wilderness or is driven to experience it out of necessity.

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This essay traces the philosophical and psychological basis of the narrative. The importance of the contrast between the city and the country is noted. It focuses primarily, however, on the realization of inner savagery and the sublime nature of the complete surrender to "The Call of the Wild for Buck" in his journey of self-realization.

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"ack London in "The Call of the Wild" uses the story of the dog Buck as a dramatization of his belief that there is a "primordial beast" within each of us that can be evoked given the right circumstances. This is what happens to Buck, a civilized dog who is taken from the home he has known and placed in a deadly, cold, and primitive environment and forced more and more to fend for himself, to defend himself against the encroachments of friend and foe alike, and for whom self-preservation becomes the most important and immediate value. As Buck is transformed from a civilized dog to a wild animal, so would a human being placed in the same situation find that his or her civilized trappings were striped away to reveal the savage living inside the veneer.

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This paper will cover a character analysis of the books "Animal Farm" by George Orwell and "Call of the Wild" by Jack London. The analysis will be to compare and contrast one major protagonist or one major antagonist from each book. Also, this paper will demonstrate and integrate human development concepts such as socio-emotional, cognitive and/or physical development: gender, intimacy and sexuality issues that the characters encounter within the book. Also, symbolism will be covered along with other literary applications that are apparent within the characters of both tales.

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This paper is an examination of the social dominance and mating strategies of wild baboons in the Serengeti from the late 1970s. The paper delves into the way in which the author anthropomorphized his subjects, assigning biblical names and drawing disturbing parallels between their own social hierarchies and that of humans. The paper relates that he tracks them for many summers until a plague wreaks havoc on their social group.

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"This paper shall examine the life of primate through a `memoir' written by Robert M. Sapolsky called "A Primate's Memoir". It will analyze social hierarchies among a population of baboons in the Serengeti. This essay will also look closely at each individual's social and hierarchical position in the group and more importantly, the various social and mating strategies employed by different members of the troop.
"Social Behavior and Hierarchy in Wild Baboons: Robert M. Sapolsky's (2002) extraordinary book, "A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life among Baboons" offers a deep and..."

Tags:alpha male, status, dominance

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" This study will provide a comparative analysis of Jack London's The Call of the Wild and Sheila Burnford's The Incredible Journey. The study will emphasize the differences between the two novels with respect to the audiences and purposes for which the authors are writing. Although both works are about animals, Burnford's story is typical of much children's literature in that it is carefully designed to make her child readers "better" in both a personal and social sense (braver, more loving, better citizens, etc.), while London's tale is meant to challenge his adult readers with respect to their perception and experience of human reality.

Burnford herself said that The Incredible Journey was "not intended . . . as a book for children," although it was the recipient of the Canadian Children's Book of the Year award for.."

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"INTRODUCTION

Jack London was a writer best-known for his adventure stories, many of them set in the wilds of the cold North or at sea. He also wrote newspaper articles, science fiction, and other generic works. London was a California writer who often included certain information about the state or his own attitudes toward the state in his fiction, and what he wrote said much about the nature of California and the entire West Coast in his day, though often transferred to more wilderness regions of the nation.

LIFE
John London was born in 1876 in San Francisco. The family lived on several farms and ranches in California, and London completed grammar school in 1891 in Oakland. He worked in a ..."

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"Jack London's The Call of the Wild concerns the adventures of a dog named Buck. The story takes place during the time of the Alaskan gold rush in the late 1890s. At the beginning of the novel, Buck lives a free and easy life on Judge Miller's ranch in Santa Clara, California. This peaceful existence is interrupted when one of Judge Miller's workers steals Buck in order to pay off a gambling debt (London The Call of the Wild 23). Buck is sold to dog-kidnappers who transport him to Alaska to work on a sled team. On the dog-sled team, Buck quickly learns the laws of survival of the frozen North. He soon becomes the leader of the team, by overcoming the dog Spitz in a savage fight to the death. However, Buck's adventures take a turn for the worse when the team is purchased by three incompetent gold seekers: Charles, his wife Mercedes, and his brother-in-law Hal. The dogs are..."

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This paper examines the species of seals, Otariidae, called sea lions. The author specifically discusses the sea lions that inhabit Californian shores. The paper describes their appearances, characteristics, their prey, and how they interact with humans. The author also discusses their mating rituals, and how sea lions were greatly affected by El Nino, and other dangers they face in nature.

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"Successful sea lion mating lead to small litters of sea lion pups born after a gestation period of 12 months, are brown. Most pups are born in June or July and weigh 13-20 lbs amazingly small considering the size that they will attain as mature adults. They nurse for at least half a year and sometimes over a year. Mothers recognize pups on crowded rookeries through smell, sight, and vocalizations, and pups use these same clues to recognize their mothers, who will breed again a few weeks after birth. Males patrol territories and bark almost continuously during the breeding season helping to maintain their social standing (if they have a high social status and hoping to disrupt the social order if they have a low status."

Tags:california, seal, mating, breed, algae, prey, coat, protect, marine, mammal, species, pups, hunting, ocean, beach, animal, male, female

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This paper examines how two most notable authors Jack London and Gary Paulson, both discuss in their work, nature as a force that human beings must fight with, rather than be a natural and uncontested part of. It analyzes how Jack London's "The Call of the Wild", along with his famous short story, "To Build a Fire," both revolve around the fight of human beings to survive in a harsh, natural world that seems unnatural to civilized creatures because of its cold and extremity. It shows how although Gary Paulson is a contemporary author, his work "Brian's Song" is, despite the two author's different personal experiences and the separation of so many years of literary time, is nearly identical in its concerns to London's works.

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"In London's work, human beings are always clearly pitted against nature in a struggle. London did not view nature in a romantic vision. Human beings were not part of nature in the sense that the natural world supports their development and survival, like the civilized world. Human beings are part of the wilderness in that they are, like the dog Buck, forced to resort to their primal instincts when in the cold, when fighting against elemental forces. They are war with other creatures for their very survival as well, as the wilderness is full of predators. In London's works, human beings are not "reflected" in nature's wilderness. Rather nature offers a proving ground for humanity, an opportunity for human beings to demonstrate animal intelligence and cunning."

Tags:call, wild, brian, song, nature, fire