My personal response to The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe novel The Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck, a domesticated dog in " "Santa Clara kissed by the sun", managed to survive in the wilds of the Klondike. Jack London conveyed many of his ideas about life in this novel by telling readers what Buck had to go through to adapt to the harsh reality of life in the frozen North, where survival was the only imperative. During Buck's adaptation there were several turning points that forced him to better understand the rules of the wild world. The first was Curly's death a friendly dog ​​named Curly brutally killed by a group of ferocious sled dogs, just because she tried to befriend one of them. Curly's tragic passing not only left Buck in shock at the wolf's way of fighting, but it also symbolized his departure from the old, comfortable life of a domestic animal in a warm climate and his entry into a new world where the only law was "the law of stick and fang". However, Curly's death was only the beginning of the life-and-death battles that served as indicators of Buck's gradual integration into his new environment. When Curly was killed, Buck recognized that he was in a world where it was kill or be killed, where power was truly power over life and death. So once Spitz, the pack leader, feared his power, Buck realized he had to exercise it to survive. All dogs either have power and must exercise it to survive, or they give up their power to a bigger, stronger dog and can simply hope that that dog will protect them. Buck's instincts dissuaded him from this last choice. His appearance of power must lead to the affirmation of his power. The only other option for him was death. So Buck exerted his power to defeat Spitz and became the ruler of the pack. Speaking of instinct, there was another turning point in Buck's life. When Buck led the team into John Thornton's camp, he didn't consciously know why he didn't get up. He had only a vague feeling of impending doom, and this feeling saved his life when the overloaded sleigh fell through the ice along with its owners.