Amorous Representation of Jack LondonThroughout the novel, the call of the wild male is met with a great number of obstacles. Buck is a half Saint Bernard and half sheepdog who was stolen from a house in California. He was then sold as a sled dog in the Arctic where he began his adventure. Buck undergoes many challenges that may be related to human beings. The two experiences that everyone goes through are love and death. According to Jack London in The Call of the Wild, love and death are described as bitter, sweet and deadly. Buck is thrown into a brutal world where he fights to survive. Buck meets Curly, a Newfoundland. They become friends on their journey north. There was no warning, only a jump like lightning, a metal clip of teeth, an equally quick jump, and Curly's face was torn from eye to jaw (London 44). After the death of Buck's friend Curly, Buck vows not to suffer the same fate. Buck's first encounter, the loss of his friend, showed him how dangerous his journey will be, where love will ultimately leave a bitter feeling. As Buck's journey continues, he gets a taste of the sweetness and bitterness of death. Dogs and men answer the call of their wild nature and terrifying environment in a violent, bloody, and continual struggle for survival (Mann 1). The hostile environment creates a feeling of survival of the fittest. The men beat the dogs so that they could reach their destination. Dogs fight to stay alive and, in some cases, fight to be dominant. Buck fights and kills Spitz, who was leading the dog. Buck stood and watched, the successful champion, the dominant primordial beast who had made his kill and found it good (London 99). After killing the spitz, Buck takes the lead. This shows ho...... middle of paper ......ed.Works CitedLondon, Jack. The Call of the Wild and Other Stories. New York: Macmillan Company, 1903. Woodward, Servanne. “The Nature of the Beast in the Fiction of Jack London.” Bestia 1 (May 1989): 61-66. Rep. in Youth Literature Review. Ed. Tom Burns. Flight. 108. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Information Resource Center. Internet. November 24, 2013. Tavernier-Courbin, Jacqueline. “Buck as a mythical hero.” “The call of the wild”: a naturalist response. New York, New York: Twayne Publishers, 1994. 80-95. Rep. In Youth Literature Review. Ed. Tom Burns. Flight. 108. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Information Resource Center. Internet. November 24, 2013. Mann, John S. “The Theme of the Double in The Call of the Wild.” The Markham Review 8 (Fall 1978): 1-5. Rep. in 20th century literary criticism. Ed. Paula Kepos. Flight. 39. Detroit: Gale Research, 1991. Information Resource Center. Internet. November 24. 2013.