Call Of The Wild Buck And Wolf
He dashes through the woods and finds a timber wolf one third his size.
Call of the wild buck and wolf. The wild wolf pack circles him. Buck comes out of the backwoods once a year on the anniversary of his attack on the yeehats at the former campsite where he was last with john thornton hans and pete in order to mourn their deaths. An old wolf comes forward sniffs noses with buck in a friendly manner and lets out a howl announcing buck s initiation into the pack. Buck remembers thornton and returns to the camp.
Buck asserts himself as dominant with the wolf pack. Director chris sanders says fans might expect that buck who was stolen from his comfortable home to become a yukon gold rush sled dog. Buck returns once more to the call of the wolves. Thornton has been killed by indians but buck fulfills his loyalties to thornton by killing the indians.
He now understands what the call meant running wild and free with his brothers. Buck runs with them wild and free. The legend of buck is spread amongst other indian tribes as the ghost dog of the northland. The reason for this is that by this time buck is really hearing the call of the wild very strongly.
They lunge and strike at him but he displays a wolfish agility in fighting back. It is only his love for thornton that keeps him from following the call completely. Why buck isn t your typical sled dog. Finally seeing that buck did not intend to harm him the wolf sniffed noses with him and the two played together for awhile.
Buck begins to circle the wolf and make friendly advances but the wolf is afraid. Buck mourns over john thornton s body but that night hears the call. While buck is deeply influenced by his human masters the call of the wild is ultimately about buck s transformation from a domesticated dog to a wild wolf. Buck then follows the wolf and its pack into the forest and answers the call of the wild.
One night he springs up from sleep with a start hearing a call from the forest. London s darwinian influences are at work in buck s development or rather his gradual retrogression into a primeval beast. The wolf then took off encouraging buck to follow and buck wildly.