Buck shows his love for John Thornton by twice saving his life and by obeying him when he tells him to jump over a cliff. Thornton, in turn, loves Buck and does not abuse him like the other men had. There is a genuine respect and love between them, and Buck senses this.

Love best describes the relationship between Buck and John Thornton.

Their relationship is a reciprocal one—Thornton saves Buck, and Buck later saves Thornton from drowning in a river. It is clear that Buck is more of a partner than a servant to the prospector.

Buck did not let Thornton out of his sight for a long time because he was scared he would lose him like his other owners.

Buck jumped off the cliff because he loved him enough to jump and he trusted him.

Francois made Buck moccasins. Also, the dog-driver rubbed Buck’s feet for half an hour each night after supper, and sacrificed the tops of his own moccasins to make four moccasins for Buck.

What did Buck learn from Curly’s tragedy? Buck learned from Curly’s tragedy to never go down when being attacked. When you’re down you’re dead.

Short Answer: Manuel sold Buck to fund his gambling habit. Despite his affinity for gambling, Manuel does not make enough money to gamble with and decides to sell Buck to fund his gambling addiction.

At first, it puzzles him, but when some onlookers laugh at him, he feels ashamed. Here is another example of London’s use of anthropomorphism: Buck is endowed with the human qualities of shame and embarrassment.

Buck is always hungry and learns to eat faster in order to keep his food from disappearing into the mouths of the other dogs.

Along with a sweet, unassuming dog named Curly, Buck is sold to two government couriers, François and Perrault, who put him to work as a sled dog.

Explain why Buck is called the “undisputed master” of Judge Miller’s place. He is superior to the other dogs of the ranch, and he has the run of the place. The demand for sled dogs went through the roof because everyone wanted to get rich quick. He would not have been stolen if there wasn’t a gold rush.

There are several conflicts in the book, but the main conflict is that Buck is kidnapped and held against his will. It is resolved when he is rescued by John Thornton. When John Thornton dies, Buck eventually joins the wild. At the judge’s home, Buck lived a life of luxury.

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Buck changed from being a house dog, to a wild animal, for having a love for John. His emotions changed everything he was handed off to a new owner. And he decides to stay a sled dog and probably wont be with humans after his experience. Since Spitz was gone, Buck becomes leader.

Buck constantly challenges Spitz’s authority and uses every chance he can to undermine Spitz’s authority. London writes that it was “inevitable that the fight for leadership should come.” Buck’s pride is such that he does not like to be subservient to any dog — most of all to Spitz.

Buck goes and kills all the Natives in that area where John died. Buck is remembered as a Ghost Dog to the natives. Buck then has a family with the wolf he met. They weren’t simple changes he transformed, he transformed from the commanding dog at Judge’s ranch to a sled dog to a wild dog who killed for vengeance.

The dog in 20th Century Fox’s “The Call of the Wild,” starring Harrison Ford may be computer animated, but Buck is also based on a real-life rescue dog. “We began the movie with an animated dog and the design was based on a Bernese Mountain Dog,” said director Chris Sanders in an exclusive clip provided to Insider.

Spitz was an experienced and smart fighter, but Buck uses imagination, instinct, and his head. At the end of Chapter 3, Buck kills Spitz.