Chapter 7: The Sounding of the Call
Discussion Questions:
1.) London describes Buck's dreams of the primitive man: "The salient thing of this other world seemed fear." What does he mean by this? Why would that be true? Why isn't Thornton's world filled with fear?
I think it means is that deep in side of him there is fear but he does not pay attention to it.I think it would be true because he is never afraid so he is probably scared on the inside, It might not e filled with fear because he ignores the fear.
2.) Why is Buck intent on befriending the wolf? What makes him break off their travels and return to camp? What does this say about Buck's place in the world?
Buck intents on befriending the wolf because he was thinking about John Thornton and that buck left him, he goes to the camp to see if John Thornton was ok, it says that buck loves John Thornton.
3.) What does Buck's fight with the bear and the moose display about his embrace of the call? Why do you think London included them in the story? What predictions can you make about Buck's future?
The fight with the bear and the moose shows Buck's wild side because he was killing to eat. I think London included them in the story because they fit perfectly with the story, and I think Buck will become a very dominant wild creature and he will survive very welly.
4.) What does Buck learn from his slaughter of the Yeehats? Does this make his answering of the call harder or easier? Explain.
Buck learns that he is a big animal that everyone is afraid of him, I think this makes his call easier because everyone will listen to him if he is dominate.
5.) Does the book have a happy or sad ending? Explain your answer. What do you think London would say?
I think it has a happy and sad ending because John Thornton dies and Buck gets sad so it makes it sad, but it is happy because he runs back in to the wild to be free and wild again with the wolfs.
Vocabulary:
Ramshackle - in a state of severe disrepair.
“From the beginning there had been an ancient and ramshackle cabin.”(pg.149)
Formidable - inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
“Buck had already dragged down a stray part-grown calf; but he wished strongly for larger and more formidable quarry, and he came upon it one day on the divide at the head of the creek.”(pg.166)
Sequential - forming or following in a logical order or sequence.
“In point of fact the three actions of perceiving, determining, and responding were sequential; but so infinitesimal were the intervals of time between them that they appeared simultaneous.”(pg.164)
Simultaneous - occurring, operating, or done at the same time.
“In point of fact the three actions of perceiving, determining, and responding were sequential; but so infinitesimal were the intervals of time between them that they appeared simultaneous.”(pg.164)
Calamity - an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
“He was oppressed with a sense of calamity happening, if it were not calamity already happened; and as he crossed the last watershed and dropped down into the valley toward camp, he proceeded with greater caution.”(pg.172)
Discomfited - make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
“And so well did he face it, that at the end of half an hour the wolves drew back discomfited.”(pg.179)
Muses - each of nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the arts and sciences.
“Here a yellow stream flows from rotted moose-hide sacks and sinks into the ground, with long grasses growing through it and vegetable mould overrunning it and hiding its yellow from the sun; and here he muses for a time, howling once, long and mournfully, ere he departs.”(pg.181-182)
Activities: (choose one)
3.) Create a collage showing the conflict between the allure of the wild and Buck's adoration for John Thornton.
1.) London describes Buck's dreams of the primitive man: "The salient thing of this other world seemed fear." What does he mean by this? Why would that be true? Why isn't Thornton's world filled with fear?
I think it means is that deep in side of him there is fear but he does not pay attention to it.I think it would be true because he is never afraid so he is probably scared on the inside, It might not e filled with fear because he ignores the fear.
2.) Why is Buck intent on befriending the wolf? What makes him break off their travels and return to camp? What does this say about Buck's place in the world?
Buck intents on befriending the wolf because he was thinking about John Thornton and that buck left him, he goes to the camp to see if John Thornton was ok, it says that buck loves John Thornton.
3.) What does Buck's fight with the bear and the moose display about his embrace of the call? Why do you think London included them in the story? What predictions can you make about Buck's future?
The fight with the bear and the moose shows Buck's wild side because he was killing to eat. I think London included them in the story because they fit perfectly with the story, and I think Buck will become a very dominant wild creature and he will survive very welly.
4.) What does Buck learn from his slaughter of the Yeehats? Does this make his answering of the call harder or easier? Explain.
Buck learns that he is a big animal that everyone is afraid of him, I think this makes his call easier because everyone will listen to him if he is dominate.
5.) Does the book have a happy or sad ending? Explain your answer. What do you think London would say?
I think it has a happy and sad ending because John Thornton dies and Buck gets sad so it makes it sad, but it is happy because he runs back in to the wild to be free and wild again with the wolfs.
Vocabulary:
Ramshackle - in a state of severe disrepair.
“From the beginning there had been an ancient and ramshackle cabin.”(pg.149)
Formidable - inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
“Buck had already dragged down a stray part-grown calf; but he wished strongly for larger and more formidable quarry, and he came upon it one day on the divide at the head of the creek.”(pg.166)
Sequential - forming or following in a logical order or sequence.
“In point of fact the three actions of perceiving, determining, and responding were sequential; but so infinitesimal were the intervals of time between them that they appeared simultaneous.”(pg.164)
Simultaneous - occurring, operating, or done at the same time.
“In point of fact the three actions of perceiving, determining, and responding were sequential; but so infinitesimal were the intervals of time between them that they appeared simultaneous.”(pg.164)
Calamity - an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress; a disaster.
“He was oppressed with a sense of calamity happening, if it were not calamity already happened; and as he crossed the last watershed and dropped down into the valley toward camp, he proceeded with greater caution.”(pg.172)
Discomfited - make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed.
“And so well did he face it, that at the end of half an hour the wolves drew back discomfited.”(pg.179)
Muses - each of nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the arts and sciences.
“Here a yellow stream flows from rotted moose-hide sacks and sinks into the ground, with long grasses growing through it and vegetable mould overrunning it and hiding its yellow from the sun; and here he muses for a time, howling once, long and mournfully, ere he departs.”(pg.181-182)
Activities: (choose one)
3.) Create a collage showing the conflict between the allure of the wild and Buck's adoration for John Thornton.