The following text is adapted from Jack London’s 1903 novel The Call of the Wild. Buck is a sled dog living with John Thornton in Yukon, Canada. Thornton alone held [Buck]. The rest of mankind was as nothing. Chance travellers might praise or pet him; but he was cold under it all, and from a too demonstrative man he would get up and walk away. When Thornton’s partners, Hans and Pete, arrived on the long-expected raft, Buck refused to notice them till he learned they were close to Thornton; after that he tolerated them in a passive sort of way, accepting favors from them as though he favored them by accepting.9 Mark For ReviewWhich choice best states the main idea of the text? A) Buck has become less social since he began living with Thornton. B) Buck mistrusts humans and does his best to avoid them. C) Buck has been especially well liked by most of Thornton’s friends. D) Buck holds Thornton in higher regard than any other person.

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Call of the wild- Trace Buck's metamorphosis from being a civilized dog to being a complete product of wilderness. Elucidate with apt examples.

The following text is adapted from Jack London’s 1906 novel White Fang. White Fang is a wolf-dog mix in the Yukon, a territory of Canada. But nobody else ever romped with White Fang. He did not permit it. He stood on his dignity, and when they attempted it, his warning snarl and bristling mane were anything but playful. That he allowed the master these liberties was no reason that he should be a common dog, loving here and loving there, everybody's property for a romp and good time. He loved with single heart and refused to cheapen himself or his love. Which choice best states the main idea of the text? White Fang is naturally ferocious and defends his master when threatened. eliminateWhite Fang mistrusts humans and does his best to avoid them. eliminateWhite Fang was once a playful dog but no longer desires to have fun. eliminateWhite Fang is loyal only to his master and does not trust anyone else.

And this was the manner of dog Buck was in the fall of 1897, when the Klondike strike dragged men from all the world into the frozen North . . . Thirty days from the time it left Dawson, the Salt Water Mail, with Buck and his mates at the fore, arrived at Skaguay. They were in a wretched state, worn out and worn down. Buck's one hundred and forty pounds had dwindled to one hundred and fifteen. The rest of his mates, though lighter dogs, had relatively lost more weight than he. Pike, the malingerer, was now limping in earnest. Sol-leks was limping, and Dub was suffering from a wrenched shoulder-blade.They were all terribly footsore. No spring or rebound was left in them. Their feet fell heavily on the trail, jarring their bodies and doubling the fatigue of a day's travel. There was nothing the matter with them except that they were exhausted. It was not the dead-tiredness that comes through brief and excessive effort, from which recovery is a matter of hours; but it was the dead-tiredness that comes through the slow and prolonged strength drainage of months of toil. There was no power of recuperation left, no reserve strength to call upon. It had been all used, the last least bit of it. Every muscle, every fibre, every cell, was tired, dead tired. And there was reason for it. In less than five months they had traveled twenty-five hundred miles, during the last eighteen hundred of which they had had but five days' rest. When they arrived at Skaguay they were apparently on their last legs. They could barely keep the traces taut, and on the down grades just managed to keep out of the way of the sled."Mush on, poor sore feets," the driver encouraged them as they tottered down the main street of Skaguay.The drivers, themselves, they had covered twelve hundred miles with two days' rest, and in the nature of reason and common justice, they deserved an interval of loafing. But so many were the men who had rushed into the Klondike, that the congested mail was taking on Alpine amounts; also, there were official orders. Fresh batches of Hudson Bay dogs were to take the places of those too tired for the trail. The tired ones were to be sold.7Select the correct answer.How does the historical setting of the passage contribute to the theme? A. It shows the attitude of the men for the theme of an overwhelming desire for more. B. It emphasizes the harsh conditions to be overcome for the theme of perseverance. C. It creates the setting for the theme of desperation and the struggle to gain wealth. D. It illustrates the environment for the theme of man verses nature in the wilderness.Reset

What is the setting of this passage by Jack London?The Call of the WildBuck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. Judge Miller’s Place, it was called. It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees. Glimpses could be caught through the trees of the wide, cool veranda that ran around all four sides of the house. The house was approached by gravel driveways, which wound through wide lawns and under the connecting boughs of tall poplar trees.Santa Clara ValleyJudge Miller’s Placegravel drivewaystall poplar trees