Quotes From The Call Of The Wild

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“Survival of the Fittest.” Where does that saying come from? It should seem familiar to you, because it is one of the greater scientific discoveries that has been made. It's one majorly reoccurring leitmotif, so it must mean something! Survival of the fittest is a phrase a man named Charles Darwin came up with when he was studying species on the Galapagos Islands. This saying basically means that whoever can adapt to their surroundings will live longer than those who can’t. In The Call of the Wild by Jack London, we are reminded many times of how we (as a species) need to adapt to survive. In the first chapter of this book, Buck is dognapped from the comfort of Judge Miller’s house by a man he trusts, and is thrown into the Yukon, a land of brutal dogs, savage men and laws of its own. Many would not be able to get by in these juxtaposing places, but Buck is able to. Buck has to learn to change himself so he can survive in…show more content…
For instance, if John thorton hadn’t stayed and dug the gold mine in the river, he wouldn't have died. By listening to his greed, he caused himself to become less fit for the environment that he was in, the wilderness, in London’s eyes. Also, if Buck had remained in the Sunland, he would not have passed on his genetic traits, for there were no suitable mates available to him. At the end of The Call of the Wild London wrote that “...the years were not many when the Yeehat Indian tribe discovered a difference in timber wolves”; he wrote that “...some were seen with splashes of brown on head and muzzle, and with a rift of white centered down the chest.” Now unless another dog came into the picture without us knowing, Buck has had kids, children who will inherit from Buck all the experience, fitness and knowledge of their ancestors, which is how species as a whole become adapted, by

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