Ch. 7 summary

Buck earned sixteen hundred dollars in five minutes for John Thornton so that he can pay off some debts and to the journey with his partners. John Thornton and Pete and Hans, with Buck and half a dozen other dogs, faced into the East on an uknown trail to achieve to achieve where men and dogs as good as themselves had failed. Months past through blizzards and snow they traveled. Thornton, Hans, and Pete move farther and farther away from civilization, and they are immersed deeper and deeper into nature's primordial conditions. Meanwhile, Buck devotedly follows his master in search of the lost gold mine, and he is brought closer and closer to the wilderness and its existence.

Ch. 6 summary

Buck will be characterized as an animal of great love, loyalty, and devotion. Buck is devoted to John Thornton. Thornton had frozen his feet, and his partners left him behind to recover. Buck does not force Thornton's attention upon him. Buck is content to lie at a distance. Buck is uncomfortable when Thornton is out of his sight, because Buck remembers how people like Perrault and Francois, and even the Scotch half breed.

Ch. 5 summary

Buck has lost over thirty-five pounds, and he is not alone in his suffering, in fact, all of the dogs are in a wretched state. They are all overworked, they have sore paws, they are plagued with injuries, and, in general, they are exhausted dead tired. In the last five months they have traveled twenty-five thousand miles with only five days’ rest. The drivers expect a long recuperation period, but because of the droves of people who have arrived in the great North, the mail is arriving at a rapid pace. Before the team is fully rested, two men from the States buy them. The two men are Hal and Charles. Charles, the older, is middle-aged with watery eyes and a fiercely uptwisted light mustache. Hal is younger, probably nineteen or twenty, and he carries a gun and a hunting knife. Buck is confronted with inept people who cannot cope with the violence of the wilderness and the great North. We will now see how Buck responds and adjusts to human ineptitude.

Ch. 4 summary

The next day, Francois and Perrault discover that Spitz is missing, and the signs of battle on Buck’s body are proof that the inevitable battle between Buck and Spitz has occurred, and that Buck is the obvious winner. Since Spitz has been killed, the sled drivers require a new lead dog. Francois separates the dogs several times, but his tries are futile because Buck attacks Sol-leks again and again. Finally, Francois gets a club and threatens Buck with it. Buck immediately remembers the man in the red sweater, and he cowers before the club. Perrault and Francois chase Buck around the camp site for about an hour. Buck continues to in leadership, and the other dogs fall immediately in line and grant Buck his hard earned superiority.

Ch.3 summary

Buck has been avoiding fights as much as possible. But there still is hatred between him and Spitz his rival.since a long time Buck has avoided trouble but it was too much and the beast in him roared. He sprang upon Spitz with a fury that surprised them both. Later the dog pack got attacked by hungry dogs for food.

Ch.2 summary

This chapter introduces Buck into the concepts of the survival of the fittest, and we will see how Buck is able to confront new and different situations, and how he is able to maintain his mastery of life even in the most adverse conditions. Buck learned the law of the club rapidly in the previous chapter; now he will learn the “law of the fang. London is emphasizing that the respected laws of civilization have to be discarded if a man or a beast is to survive in this primitive situation. Buck learns immediately that he must be “constantly alert, for these dogs and men were not town dogs and men; they were savages.” In this new society, Buck intuitively recognizes that only the strongest will survive.

Ch.1 summary

Gold has been discovered in the Arctic, and everyone is rushing to the Northland, looking to cash in on the find. Men are looking for big dogs strong enough to toil endlessly and withstand the bitter cold. Buck, one such dog, and the main character of Jack London's tale. Buck lives in the home of Judge Miller in Santa Clara Valley. The house is large and spacious, and the grounds are beautifully laid out with orchards and gardens.