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          Jack London writes about Buck as if he were a person. We identify closely with him because we feel anger, surprise and fear. That literary technique is called anthropomorphism, or giving human qualities to an animal.
QW:  Write about a pet or animals you may have known that behaved as if they were people. What expressions did they have, or what were things they did?
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Buck is nervous and scared at the beginning. Write about a time in your life when you felt nervous or scared of a situation or person.

Day 2: and Discussion on Chapter 1 “Into the Primitive.”

Handout: The Klondike. The gold rush to Alaska lasted only three years until 1899. It was a tough journey to the uncharted, mountainous, snowy and huge Alaskan territory, and few actually prospered.

Jack London grew up poor and as a teen, worked to support his family. He was 19 when he enrolled at Oakland High School, where he was also a janitor. After just a year at UC, Berkeley, he quit, frustrated by the slow pace of his classes, but nevertheless began a life-long practice of self-education, often reading and studying more than 15 hours a day. His brother-in-law asked him to join him in the 1897 Klondike gold rush. The brother-in-law died the first summer, and London was stricken with scurvy that winter. He returned to San Francisco in July 1898, but this

one year provided inspiration and material for many stories, especially The Call of The Wild...

In assigned literary circles, discuss and take notes on the following:
1. Based on the description of Buck at the beginning of the book, how do you think he will deal with the hardships of the Yukon Territory? Which of his traits will help him survive?
2. Why does Manuel steal and sell Buck?  What does the “man with the red sweater” teach Buck? What is meant by this line: “It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law, and he met the introduction halfway.”
3. How did Francois begin to earn Buck’s respect? From their relationship, predict what Buck’s relationship will be with “a big snowy-white fellow from Spitzbergen.”

HW: Thurs: Read Chapter 2:“The Law of Club and Fang.” What does Buck learn after he is “suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial?” Be ready to discuss things Buck learns by either experience or instinct.
Mugshots, Weeks 24 and 25. Make sure you do two.
Fri: Vocabulary and reading quiz, Chapters 1& 2. Read Chapter 3: “The Dominant Primordial Beast.”