Manifesto of one's mastery in wilderness in Jack London's 'The call of the wild'
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survival, pride, mastery, violence, trustAbstract
The call of the wild is a novel about one’ s mastery in wilderness. A domestic male dog which become a sled dog and reach it’ s mastery through the instinct of his ancestral wilderness. What are the difficulties he is going through his journey is the entire story. He did not find himself adapting to each difficult situation, but understood it and acted accordingly. The author mainly speaks about the survival, pride, transformation, trust, violence, mastery. We all know how to live our lives, but we cannot accept difficult situations. Here the author speaks about the survival of the fittest, Darwinian theory. We, the readers of Charles Darwin, are subjectively aware of the concept of human evolution and natural selection for the survival of the fittest. We can see Darwinism and Nietzscheism in his novel “ The call of the wild” . Author says that one who is adopting every circumstances and acted accordingly will be the master on his field. The protagonist male sled dog points out that every human being in the universe must remember the power of their ancestors.
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