Call of the Wild

"He worked faithfully in the harness, for the toil had become a delight to him; yet it was a greater delight slyly to precipitate a fight amongst his mates and tangle the traces." How can these two sets of values co-exist in one creature?

Dealing with "faithfully" and "slyly".

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This quote portrays Buck's playful side. On one hand, he's learned his job and enjoys performing it faithfully. On the other hand, he's still playful enough to play pranks and and have fun with the rest of the group.

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Call of the Wild

This quote depicts how preeminently cunning Buck was (or became) after he had been flung into the primordial world. This posited quote shows that in order to challenge his bullying rival for authority, Buck had to toil as hard as he, and be as deceitfully shrewd. In the primordial world, that what it takes to survive.

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The Call of The Wild—by Jack London