The Call of the Wild Comic Strip

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The Call of the Wild
      In life, everything with a beginning will come to an inevitable end. Every wound will heal, and every fire will be extinguished. The Call of the Wild tells of the journey of Buck and his adventures in the Yukon. How he braved the dangers of the icy terrain, how he gained his fearsome title, and finally, how the beast inside him awakened. Everything great must come with a price. The beast within him emerged at the expense of a life that was dear to him. In life, things will hinder us from our true goal. Sometimes what we want to do isn’t the best thing for us. However, obstacles used to guide us to our true ending, can make us stray away from it, as it almost did with Buck. But maybe, what Buck truly wanted was not to be wild, but possibly something else.
      Every obstacle in life is meant to strengthen us, for the next trial until the final ending has been met. To fail an obstacle will lead to imminent death. Buck endured all the challenges that were thrown at him. From the being stolen, to being beaten and from ruthless rivals to more beatings . Each and every obstacle prepared him for what was to come. Each obstacle, Buck proved his worth and proved to the world that he was a creature of the wild. However, he was unable to separate himself to Thornton and to his last link to humankind. His love for him controlled him and blocked out the call until it was just a faint whisper. But in nature, everything is unpredictable and this leads Buck to awaken and rage. For Buck the awaken, John Thornton must die. The death of Thornton was too much for Buck so he let out his rage on those who murdered his friend. In the comic, the sun, which is hidden by the fighting appears to be setting or rising. Is entry into the wild truly what Buck wanted and was the beginning of a better life or did Buck truly want to be with his deceased friend whom he avoided the call for and would live his entire life in hidden sadness because of his lost. Is it truly a new dawning for Buck, or will he forever live his life in torment.
      For everything that happens, a price must be paid. For Buck to reawaken his primitive state, he must sever ties with Thornton, his greatest companion. His love for Thornton consumes the urge to be free so he stays. However, if Buck won’t trade love for freedom, his inescapable destiny will force him to no matter what. The comic shows of how his destiny forced him into reawakening into a beast. The comic tells of how Buck, descended from being the happiest dog to one filled with rage then subsequently ascending from rage and hate to being with his primitive brothers yet again after generations of separation. This topic brings us back to the previous question of whether the current ending of Buck returning to the wild, truly the greater ending or perhaps an even greater ending lies beneath the text.
       Everything that begins will eventually come to an end. Whether it be a life, earthly material, or even a memory, is will all pass away with time. The book revolves around the theory that everything will one day end. Every chapter in the book tells of the cycle in which everything will end. From life with the judge, to a quick journey with the man in the red sweater, then a trek with Francois and Perrault. From there, we go on the Scottish half-breed then to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes, then finally Thornton and his friends, his last human companions. There comes a time, in which you will fall in defeat but will not rise up again, in which the cycle ends, and death reigns. However, in Buck’s case, when the cycle ends, his story does not cease to exist, for he opens a new chapter in his life, his life with the pack. In the comic, I try to show that although Buck’s chapter in life with human companionship has ended, it is not the end, for he discovers the pack, and a new chapter in his life begin. Whether bad or good, his story has not ended yet. Perhaps, each and everyone one of our stories are just chapters for a story, images for a bigger picture, or even pieces for a puzzle.
      Whether our flames will be extinguished one day or memories of us will fade, we must live life to the fullest. Make what we can with what life throws at us, like how Buck did. We can’t control what any unpredictable thing happens to us but we can make the best out of it. We should take Buck as an example. No matter how hard things got for him, he made the best out of everything. Mourning over the past, will only make things worse and limit ourselves. Crying over everything will get you nowhere. We, like Buck, are limitless and can do anything. The themes of obstacles and a price being paid are meant to show a bigger picture. That even though things happen we must press on no matter what. My interpretation is that, although the themes, obstacles in life, everything will always come to an end, and the theme that for everything, a price must be paid, are true, it hides the true lesson of the story. To live life to the fullest, to believe we can do anything, and to press on no matter what are the lessons in this story that can be applied to life.