Chapter 4: Who Has Won the Mastership
Discussion Questions:
1.) Describe Buck's qualities as the new team leader. How is he similar to Spitz? How is he different? Buck has more strength,he has a heart,he is active and helps other team pack members. They are both mean and they have both killed someone. They are different
2.) Describe the man in Buck's dreams. What is the significant of these dreams? What is London trying to show us with these dreams? Buck's dreams might be being all alone somewhere.That he might be lonely. Maybe he was lonely in his child hood.
3.) What is the significance of Dave's death? Does it remind you of any other work you've read or of any event from your life? That he was to weak for the job. Yes in a book when no one was being nice to the character in the book.
1.) Describe Buck's qualities as the new team leader. How is he similar to Spitz? How is he different? Buck has more strength,he has a heart,he is active and helps other team pack members. They are both mean and they have both killed someone. They are different
2.) Describe the man in Buck's dreams. What is the significant of these dreams? What is London trying to show us with these dreams? Buck's dreams might be being all alone somewhere.That he might be lonely. Maybe he was lonely in his child hood.
3.) What is the significance of Dave's death? Does it remind you of any other work you've read or of any event from your life? That he was to weak for the job. Yes in a book when no one was being nice to the character in the book.
Vocabulary:
Obdurate - Stubbornly (pg.88) " Francois was obdurate,but when he turned his back Buck again."
Celerity - movement (pg.92) "The celerity with which Buck broke them."
Lugubriously - loudly (pg.101) " Howling lugubriously as the long train of sleds churned by."
Convulsive - producing (pg.103) " Then convulsive efforts he got on his feet."
Obdurate - Stubbornly (pg.88) " Francois was obdurate,but when he turned his back Buck again."
Celerity - movement (pg.92) "The celerity with which Buck broke them."
Lugubriously - loudly (pg.101) " Howling lugubriously as the long train of sleds churned by."
Convulsive - producing (pg.103) " Then convulsive efforts he got on his feet."
4.) Research "collective memory." Do you believe humans have this type of memory? Why or why not? No because it would be a long time and people can not live in 3 generations.