The Call of the Wild Friendship Quotes Page 2
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| Quote #4 The general tone of the team picked up immediately. It recovered its old-time solidarity, and once more the dogs leaped as one dog in the traces. At the Rink Rapids two native huskies, Teek and Koona, were added; and the celerity with which Buck broke them in took away François's breath. (4.17) |
Through his leadership, Buck is able to pull the dogs together as a team.
| Quote #5 John Thornton and Buck looked at each other. "You poor devil," said John Thornton, and Buck licked his hand. (5.65, 5.66) |
Buck communicates with Thornton; they have a closeness that Thornton does not share with the other dogs.
| Quote #6 Skeet was a little Irish setter who early made friends with Buck, who, in a dying condition, was unable to resent her first advances. She had the doctor trait which some dogs possess; and as a mother cat washes her kittens, so she washed and cleansed Buck's wounds. Regularly, each morning after he had finished his breakfast, she performed her self-appointed task, till he came to look for her ministrations as much as he did for Thornton's. (6.2) |
Despite the hardships he has suffered and the changes he has undergone, Buck is still capable of becoming close with other dogs.
