| Quote #1 And each time the joyful bark that trembled in Buck's throat was twisted into a savage growl. (1.22) |
Immediately after his capture, Buck’s domestic qualities give way to become more primitive.
| Quote #2 With a roar that was almost lionlike in its ferocity, he again hurled himself at the man. (1.32) |
The more Buck is provoked, the more he reverts to his primitive nature.
| Quote #3 That club was a revelation. It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law, and he met the introduction halfway. The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused. (1.40) |
Buck discovers latent qualities in himself that he previously did not know he had.