Owner Four

Buck is left to face the unforgiving truth of freedom. Most people think that by setting an animal free into the wild they are doing it a favor not realizing that the wild is a very unforgiving place. Buck is left to fend on his own learning the ways of the wild on his own at first. He tracks moose taking weeks to get a meal. Buck completes the final aspect of his life being his own owner fending for himself. He learns that life isn’t easy, no longer having someone to provide him with food and shelter. He experiences a part of life that we all must face at one time or a later and that is that when we wander off from the nest, life is difficult but it eventually gets easier as you adapt to your surroundings. And that is exactly what Buck did, he adapted. He learned the ways of the wild and led the wolves of the forest. “The years were not many when the Yeehats noted a change in the breed of the timber wolves; for some were seen with splashes of brown on head and muzzle, and with a rift of white centering down the chest similar to that of Buck’s. But more Remarkable than this, the Yeehats tell of a Ghost dog that runs at the head of the pack” (117).