Loyalty
One of the main themes in this novel is loyalty. All threw out this novel, Buck’s loyalty is unbreakable from whoever or whatever has obtained his devotion or trust. When Buck is stolen he is taken to the Klondike were he learns that it is a place were loyalty differs from his past southern home in Santa Clara Valley, where his kidnapper took him from. Under the law of Club and Fang, loyalty is of a different matter. When Buck was with his original family, he knew a loyalty that was instantly expected from him which he gave to this master willingly, for he loved him. But once you keep reading, the kind of loyalty that Buck develops and feels once he is up in the Klondike, seems to be much greater and stronger then he has ever known to have felt. Buck also discovers that loyalty is a virtue that often does not count for anything, although being loyal and working together is the only way to survive. When Spitz , a fellow team member, fights Buck when the hole group is fighting off a group of ravines unknown huskies, Spitz goes against the loyalty of their team and proves he’s disloyal to all. This could be devastating for the hole group. After this event in the novel, Buck finds it easy to convince the other dogs to go against Spitz because it is obvious he care more about himself then for any of their lives. It will be interesting to see what happens with these to characters and how this conflict is resolved.
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