![]() Indeed, ―the survival of the fittest rules all encounters" (Hiller 181) in the story. Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time, he obeyed.Īs the above quotation suggests, Jack London’s 1903 novel The Call of the Wild is a classic example of a literary work dealing with life in the wilderness, the struggle for existence, and the survival of the fittest. It was misunderstood for fear, and such misunderstandings made for death. Mercy did not exist in the primordial life. He must master or be mastered while to show mercy was a weakness. 3 The Survival of the Fittest in Call of the Wild ![]()
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