140 lbs, half St. Bernard, half Scotch shepherd, 4 years old

Buck fought, but lost

Santa Clara Valley in California

vines

Affected American Realism by making people less optimistic and less certain about the future.

hunted, carried children, guarded the house

To see the dog-doctor

1897

a wealthy person

plot focuses on the normal, every day experiences. Settings are familiar and realistic.

pay gambling debt

might makes right

men from all over the world are traveling north for the gold rush that has hit the Klondike region

A disaster

God, government, education, man's purpose in life, the American dream, the evidence of influence

Judge Miller

Buck understands that he cannot fight against the man with the club, due to "primitive law"

Canada, just east of Alaska

the exercise of control

the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

Alice and Mollie Miller

Snow

The Narwhal

Very basic; i.e. ______ law

a style in art, music and literature that depicted contemporary social realities and the lives and everyday activities of ordinary people. The movement began in literature in the mid-19th century, and became an important tendency in visual art in the early 20th century.