Who Has Won the Mastership
Discussion Questions:
1.) Describe Buck's qualities as the new team leader. How is he similar to Spitz? How is he different?
Buck is strong and fearless like Spitz but he is imaginative unlike Spitz.
2.) Describe the man in Buck's dreams. What is the significant of these dreams? What is London trying to show us with these dreams?
The man in Buck's dreams is a hairy man that always gets up at night.
3.) What is the significance of Dave's death? Does it remind you of any other work you've read or of any event from your life?
The significance of Dave's death is that he got shot behind the tree line. No this doesn't remind me of anything else that I've read before.
1.) Describe Buck's qualities as the new team leader. How is he similar to Spitz? How is he different?
Buck is strong and fearless like Spitz but he is imaginative unlike Spitz.
2.) Describe the man in Buck's dreams. What is the significant of these dreams? What is London trying to show us with these dreams?
The man in Buck's dreams is a hairy man that always gets up at night.
3.) What is the significance of Dave's death? Does it remind you of any other work you've read or of any event from your life?
The significance of Dave's death is that he got shot behind the tree line. No this doesn't remind me of anything else that I've read before.
Vocabulary:
Obdurate - unmoved by pity "François was obdurate, but when he turned back Buck again displaced Sol-leks, who was not at all unwilling to go." (p. 53)
Celerity - swiftness "At the Rink Rapids two native huskies, Teek and Koona, were added; and the celerity with which Buck broke them in took François's breath." (p. 56)
Lugubriously - mournful, gloomy "Then he fell, and lay where he fell, howling lugubriously as the long train of sleds churned by." (p. 63
Convulsive - great outbursts of laugher "By convulsive efforts he got on his feet, staggered, and fell." (p. 65)
Obdurate - unmoved by pity "François was obdurate, but when he turned back Buck again displaced Sol-leks, who was not at all unwilling to go." (p. 53)
Celerity - swiftness "At the Rink Rapids two native huskies, Teek and Koona, were added; and the celerity with which Buck broke them in took François's breath." (p. 56)
Lugubriously - mournful, gloomy "Then he fell, and lay where he fell, howling lugubriously as the long train of sleds churned by." (p. 63
Convulsive - great outbursts of laugher "By convulsive efforts he got on his feet, staggered, and fell." (p. 65)
Activities: (choose one)
1. Create a poem, rap, or song detailing the qualities of a true leader
My Haiku About a True Leader
A true leader is brave
A true leader never gives up hope
A true leader is strong
A true leader is caring
A true leader has an imaginative mind
A true leader is kind
A true leader is swift
A true leader is never fearless
A true leader is trusted
2.) Write a journal entry telling about a time you had to get control over or lead a group. Tell what you did to take control. Had you intended to be the leader? If not, why did you take charge? How did other react to your actions?
3.) Write a journal entry or a letter from Buck to the Judge telling about his experiences and the changes they have brought him.
4.) Research "collective memory." Do you believe humans have this type of memory? Why or why not?
1. Create a poem, rap, or song detailing the qualities of a true leader
My Haiku About a True Leader
A true leader is brave
A true leader never gives up hope
A true leader is strong
A true leader is caring
A true leader has an imaginative mind
A true leader is kind
A true leader is swift
A true leader is never fearless
A true leader is trusted
2.) Write a journal entry telling about a time you had to get control over or lead a group. Tell what you did to take control. Had you intended to be the leader? If not, why did you take charge? How did other react to your actions?
3.) Write a journal entry or a letter from Buck to the Judge telling about his experiences and the changes they have brought him.
4.) Research "collective memory." Do you believe humans have this type of memory? Why or why not?