The Call of the Wild
Chapter 6: For the Love of a Man
by Jack London
Having been driven hard, Buck eventually begins to regain his strength. Buck faithfully serves his master John Thornton.
Having been driven hard, Buck eventually begins to regain his strength. Buck faithfully serves his master John Thornton.
A fun riddle.
The description of the first and second cousins of chickens: ducks and geese. These are part of the barnyard friends that are playmates to the three children.
I sit upon the old sea wall,
"On the wide veranda white,"
The whale is released into the ocean after processing, but is still capable of inciting fear.
The monkey council, disappointed by news of the doctor's inevitable departure, decide to give a gift to show their gratitude.
Wen de colo’ed ban’ comes ma’chin’ down de street,
How greed destroys abundance.
A nursery rhyme involving subtraction
A while later, Rochester fulfills his promise to Jane to tell her about his and Adèle’s pasts. He had a long affair with Adèle’s mother, the French singer and dancer named Celine Varens. When he discovered that Celine was engaged in relations with another man, Rochester ended the relationship. Rochester has always denied Celine’s claim that Adèle is his daughter, noting that the child looks utterly unlike him. Even so, when Celine abandoned her daughter, Rochester brought Adèle to England so that she would be properly cared for. Jane lies awake brooding about the strange insights she has gained into her employer’s past. She hears what sound like fingers brushing against the walls, and an eerie laugh soon emanates from the hallway. She hears a door opening and hurries out of her room to see smoke coming from Rochester’s door. Jane dashes into his room and finds his bed curtains ablaze. She douses the bed with water, saving Rochester’s life. Strangely, Rochester’s reaction is to visit the third floor of the house. When he returns, he says mysteriously, “I have found it all out, it is just as I thought.” He inquires whether Jane has ever heard the eerie laughter before, and she answers that she has heard Grace Poole laugh in the same way. “Just so. Grace Poole—you have guessed it,” Rochester confirms. He thanks Jane for saving his life and cautions her to tell no one about the details of the night’s events. He sleeps on the library sofa for the remainder of the night.
A child's nursery rhyme about animals featuring the number three.
John Thornton settles his debts and he and Buck head east where they soon find a good fortune, but it does not last. Buck joins a new pack.
A poem about symbolic fertility.
Whitefoot meets another one of his friends and explains his logic in his tendency to be excruciatingly timid.
Ahab continues to become more agitated.
A cat and mouse cannot be in partnership for long, for nature will win out.
The preface to the book.
"The lake’s dark breast"
A raven tries to be something he is not.
A cow lives happily in a field.
"The sky of brightest gray seems dark"
A cat and mouse decide to work together.
The tombstone.