The Call of the Wild

      I just recently started the classic book "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London." It's a novel about a group of sled dogs in the northern arctic, who are put to the test of brutality, when they face extreme temperatures and and are pushed to the end of their wits. While following these dogs as they go through there northern journeys, it is quite interesting to note how quickly their personalities change from that of a civilized house pet, to savage creatures stripped of all decency and kindness due to the fight for survival. I wonder, if the affects would be at all similar on a human? Would a man at all be pushed such that he would steal and kill just to make it by? Obviously there would be some variations in how the main emotions would be portrayed. But what about the main reaction? I believe that it does not make a difference. Either man, dog, or any other species for that matter, every animal could be put in such conditions that survival is the one key thing in mind, it is your goal, and you will even kill to keep yourself alive. Such traits might be shown in many different forms, and the ways shown in "The Call of the Wild" are going to be much different from others, but the main element is there, savageness.