At the beginning of the film, in the noisy market in the southern United States, Buck is wanton in the market, and people keep away from Buck. Buck is neither a house dog nor a field dog; his owner is a Santa Clara County judge. Judge Miller gave Buck a superior living environment, and it was because of this that the wildness in Buck could not be awakened.
Because of the day's troubles, Judge Miller asked Buck to reflect outside the house. Unexpectedly, he was kidnapped by a dog dealer and sold to a completely strange place in the northern United States, cold and remote. Under the ruthless beating of the dog by the dog dealer, Buck, who has always been arrogant, had to obey obediently.
Buck followed the dog dealer to the gold rush California. When Buck put his feet into the snow, he first saw fear and worry, then took the first step of novelty and relaxed his vigilance, and finally adapted to walking on the snow.
First met John Thornton in this small town, and they seemed to see something in each other's eyes. Then Buck was spotted by blacks and bought as a sled dog.
In the difficult sledding career, when Buck faced the ordeal, his inner wildness was initially stimulated. When night came, in this empty ice and snow, Buck refreshed his understanding of the cold. Looking at the warm tent, Buck moved the hostess out and prepared to enjoy the warm quilt, but was driven out anyway. . Buck grew up in a human world and obeyed human orders, but tonight, he began to follow his own heart.
There could only be one head dog in the pack, and Spitz was fed up with Buck's changing status in the owner and pack. In the face of the provocation of the lead dog Husky, Buck from the beginning timid to the last bravely defeated the original lead dog, Spitz left after the defeat.
In the face of the position of the head dog, Buck does his part! And led the sled team to deliver letters quickly, and completed the task that the sled team led by the original leader had never been able to complete.
Later, with the passage of time, the method of sending letters by sleigh will be outlawed by the telegraph. The master who had led Buck would naturally leave them.
And it didn't take long for Charles, the crazy gold digger, to buy them and take them to pan for gold, but when he recklessly took Buck and his friends forward, the ice had frozen the sled without knowing it. John Thornton came out to stop them and persuaded the gold diggers not to go any further. Charles refused to listen to the persuasion and ordered the sled team to continue. Thornton later rescued the injured Buck, and in this way, Thornton and Buck's journey will begin.
Under the influence of Buck, the old man Thornton decided to go on an adventure with Buck to fulfill his son's unfinished dream and venture to an unknown place that cannot be found on the map.
When they arrive at this mysterious location, they discover the legendary lost wooden house and the River of Gold. I thought they would live a quiet life in isolation. Here, Buck found wolves in the nearby primeval forest and worked hard to fit in. In the wilderness, Buck completely unleashed his own nature, and gradually his time with Thornton became shorter and shorter. Thornton also decided to return Buck to where he really belonged.
But later, Charles found Thornton. After Thornton was shot, Buck came back and rescued Thornton, but unfortunately, Thornton still failed to survive and go back to find his own place.
According to legend, among the wolves, a new group emerged, which is smarter than humans and wolves, because their leader is a dog. Now, they live fearlessly, raising offspring, and growing their tribe. Now this is his land, and every summer, when he comes to the valley, he thinks of drawing his sword and helping his old masters. He was his own master long before he returned to the pack, long before he heard the call.
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