# How does Songs of a Sourdough develop the theme of The Call of the Wild?

> Songs of a Sourdough by Robert W. Service

## Answer

Songs of a Sourdough by Robert W. Service develops The Call of the Wild across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

The book repeatedly portrays the wilderness as a powerful, almost spiritual force that lures individuals away from civilization, offering both freedom and a harsh, unforgiving test of character.

The Yukon calls for strong, resilient men, rejecting the weak and unfit.

The entire poem is a direct expression of this theme, urging the listener to answer the wild's summons and leave behind societal constraints.

The poem personifies the Lone Trail as a lure that draws the traveler away from safety and into the unknown, echoing the primal call to adventure.

## Evidence

- [the-law-of-the-yukon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/chapters/the-law-of-the-yukon.md): The Yukon calls for strong, resilient men, rejecting the weak and unfit.
- [the-call-of-the-wild](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/chapters/the-call-of-the-wild.md): The entire poem is a direct expression of this theme, urging the listener to answer the wild's summons and leave behind societal constraints.
- [the-lone-trail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/chapters/the-lone-trail.md): The poem personifies the Lone Trail as a lure that draws the traveler away from safety and into the unknown, echoing the primal call to adventure.
- [the-heart-of-the-sourdough](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/chapters/the-heart-of-the-sourdough.md): The speaker is irresistibly drawn to the untamed North, describing it as 'the olden lure' and 'the golden lure' that calls to his heartstrings.
- [the-three-voices](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/chapters/the-three-voices.md): The wind bids the narrator to keep free from gold-lust and cling to nature, echoing the pull of the wild.
- [the-lure-of-little-voices](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/chapters/the-lure-of-little-voices.md): The entire poem is a direct expression of the irresistible pull of the wilderness, personified as 'Little Voices' that haunt and compel the speaker.
- [the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/chapters/the-cremation-of-sam-mcgee.md): Sam's inexplicable pull to the gold fields despite his hatred of the cold echoes the irresistible lure of the wild and the promise of fortune.
- [the-rhyme-of-the-remittance-man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/chapters/the-rhyme-of-the-remittance-man.md): The narrator has answered the call of the wild, leaving behind civilization for a life of freedom in nature.

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