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The Call of the Wild · Character

Pike

A sly and lazy sled dog who steals food when possible.

minor

First appearance: ii the law of club and fang

Pike's tie to Buck is one of the pressures that moves The Call of the Wild—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Limping and leading the team when they fall through the ice.
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With Buck (professional): Pike is a sly, lazy sled dog who occasionally clashes with Buck but remains a teammate in the harness. In The Toil of Trace and Trail: Limping and leading the team when they fall through the…

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See Pike in ii the law of club and fang

Character Web

13 connections

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BUBuckSPSpitzJOJoeFRFrançoisJTJohn ThorntonPIPike

Relationship types

  • Professional
  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor and background characters
  • Protagonist
  • Sled team members

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point

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Relationships

  • Buck

    professional · ambivalent

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See Pike in ii the law of club and fang

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See Pike in ii the law of club and fang