The way people treat animals oftentimes reflects who they are as a person. When they treat animals cruelly, they often aren’t the best people. In Call of the Wild, Buck’s masters treated the dogs in a different way, oftentimes reflecting who they were. Perrault and Françios are tough with the dogs, but respect their limits. This shows their fair personality. Mercedes watches as her brothers hurt the animals. This shows her selfish personality. John Thornton cares for Buck after he is attacked. This shows that he cares about the dog. Three ways that Henry David Thoreau is similar or different than Buck’s masters are: Thoreau believes in solitude, while company is better for Perrault and François; Mercedes values extraneous things in life, while Thoreau values simplicity; and Both Thoreau and John Thornton understand the similarities between human and nature.
Thoreau believes that solitude beneficial, while for Perrault and Françios, company is more efficient. To emphasize Thoreau’s belief in solitude, he wrote a whole chapter about it in Walden. Thoreau loves the time he lives in solitude and doesn’t feel lonely without people in close contact. He believes that because our planet is in the Milky Way, he is, in fact, not lonely (Thoreau 86). Thoreau has a strong belief in the benefits of solitude. He believes that it is rewarding and thinks that…show more content… Thoreau differed from Perrault and François, as well as Mercedes because he believed in solitude and simplicity, while they were in company at all times and loved having many things. Thoreau and John Thornton both understand that humans and nature have many similarities and their actions reflect
