John sat quietly in his chair, thinking. it had been one of the worst days of his life, and he needed time to process the events of the afternoon. he sat without moving for a half hour, fighting back tears. then, suddenly, he smiled and laughed for the first time since they buried jackson. he looked up and saw his mother standing in the doorway. she looked sad, but she smiled and said, "it's okay to laugh, john." what information might the reader have if the above passage were written in the first-person point of view? the reader might know what john is wearing at the moment. the reader might know what furniture is in the room. the reader might know what made john laugh suddenly. the reader might know what mom is wearing at the moment.

answer: buck is a dog living a charmed life on the estate of judge miller, during the time of the klondike gold rush in 1897. he is the king of all the animals on the estate and as such enjoys special privileges, such as the run of the estate and the admirable position of being the judge's favorite dog.

this all ends the day he accompanies manuel on a walk through the orchard to a flag station, where manuel sells him to a stranger. manuel sells buck, because he has gambling debts he needs to pay and a family to support.

this one act changes buck's life irrevocably. it is the catalyst for the rest of the story about buck and his transformation from domestic pet to wild animal.

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