Elijah has these thoughts about buck after reading the call of the wild. 1. when buck is beaten by his new owners, he learns that he must sometimes stop fighting if he wants to survive. 2. when buck witnesses curly get killed by the other dogs, he learns that once you go down, it is almost impossible to get back up. 3. buck learns that he must first kill spitz (before spitz kills him) if he wishes to survive. 4. buck learns that he must sometimes steal and deceive in order to get the food he needs to survive. based on these thoughts, which thesis statement would be most appropriate for a literary analysis of themes within the novel?