Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild by Jack
London.
Why does the author include this detail?
By afternoon, Perrault, who was in a hurry to be on the
trail with his despatches, returned with two more dogs.
"Billee" and "Joe" he called them, two brothers, and
true huskies both. Sons of the one mother though they
were, they were as different as day and night. Billee's
one fault was his excessive good nature, while Joe
was the very opposite, sour and introspective, with a
perpetual snarl and a malignant eye.
It is a part of the exposition that describes Buck's
teammates.
It is a part of the exposition that shares Perrault's
family tree.
It is a part of the rising action that describes a brutal
dog fight
O It is a part of the rising action that shows Buck
making friends.