Which sentence uses the word affect correctly? the new policies go into affect next month. these policies will only mildly affect linda’s job. her emotional outburst was purely for affect.

i believe it is the first choice (1.)

because the major theme is(“both the wild and civilization have rules.”)

and also as u said,( based on what buck learns within the call of the wild, "both the wild and civilization have rules".this is true of humans within society as well.