Call Of The Wild Book Vs Movie

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The book “ The Call of the Wild “ was a good book, the movie so far has been good too. I am going to be comparing and contrasting the movie and the book. I think the movie has been better because I’m not a big reader. There were lots of comparisons. There were also a lot of contrasts. In this paragraph I will list show differences between the movie and the book. In the movie John found a body buried in the snow, in the book he didn’t. In the movie Charlie and John fought in the book they didn’t. The book is mainly about Buck and the movie is mainly about John Thorton. In the movie John is there right away, in the book he is not. In the movie Charlie brings his whole family back to the cabin. In this paragraph I will list

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