Call Of The Wild Analysis

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Buck call of the wild Ernesto Galarza Barrio Boy New directions. The other side of the sky is about a woman who has to make a living in a hard cruel world. Barrio boy is about a boy who moves from mexico to the U.S. Call of the wild is about a dog who is taken and sold to be a sled dog. They all have to meet their goal. People take

The call of the wild was based on a dog named Buck. He used to live in california with his original owner. A group of men came and took Buck and sold him as a sled dog that works in the Yocan. There he was hee had arrived by ship. There was a lot of risk like dying from cold weather no food or water no shelter and predators. But Buck still fight he meant spits a while ago he was a mean dog. One of Bucks owners challenged Spits and his owner to see who could pull a sled with the most items and who could take it out the farthest. Buck had one. Evan Spits pack let him. Buck was there new leader.
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He does not know english only spanish and everyone else does so it is very hard for him to communicate to anyone. The risk were he could can’t talk to anyone he could may never talk to anyone and he could not know what the teacher says.. He had a best friend she was the principal. Then he went to counseling to help him understand and speak english. So little by little he learned english. He was just like every other

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