You can't completely fit a book into a movie, as you see this often in many movies that are made after books, like Harry Potter, The Fifth Wave, and Divergent. There often some details that get left out, and some things that never happened in the book, appear in the movie.This goes for a show as in the book version of the story “Call of the Wild” by Jack London, versus the film version (1972) by Ken Annakin. There are small details left out, like that Buck in the movie is a German Shepherd, while he is a Shepherd/ St. Bernard mix in the book. Nevertheless, these are the most prominent differences between the book and the movie.
One of the first differences you notice in the movie, is that John Thornton is Bucks first owner after he is kidnapped. However, in the book, Buck’s first owners are Perrault and Francois. The movie completely skips over Buck learning the trace and trail and doesn't even mention Perrault and Francois at all. They switch out Francois for John Thornton when he crafted Buck shoes out of some moose hides, which is what he did in the book during Chapter 3. Without Francois and Perrault, Buck would be a completely different dog, because they taught him the foundation of being a sled dog. …show more content…
A man named Black Burton doesn't like this, so he becomes John Thornton's rival and tells his friends to steal the dogs. Pete supposedly was to be watching the dogs but was dancing instead. This whole scene never happened in the book and changes the story’s plot completely. My dad watched the movie and this is what he said to this scene: “ I would've never left the dogs because during the Klondike Gold Rush, they were prized possessions and there were tons of thugs that could steal them. “ I agree with his opinion and think it was careless of Pete to leave the dogs
One of the first differences you notice in the movie, is that John Thornton is Bucks first owner after he is kidnapped. However, in the book, Buck’s first owners are Perrault and Francois. The movie completely skips over Buck learning the trace and trail and doesn't even mention Perrault and Francois at all. They switch out Francois for John Thornton when he crafted Buck shoes out of some moose hides, which is what he did in the book during Chapter 3. Without Francois and Perrault, Buck would be a completely different dog, because they taught him the foundation of being a sled dog. …show more content…
A man named Black Burton doesn't like this, so he becomes John Thornton's rival and tells his friends to steal the dogs. Pete supposedly was to be watching the dogs but was dancing instead. This whole scene never happened in the book and changes the story’s plot completely. My dad watched the movie and this is what he said to this scene: “ I would've never left the dogs because during the Klondike Gold Rush, they were prized possessions and there were tons of thugs that could steal them. “ I agree with his opinion and think it was careless of Pete to leave the dogs