Call Of The Wild: Comparing The Book And The Movie

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The book “Call of the Wild” is a small but famous book. Since the book was so popular they made a movie about it. They had many differences between them. The movie was more based on one thing than the other. The book has many differences from the movie. The movie is more based around a man named John Thorton. Unlike the movie it was more based around the dog named Buck.The movie showed most of the main parts for mostly John and some for Buck. This story was all about Buck and the main events for him until he met John. There are also many things alike between the film and the story. The same person bought Buck in the at the beginning of his large adventure into the Yukon. Buck also had the same rival, Spitz, in the book as in the film. When

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