Call Of The Wild: Comparing The Movie And The Book

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In 1903, Jack London wrote his best selling novel, about the life of a sled dog that travels in and out of Alaska, the Yukon, and the Klondike. While i was reading Call of the Wild and watching the movie for it, I noticed how they have some similarities and some differences. Some of the differences are, in the movie the antagonist didn’t tie a rope around Buck’s neck. Also in the movie the setting started out in Seattle, but in the book it started out in the sun-kissed valley of Santa Clara, California. The book and the movie were alike in many ways, but they weren't told alike. Another reason they were not alike is there was no fight between Buck and the wolf pack. The book and movie were not at all told in the same way,

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