Call Of The Wild Descriptive Language

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Call of the Wild by Jack London is a well written book. First the author writes using interesting vocabulary words, and writes in a way that makes you want to keep going. When the author wrote, When he flung himself against the bars, quivering and frothing, they laughed at him and taunted him. They growled and barked like detestable dogs, mewed, and flapped their arms and crowed (pg 33), I was anticipating what was going to happen next. Using descriptive language, it makes the book more interesting to read. I also like how Buck, the protagonist, changes in the book. He goes from being a spoiled, domesticated working dog, to a proud sled dog who later defeats the lead sled dog to become the best of the team. Buck eventually hears the call

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