Compare And Contrast Call Of The Wild

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There are many similarities and differences about the book ‘’Call of the Wild’’. For example in the book it was 3rd person and in the movie it was 1st person. There are many more. Here is one more example. In the book no one shoots a horse, like they do in the movie.

Some more differences are that in the book the Indian doesn’t want to build a cabin, like he does in the movie. In the movie, when Spitz dies, they automatically put Buck in Spitz’s place, but in the book the owners hesitate. When John Thornton is mentioned in the movie he was mentioned at the end, and in the movie the owner is mentioned at the beginning. Also in the movie someone tells Perrault that his sled team has to go, but in the book it doesn’t. One last thing is

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