The Call Of The Wild, By Jack London

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The Call Of The Wild by Jack London is a great read. This is a fast paced book that hooks the reader, making it hard to put the book down. In paragraph 1 when Buck is taken by Manuel and sold he ends up with a guy in a red sweater, who then puts Buck in a cage. Buck plans to get out of the cage and attack the men for taking him, although his plan doesn’t work and he ends up getting beat. Later in the chapter he is sold to Perrault and Francious, I was so curious what was going to happen I didn’t stop reading once during this chapter.

This story is full of adventure making it a book that people who don’t usually like to read actually enjoy, In chapter 2 Buck starts to learn how to be part of a sled pulling team. He fights Spitz several times. In chapter 4 Buck takes over as the leader. In chapter 7 Buck and Thornton find the gold they have been looking for.
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In chapter 1 it is said that “his eyes turned blood shot, and he was metamorphosed into a raging fiend. So changed was he that the Judge (his owner) himself would not have recognized him.” This is the first time Buck starts to change because of anger. Buck learns to adapt to the new conditions, he becomes leaner and stronger. In chapter 3 huskies come and everyone gets injured, later in the chapter the dogs were crossing thin ice and kept falling in, but they survived. Buck almost died several times, but he was strong enough to survive. In chapter 7 Buck makes friends with a wolf, then he starts to act more like a wolf than a dog, lastly Buck becomes the leader of the wolf

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