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    because when we are by the truck, before a race, if another dog stretches out, D.O.G will replicate them. Even though he has an excessive amount of skills to learn, I notice his willingness to apply the time and his attempts to become one of the top sled dogs we have. Blessed with the gift of knowledge, D.O.G can figure out any problem set before him. Whether it be attempting to pick a treat up from the ground to slipping out of his collar just to acknowledge the dogs at the trucks nearby. Every…

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    London 122). London was inspired by the hard times that not only him, but other people faced and wrote about them. This leads to his other literary work, White Fang written in 1903. This novel was based on how a wild wolf dog becomes tame.While a sled dog team, Buck was purposely placed between Dave and Solleks so they might receive instruction. This book was made into a motion picture in 1925, only 22 years after he published the book. This can only show the sentimental value of the novels…

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    In the novels, The Age of Innocence written by Edith Wharton and The Call of the Wild written by Jack London, there are two main characters that change entirely as the novels progress. These characters are reshaped by outside events that bring out their true inner selves that were hidden away because of their specific societies. The impact of external events and actions are what make these characters in the end. Newland Archer from The Age of Innocence, began as a man made from society norms. He…

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    On May 17th 2016 last year there was a dog sled race in Antarctica and I wanted to join but I didn’t have a sled racing dog so I need a sled dog, and I am going to bring you with me to tell you how that happened and the adventured me and my malamute pup Taya went through. It all started when I saw an ad in a catalog about a dog sled race in Antarctica and I thought that I could get a sled dog and join in on the race. I went to bed that night and woke up in the morning and I went straight to my…

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    In the adventure fiction, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Buck, the main protagonist of the novel, goes through one of the most miserable times of his life. He is captured by Perrault and François, as both see potential in Buck as a new lead dog. However, they don't plan to just use Buck as a lead dog, they plan to put him on a grueling quest to find the Klondike region of Canada. During many points the expedition, London does something not many people do with their characters, constantly…

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    Only some people can succeed in the face of adversity when others can’t. This means that only some people can persevere through tough times. Perseverance is when people keep trying though the hardest points in life at the time. Buck and Bill Gates have a lot in common when it comes to perseverance. Buck succeeded in the face of adversity when no one else could. He persevered through seeing his friends get shot, and being beaten. Also when his whole team fell into the ice and died. His…

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    Call of the Wild In the book The call of the wild, Buck must face that his new life in the wilderness is kill or be killed which he has to do throughout the entire book. First, Buck learns how to survive (what happens if you don’t kill). For example as soon as Buck gets there the white dog Spitz and another dog Curly are in a fight and Spitz ends up killing Curly.There are many dog fights and as soon as the dog loses its balance and goes down all the dogs go in and start eating the dog.…

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    He was a big dog not ready for the Yukon he had to survive through the harshest of winters, he wasn’t fit to survive. In the novel The Call of the Wild by Jack London, One of the main characters is a saint bernard scotch-shepherd called Buck, he is a domesticated, loyal companion that becomes a wild wolf-dog. London uses the Yukon Gold Rush as the setting in the adventure story that brings man and dog closer than pulls than apart in the Yukon while trying to be fit to survive. The theme of the…

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    Train Heist Robber Martha, I know this life has been hard on you but I promise you I am done after this last job. McCoy has become more ruthless and bloodthirsty with each passing robbery and I can no longer abide by it. I can’t rightly look into the eyes of our unborn child and teach him right from wrong if I continue on this road I set. Pack all of our belongings and meet me at the train station in Amarillo, there will make our escape and make our future. Love, John Train Heist Robber…

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    In Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog, the story is narrated by a loving dog, Enzo. Written by Garth Stein, the novel focuses on life from a dog’s point of view. The book is a special adaptation for young people of the New York Times bestselling adult novel The Art of Racing in the Rain. Taking place in present-day Washington, Enzo decides that when he dies and returns to Earth as a human that he wants to be just as great as his beloved owner. In the very first chapter of the novel, it…

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