The Call Of the Wild

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    Do you know any books banned in your district? The book “The Call of The Wild” should be banned because, it teaches us about history, it can be embarrassing to your district, finally the people (the book is most commonly read in middle school) are mature enough to read the book. First, History. The book teaches you about the gold rush in alaska. “A hundred,” was the reply “wouldn’t take a soul less, so help me.” This shows how hard the times were then, trying to bargain for the dog. It…

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    read was The Call of the Wild, written by Jack London. How did Buck respond to numerous conflicts that occurred after he was kidnapped? When Buck was taken away from Judge Miller, he has a hard time finding a master who he beloved. While Buck is struggling to find a master, he suffers beating when he does not do what he is told. During Bucks journey through the wilderness Buck learns that loyalty is very important in order to keep the sled dog team together. The Call of the Wild Buck was…

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    Personality is usually revealed by a person’s thoughts and actions. In the stories Call of the Wild and “To Build a Fire,” both by Jack London, and Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen, the main characters’ personalities are revealed by their thoughts and actions. The personalities of the main characters in each of these stories are quite similar because they think and act similarly. In Brian’s Winter, Brian believes that he and the bears have an understanding to leave each other alone, although the…

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    Buck, the main dog in The Call of the Wild, was a St. Bernard/Scotch Shepherd dog living the perfect life in the sun-kissed Santa Clara valley. Before the wild, he was in the kind of lifestyle where he was treated with anything and everything any dog would have. He was healthy, fed constantly, living in a nice home, and feeling loved. Although, for Buck, his cozy and happy life comes to an end where he is secretly sold to Alaska by one of the workers on the estate without anybody noticing. There…

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    The Way of the Wild Throughout our lives, we are influenced by many people and things that adapt us into who we are as a person. The same thing is true for animals. The way animals are treated, the environments they are put in, and the people who they are raised by can all have a major impacts on them and their mentality. The nature and natural make up of animals can also play a role in how they act and their overall personality .In the book The Call of the Wild by Jack London, a four-year-old…

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    Throughout The Call of the Wild the canine protagonist, Buck, encountered many situations of greed and betrayal. From the first moment Buck was thrown into the harsh arctic civilization of the Klondike, he himself was used to gain power and wealth for others. There are many themes in the novel but, man’s greed violates nature is the most prevalent. This theme shines throughout the book, revealing itself at every opportunity possible. The greed all started with the idea of wealth and money that…

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    Have you ever read the book The Call of the Wild By,Jack London? If not you should, there is a lot of struggle for mastery in the book between Buck and Spitz. Buck used to be a house dog but very rapidly changed into a full out wolf. Buck was claimed as a oversized or “Giant” wolf. Buck went through a lot of masters and he eventually became his own master later in the book. Than there's Spitz, Spitz is a strong,sneaky, untrustful lead dog. Buck and Spitz always seen eye to eye. Spitz was the…

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    follow to create a hero? Buck, the hero in The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, is a good example of a hero created by an author with three points in mind. The three points that make Buck, among other heroes, great are him being able to be an ordinary dog still be the hero, his ability to adapt, and his mortality. Buck, being an overly pampered dog, is still able to be a hero for the simple reason a hero can be anyone. Through the quote from Call of the Wild, “Buck lived at . . . Judge Miller’s…

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    The theme that I have chosen to analyze in The Call of the Wild is the power of instinct. Buck and the other dogs are living in the frozen terrain of northern Canada and they experience starvation, exhaustion, and freezing temperatures. Buck is put into a place where he must learn skills in order to survive the harsh conditions. Throughout the story we learn that Buck isn't just learning new skills, but is merely recovering primitive instincts. As you read the book, the author writes in way…

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    Francisco, California. When Jack was a boy, he was part of the working-class and worked very hard as a teen. Jack’s first experience of writing was when he had his stories published in the Overland Monthly. His first famous book he published was The Call of the Wild, and other famous novels by him are White Fang, Martin Eden, and The People of the Abyss. Jack married Bess Maddern and had two children named Joan and Bess, but their marriage took a wrong turn and Jack remarried with Charmian…

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