The Call Of the Wild

The ending of “Call of the Wild” is touching and sad, especially when Buck is all alone. I don’t think Jack London would agree, but it is all about personal opinion. Buck is alone after Thornton and the rest of the sled team dies, and that is the saddest part. I believe the ending could be happy or sad, depending on how you take it, but I believe it is a sad ending. If it was happy, then why did people and dogs have to die? The ending of the book is sad for several reasons. The first reason…

The Call of the Wild and The Scarlet Letter. Each focuses on an individual, isolated from society in his own way, forced to bear a weight unknown in his lifetime previous, whose endeavors challenge his purpose and existence in the world. Each novel’s connection to the other provides further insight into humanity’s largest question, but where the two diverge proves to be as laudable a source of clarity as their accordance. The themes, characters, and events presented in The Call of the Wild and…

persevere. During Call of the Wild, Buck got sold for the first time in his life which caused him to have to persevere. In contrast, my dad had to make a choice that would affect his whole family. Although Buck and my dad had to face different challenges, they both had certain qualities that helped them persevere through those events. People and animals have to have characteristics that would help them persevere through the challenges life throws at them. During The Call of the Wild, Buck is…

The wild is a merciless place that requires lots of skill and luck to survive, and is overall not meant for society. First, the wild is very dangerous and requires lots of hard work to survive. Very experienced Alaskan Park Ranger, Peter Christian said in an essay, “People… come to Alaska to challenge themselves against an unforgiving wilderness landscape where convenience of access and possibility of rescue are practically nonexistent.” (Christian). Christian has been a park ranger for 14+…

Leaving home and having to adapt to survive in a new area, under new and different circumstances than ever before requires perseverance and adaption. In The Call of The Wild Buck had to leave his peaceful life at home. He had to alter his way of life to survive in the new life he was sold into. He was responsible for leading a sled team of dogs across the Yukon Territory. However, my father had to lead a large group of soldiers across the desert of Iraq. In contrast, my father also had to leave…

Love Between A Dog and His Owner In the book, The Call of the Wild, John London has many themes. One of the themes is love. Specifically, love between a dog and his owner. This is mainly shown through Buck’s love for John Thornton. There has been a test done in Japan three years ago giving proof that dogs can love. The test showed that “dogs and humans were engaging in cross-species gaze-meditated bonding using the same oxytocin system.” Oxytocin is a hormone that works as a neurotransmitter in…

The book “ The Call of the Wild “ was a good book, the movie so far has been good too. I am going to be comparing and contrasting the movie and the book. I think the movie has been better because I’m not a big reader. There were lots of comparisons. There were also a lot of contrasts. In this paragraph I will list show differences between the movie and the book. In the movie John found a body buried in the snow, in the book he didn’t. In the movie Charlie and John fought in the book…

Entering the New World with Perseverance Entering a new world of lifestyle can take high levels of perseverance to adjust and adapt to. In The Call of the Wild, Buck was sold and forced into a new world of survival-of-the-fittest in the wilderness, where living conditions are harsh and competitive in which he must grow and adapt into. In contrast to the new lifestyle of Buck, Talia, an Iranian refugee, was sent to America where she was struggling to adapt and find a life where she could…

Buck was the very interesting protagonist in The Call of the Wild. He had many dynamic and pivotal changes to his personal traits throughout the novel as he had to adapt to the new environments and the new people around him. At the beginning of the book, when Buck was with Judge Miller, he was an important part of Judge Miller’s family. He was trusted enough to walk freely around the property (and even off of it). He played with Judge Miller’s children and often served as a chaperone to them in…

undesirable acquaintance” (London 5). In the novel The Call of The Wild by Jack London, is a story about a strong dog named Buck who gets dognapped by a man named Manuel and gets sent on a ship called the Narwhal to the Klondike. He goes on an adventure of his life. Buck goes from master to master until one master named John Thornton saved his life, then Buck has the decision of love for his master John Thornton or to answer the call of the wild. In this novel there is evidence of Buck learning…