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    London’s novella Call of the Wild tells the story of Buck’s transformation from a domesticated pet on a vast Santa Clara Valley estate to the primal killer he becomes in the bitter regions of the Klondike wilderness. London delivers Buck’s journey in a plot consisting of only three simple, but major, events and uses settings and narration to tell the story in a way that allows a reader to easily become invested in Buck’s character from the viewpoint of a loyal and lovable pet, as well as, that…

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    “Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” —Roger Caras. The dogs Buck from “The Call of the Wild” and White Fang from “White Fang” are similar and different in several ways. At the beginning of the books, they are similar and different in multiple ways. For example, They are both half breeds, Buck is half Saint Bernard and half Scottish Shepherd, but White Fang is half Husky and half Wolf. Another similarity is that they both get “stolen”, Buck is stolen by Manuel and is…

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    If you were born and raised in California then suddenly sent to the Yukon would you survive? The Call Of The Wild is a book about Buck, a dog born and raised in California. That is suddenly kidnapped and sent to the Yukon. Buck then battles the call of the wild. Buck learned to survive primitive well he was in the Yukon. He learned this all from his ancestors. Throughout the book Buck learned to become more primitive. Doing this buck found it easier to survive the primitive ways. Well buck was…

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    THE POWER OF INSTINCT The Call of the Wild a dog story, Buck a splendid California ranch dog. He was stolen and sold into Alaska, to become a sled-dog in the gold rush. “In the primitive” he quickly learns “the law of club and fang” jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial. His first experience on the Alaskan coast brings home the nature of the eternal struggle. A friendly dog was knocked down in a fight and instantly “she was buried screaming with…

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    reasons, an example of a banned book is The Call Of The Wild by Jack London. In the mid 1920s, this book was banned in Yogoloslavia, Italy and burned by the Nazi’s. The banning of this book caused many controversial issues throughout the world. In 1933, Call of the Wild by Jack London was banned and should have remained banned due to its political content, celebration of violence and hypocritical standings. Of all the books that have been banned Call Of The Wild is what really left its mark…

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    The The Call of the Wild is a short adventure book which is fiction, the central character of the book is a dog named Buck. The book is about the 1890’s Klondike Gold Rush, when sled dogs were in high demand. The author of the book is Jack London, the publisher is Macmillan Publishers. The book is important because it shows how life was in the old day. How dogs had to fight for their lives. Also how people would use dogs as transportation. The novel The Call of the Wild takes place in the…

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    Do you just love dogs? What I’m implying is, only cold-hearted monsters don’t love dogs. If you aren’t a cold-hearted monster, then I recommend you read the novel The Call of the Wild by Jack London. The Call of the Wild is about a proud, overweening dog named Buck. The setting of the story appeared in 1897 during the Klondike Gold Rush, when people from all places were heading to the Northland in hopes of striking it rich. Unfortunately for Buck, he classified as the variety of dog people were…

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    The Call of the Wild is an amazing book and I would recommend reading it to other people. The book was written by Jack London. This book type is historical fiction. This book is placed in Yukon, Canada, in the 1890s Klondike Gold, when strong sled dogs were in very high demand. This book is written in third person point of view. The protagonist is Buck, a half saint bernard half scotch shephard dog, and the antagonists is the man in the red sweater, and including the other men Buck was passed…

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    Call of the Wild The story is based off the life and adventures of a mixed breed St. Bernard dog named Buck. He was born and raised in California as an estate dog who was free to roam the property as he pleased. His life was going pretty good until a gardener who was working for the estate kidnapped him and took him to Alaska. In Alaska at the time the gold rush was just picking up and strong dogs were in high demand. The dogs were used to haul sleds and carry heavy loads of gold. This…

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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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