Heartbreaking The Wild

He began again to daze off staring at the fire and imagining the hairy man crouched down in the summer sun. The Call of the Wild written by Jack London is an adventure book that follows the life of a once tamed dog known as Buck to a dog that has retrogressed to a more primitive state during the Yukon Gold Rush. Buck who eventually answered the call of the wild had to go through many difficulties to get there.The theme power of the primitive is reinforced by the retrogression of a dog despite the love of mankind.

Beaten, neglected, and loved Buck dealt with all those things. In the story ‘’ The Call of the Wild ‘’, the central theme is how one treats animals can reflect on what kind of person they are.

There are a few reasons why I recommend reading the classic, “The Call Of The Wild” by Jack London. There are very exhilarating action scenes throughout the book. The suspense is well placed and makes you wanting more and more. The story is told through the eyes of a dog, which gives an intriguing perspective to the storyline. These reasons and a few others give this book a lively feel.

This year’s summer reading options were marvelous. It was a hard choice to choose what book to read, but in the end, I chose The Call of the Wild by Jack London. The Call of the Wild was an adventurous tale about a dog named Buck and his adventures as he was sold into a harsh life of relentless labor in the cold and brutal North. The author of this classic novel, Jack London, was a short-story writer and a prolific American novelist. He was born in San Francisco, California. He was known for his other novels, The Sea Wolf and White Fang. I chose this particular novel because I love reading classic novels and it seemed to be an interesting and exciting story. Finally, this was the novel of my choice because it was recommended to me by my grandma.

Chris McCandless faces a man vs. nature conflict when he goes into the wild by himself with little resources for survival. This conflict corrects his arrogance, and in the end, kills him. He follows the fictional stories of Jack London as an example of how to live in the wild, but is indirectly misled by Jack London’s “Call of the Wild”. Chris believes that someone could actually survive in the way that it is described in Jacks’ fictional story. After McCandless enters into the wild, he struggles with the harsh Alaskan wilderness. He goes there alone, and wanders off, unprepared as well as uneducated into the Alaskan wilderness before the onset of a typical harsh winter there. Chris thought he could outsmart nature, but realized how hard it

Jack London wrote The call of the Wild in 1900 and had it published 1905. The main character, Buck a St Bernard living the good life until he gets stolen and taken to Alaska. After that he is made a sled-dog who is sometimes beaten and starved. But in the end this is a transformation physically and mentally. The story takes place in Miami, Florida for a part of the story until he is stolen and taken to a remote part of Alaska.

incident in his novels, including The Call of the Wild. In his essay, Flink compares

Perhaps the most important aspect of the novel was the progressive shift back to instinctive qualities of Buck. When the story begins, Buck is living as a pampered housedog at a large estate,

The Call of the Wild is a well-known classic which has been acclaimed and criticize for the topics discussed in the book. There are numerous reasons for why this book has been banned before but, in general this classic and other novels have been banned because of “…. the ideas they stand for, the content they include, and sometimes even the authors' values behind the scenes.” (White). In this research paper it will go into detail about the author Jack London and connections between the book, novel themes and conflicts, finally the reasons why this book was banned.

But one of his most iconic, is “The Call of the Wild”. London reveals the perspectives and views of the characters in the book, through how they treat the animals they take responsibility of. A man named Hal from the book, treated the animals brutally. “They’re lazy, I tell you, and you’ve got to whip them to get anything out of them.”

In the Call of the Wild, by Jack London, setting is key role in helping set the mood of the story. In many chapters of the novel, the setting thoroughly adapts to the story helping the plot develop and express the feelings of a dog named Buck, the main character, and other minor characters. The author uses harsh cold winters in the times where there are struggles, warm colorful summers in the time of happiness, and even uses the change from civilization to the uncivilized primordial wild to help show Buck's wild disposition and his domestic obedient disposition. In chapter one of the novel, Jack London describes the setting of Buck's home.

Being able to survive in a new environment requires a lot of drastic changes. There are things people need to do that they probably have never done before. In The Call of the Wild, the main character, Buck, changes from a civilized dog into an animal who is able to cope with the rough conditions of the north. He is unable to be the civilized dog he was when living with Judge Miller. Due to all that has happened to Buck, he changes from a tamed dog into an uncultivated one. He has learned the ways of adapting. Since he has already adapted to his new lifestyle it will be a challenge to live a civilized life once again. Also, Buck will struggle with returning to the domesticated life because his behavior has already been modified to wolves who live in the north. After changing

In day-to-day life, many find comfort in believing they have a safe home and family, and within that family everyone knows what role they play. It is often the simplest things in life that often are taken for granted, and the following gripping story a dog being ripped from his home, away from all he has ever known will now be faced with the choice of living in a man’s world or return to the wilderness. The setting, plot, and narrator in Jack London’s story, The Call of the Wild, work together to carry the reader through the story, by detailing the hardship of being a stolen pet from a warm California home to transitioning into a sled dog in The Yukon appeals to the readers sense of adventure on the visceral level while causing the reader to

As mentioned before, London’s novel is about Buck, who lives a comfortable life on a Californian estate. However, Buck gets kidnapped by a gardener, so that he could pay off his gambling debts, and sold to Alaskan sled drivers. When he arrives in Alaska, a friend he made on the trip over, is killed horrifically when she attempts to befriend a dog who attacks her. Another dog, Spitz, laughs at her death and develops a rivalry with him. Over the course of the novel he starts to subvert Spitz’s command and ultimately fights him, winning and becoming the leader of his sled team. However, the sled team gets new drivers by inexperienced people joining the search for gold. Their inexperience causes some dogs to die from exhaustion. On one trail, a man, John Thornton, tells the drivers that the ice is dangerous because it is too thin. They refused to listen to him, but Buck was too tired to move, causing one of the drivers to start clubbing him. Despite Buck’s beatings, he refused to get up, resulting in Thornton stepping in and taking him, saving him from death. A new dog is put in place as leader and they move on the trail, but they fall through the ice and into the frigid river where they presumably die. Under Thornton’s ownership, Buck has nothing much to do, save for small tasks, as Thornton is busy prospecting for gold. It is during this time that “call of the wild”

The author of The Call of the Wild, Jack London, heavily influenced the literary world with his inspirational works, specifically surrounding the theme of Naturalism. London followed the same theme, among others, in many of his works, focusing on how the environment affects its inhabitants and the details of the environment itself. The descriptions of nature London took the time to include in his books and the way they affect the story is what makes his works truly remarkable. He strongly committed himself to his works and put a great deal of effort into researching them to ensure accuracy. In The Call of the Wild, there are three main themes that are made evident: naturalism, coming of age, and loss of innocence. Naturalism is what London is most known for, and is shown through his attention to the surroundings of his characters. Coming of age was displayed through specific life changing events that altered Buck’s perspective. And finally, loss of innocence can be seen in the gradual, but sure decline of Buck’s morals.