Buck The Wild

This is a book that I will probably revisit someday. The way that it is written, the way the characters are portrayed, and the style of writing makes you feel as if you are reading a journal that one of the characters wrote. Well, that is probably what Jack London was trying to do, but the odd thing about this book is that you are not reading the inner dialogues of a human being. You are following the inner dialogue of a half Saint Bernard, half Scotch Shepherd dog named Buck.

The story starts in the “sun-kissed” valley of Santa Clara valley, in California. We start off the story with Buck the dog living a normal dog life. We are told a little about Buck’s owner and what Buck’s days usually consist of. During this we are finding some of the character traits that Buck has. We learn that Buck is a free willed dog that usually thought of himself as the “king” of his entire domain.

Shortly after the introductions we are told about the event that is taking place during the time that the story is set. The event in question is the Klondike gold rush of 1897. This event made everyone have the urge to go north to try and

Soon after Buck’s recovery, he becomes part of Thornton’s team as they pan for gold in the Klondike. While they are in the wilderness Buck comes across a wolf that wants to befriend him. He follows the wolf and soon becomes curious about the way the wolves lived. Buck starts trying out the lifestyle of the wolves, even to the point where he takes down a bull moose. As he’s learning the way of the wolf, his beloved owners are killed by a tribe of Indians. In Buck’s rage he kills all of the ones responsible for his owner’s death and wants nothing but vengeance against everyone who is associated with the killers. Buck soon becomes a legend in the area near his owner’s death. The people notice a change in the wolves of the area. They also claim that a ghost dog still visits the site where Thornton died, to mourn his