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In 1903 a man named Jack London published a book titled “The Call of the Wild”. In this book we get to see the life of a dog named Buck and the adventures he part takes in. He is living during the great Klondike Gold Rush and is used in most of it as a sled dog for that reason. This book, though based on real events, is a book of animal fiction. The story starts in Santa Clara Valley, California where we find Buck, a St. Bernard and Scotch Collie mix. At the moment Buck is owned by a man named Judge Miller; sadly, he’s not owned by him for very long. A gardener’s assistant steals Buck and uses him to pay off a gambling debt. Buck is sent off to Seattle in extremely harsh conditions. He is unfed and taunted the whole time he is in this crate he was shipped in. Once he arrives, he is horribly malnourished and is starving; but furious. He is released and charges at a man, but the man slams him in the side with a club and repeatedly does it as Buck tries and tries again. In this way Buck learns “the law of the club” as he refers to it. Buck is then sold to two French men, Francois and Perrault, and they bring him to the Klondike region of Canada and train him there to be a sled dog. As he is transitioning into this new life, whether he likes it or not, he is being dominated by another sled dog named Spitz. Eventually Buck decides he’s had enough and challenges Spitz to a fight. Spitz proudly and happily takes the offer and in the end, dies in the fight. Buck is next owned by a Scottish half-breed who is working in mail-service delivering items to the mining areas. He is then owned by a lousy group of inexperienced couple and brother-in-law. They travel foolishly ignoring signs of danger and overfeed their dogs in the beginning... ... middle of paper ... ...imordial state. These could have been his themes as well or maybe it was his main idea. I am really not that sure what his whole perspective was on this. In the end I thought it was a very well written book, but had some weak points. At the parts when he was actually doing something other than traveling it was very enjoyable. Although, that was the problem. I know that it was really a lot of traveling but I remember at one point it was just traveling and describing what distance they had to travel the next day I was kind of bored at that point. But when they did something other than traveling, like when Spitz and Buck fought or when he chased the rabbit with the whole pack. Those parts were very intriguing and enjoyable. Overall, the book was good and with its genre and how it was written, it is easily understood why it is a classic! Works Cited Www.Wikipedia.com

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