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    In the novel Call of the Wild by Jack London‚ the main character Buck goes through a behavioral change throughout his journey in the Klondike. Bucks change of attitude and behavior in the novel is what makes up Bucks call of the wild. Throughout the novel from the point when Buck is taken away from his home at Santa Clara Valley‚ California to when John Thornton’s camp is attacked‚ Buck is trying to reach his wild side of his life and at the same time leave his domesticated life behind in the past

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    A major theme in Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” is that adaptability is essential for his survival‚ which Buck must undertake and throughout the course of the book. At the beginning of book‚ Buck must start to adapt to the harsh and hostile environment in order to survive. First‚ Buck must learn the “Law of Club”. For example‚ if Buck didn’t learn that law from the man in the red sweater‚ he might get beat to death by other men with clubs. Since Buck survives the beating from the man

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    David Fallon’s film‚ Call of the Wild‚ is movie surrounding the adventures of a young man and his dog. I watched the film on my computer on July 1st‚ 2015. The movie begins with a kidnapped dog‚ named Buck‚ being auctioned off. Buck immediately steals the attention of young Miles‚ the other protagonist in the movie. Buck initially works as a sled dog for a Yukon mail carrier. On his first job‚ Buck faces severe weather‚ wolf attacks‚ and a fight with Spitz‚ the team’s lead dog. The harsh conditions

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    assignment American Literature ------------ How does Buck’s life change? How does the change affect him physically and spiritually? ( ‘The Call of the Wild’ by J. London – chapter 1) It will be a shortage if we do not mention about Jack London when talking about the American literature. In 1903‚ with the publication of The Call of the Wild the author was well-known all over the world. The novel is about the myth of the hero and the return to the life source which are around a dog named

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    “The Call of the Wild” Essay What could transform a gentle pampered dog into an undomesticated man-killing beast‚ like his early ancestors‚ capable of killing humans? The central character in the story “The Call of the Wild” is a dog-named Buck‚ whom is half St. Bernard – half Scotch Shepard. Buck’s life began on Judge Miller’s estate in central California‚ where he lived a docile life free to roam and do as he wished. The Gold Rush in 1897 created a demand for young strong dogs‚ like Buck‚ to pull

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    The Call of the Wild is one of the masterpieces of the great American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck‚ whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the treacherous‚ frigid Yukon during the days of the 19th century Klondike Gold Rushes. Principles of survival are frequently illustrated in The Call of Wild. Jack London‚ who was regarded as one of the greatest naturalist novelists

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    preyed‚ living on the things that lived‚ unaided‚ alone‚ by virtue of his own strength and prowess‚ surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.” (Jack London) A major theme in Jack London’s classic book The Call of The Wild is that adaptability is essential for survival which is what Buck experiences throughout the whole book. At the beginning‚ Buck has to adapt to the hostile environment in Alaska. First‚ Buck experiences snow for the first time. For example

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    There were a lot of difference in the movie and the book Call of The Wild. There were similarities between the movie and book also. Mostly i think there were more differences in the two. Here is some of the different and similarities in The Call of The Wild book and movie. Some differences in the book and movie were that John Thornton came out right away in the movie but in the book he came in at round more than halfway through the book. Another difference was that In the movie Hal and John Thornton

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    My Personal Response to The Call of the Wild The novel The Call of the Wild tells a story about how Buck‚ a domesdicated dog in the "sun-kissed" Santa Clara‚ managed to survive in the wilds of Klondike. Jack London conveyed many of his own ideas about living in this novel by telling readers what Buck went through to adjust to the harsh realities of life in the frosty North‚ where survival was the only imprerative. Throughout Buck’s adjustment there were several turning-points which forced him to

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    pet to a primordial‚ wild beast. To begin with‚ before living in northern Canada and Alaska‚ Buck lived a pampered‚ luxurious life on Judge Miller’s estate in Santa Clara Valley‚ California. Although there were numerous breeds of dogs living on the estate‚ Buck had an aspect to himself that set him aside from the other dogs and animals. "For he was king – king over all creeping‚ crawling flying things of Judge Miller’s place‚ humans included." (Call of the Wild‚ page 14). Buck would

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