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    book “Call of the Wild” by Jack London. In this novel‚ narrated by a St. Bernard and a Scotch Shepard mix by the name of Buck‚ Buck has just been “recruited” to work as a sled dog pulling the sled. There are two specific dogs by the names of Dave and Sol-leks. They work alongside Buck‚ however they are most experienced. Whenever someone in the group falters‚ they punish them. “Once…when he [Buck] got tangled in the traces and delayed the start‚ not Dave and Sol-leks flew at him” (The Call of the

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    In the book The call of the wild‚ by Jack London‚ a dog learns the cruelty and the freedom of the wild as he becomes a tough sled dog. This nonfiction book focused on Buck‚ a dog who was taken from his home in Southern California and sent to become a sled dog in the Klondike. Buck becomes a strong sled dog and is taken in by many dog sled owners‚ where he experiences the cruelty of man and the wild. When John Thornton‚ one of his owners‚ is killed by the Yeehat Indians he avenges him by killing several

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    perseverance. In Call of the Wild Buck has to persevere through tough times after he was taken away and shown his place in the wild. In contrast some people choose to join the army. In the army there is a place called ranger school. That is a very tough thing to do and persevere through mental and physical barriers. While my dad and Buck both endured pain and suffering they both got through it. Perseverance is a thing that everyone will have to do at some point in their life In Call of the Wild‚ Buck has

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    The book ‘’Call of the Wild” and”The Fairy and the Shadow” have the same theme of loyalty.Although they do have differences.They also have some things in common.One of the large differences is “The Fairy and the Shadow’’ could not happen but “Call of the Wild” could happen bt is not based on a true story.One of the things they have in common is they have someone or somthing that remains loyal throught the whole story and book.These are some of the things they have in common and they have differently

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    Good examples of this would be Call of the Wild by Jack London‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ and An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Stephen Crane (Examples of Realism in Literature…). Each of these stories is a fictionalized contemporary work from the time period it was written. Call of the Wild was the tragic story of a man and a dog during the discovery of gold in the Yukon Territory in Canada; The

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    Call of the Wild BUCK‚ A POWERFUL DOG‚ half St. Bernard and half sheepdog‚ lives on Judge Miller’s estate in California’s Santa Clara Valley. He leads a comfortable life there‚ but it comes to an end when men discover gold in the Klondike region of Canada and a great demand arises for strong dogs to pull sleds. Buck is kidnapped by a gardener on the Miller estate and sold to dog traders‚ who teach Buck to obey by beating him with a club and‚ subsequently‚ ship him north to the Klondike. Arriving

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    example had to persevere when he was thrown into the life of a sled dog. Like how Jerry my grandpa had to persevere when his wife decided to get divorced. They have many similarities and differences but they both persevered. For example in The Call of the Wild‚ Buck is removed from a normal life and thrown into a new hard working life where he has many tough experiences to go through. When Buck was first shipped to the Yukon he was taught the Law of Club and Fang. After Buck learned the law he saw

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    Jack London’s book‚ The Call of the Wild is about a domestic house dog who is thrown into the unknown and harsh life of a Klondike sled dog. This book was banned and removed from the high school curriculum for reasons that suggest animal cruelty‚ violent scenes‚ and dark tone and themes that are not suitable for younger children. Despite these reason‚ The Call of the Wild should remain in the curriculum because it also contains some reoccurring themes of perseverance and bravery that many could learn

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    Book Report TITLE: Call of The Wild AUTHOR & BACKGROUND: Jack Landon was the most successful writer in America in the early 20th Century. His best short stories are the Call of the Wild and White Fang. Mainly Landon wrote about animals‚ men and his stories were based off of life experiences. London lived his childhood in poverty in the Oakland slums. At the age of 17‚ he ventured to sea on a sealing ship. He changed his life when he was in a thirty-day imprisonment that was so degrading it

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    Losing loved ones can be very hard on you‚ but you have to persevere to climb over that dark mountain of depression to move on with your life and be able to enjoy it. In Call of the Wild‚ Buck is taken away from his owner and the person he loved most is killed. This causes Buck to lose everything he cared about and learn to move on quickly. In contrast‚ my mom lost both of her parents at age thirteen and she slowly accepted the fact and she needed more time to persevere through the hardships. Even

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