Call Of The Wild Essay
In the book Call of the Wild by Jack London many things happen exciting things, memorable things. It is a book of love and nature. This book is set during the Klondike gold rush in the 1890’s. The book is what they call historic fiction. Historical fiction is something that could have happened in the past but didn’t happen. Call of the Wild is written in third person limited point of view.
In, Call of the Wild the protagonist is Buck, a half Shepherd half St. Bernard mix breed. Buck is a southland dog from the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. He was Judge Miller’s pet, but the gardener Manuel stole and sold him. The main antagonist Spitzbergen which was later shortened to just Spitz in the story is a white mutt off of a whaling ship. Spitz is very treacherous and even “laughs” at death.
Some of the other characters in the story are Sol-ecks who was a husky with only one eye. Dave who was good natured, but would nip at you if you failed your job. Curly was pretty good natured, but didn’t live …show more content…
The only thing that could have been better would have been if there was more story at the end of the book. In some parts of the story it got boring like during the part when the scottish half-breed owned Buck. It was also kind of boring in the beginning. “The tongues of all were out and lolling, the white fangs showing cruelly white in the moonlight.” stated London in Call of the Wild. I like this quote from Call of the Wild because it shows good will always prosper over evil.
In conclusion, Call of the Wild was about Buck, the half St. Bernard half Shepherd mix, who is sold many times throughout the story. He fought Spitz for leadership multiple times overall leading to Spitz’s great demise. Often times Buck was mistreated and beaten by his many owners throughout the story. Buck was a mighty strong and very smart dog. Call of the Wild is a very fun book to
In, Call of the Wild the protagonist is Buck, a half Shepherd half St. Bernard mix breed. Buck is a southland dog from the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. He was Judge Miller’s pet, but the gardener Manuel stole and sold him. The main antagonist Spitzbergen which was later shortened to just Spitz in the story is a white mutt off of a whaling ship. Spitz is very treacherous and even “laughs” at death.
Some of the other characters in the story are Sol-ecks who was a husky with only one eye. Dave who was good natured, but would nip at you if you failed your job. Curly was pretty good natured, but didn’t live …show more content…
The only thing that could have been better would have been if there was more story at the end of the book. In some parts of the story it got boring like during the part when the scottish half-breed owned Buck. It was also kind of boring in the beginning. “The tongues of all were out and lolling, the white fangs showing cruelly white in the moonlight.” stated London in Call of the Wild. I like this quote from Call of the Wild because it shows good will always prosper over evil.
In conclusion, Call of the Wild was about Buck, the half St. Bernard half Shepherd mix, who is sold many times throughout the story. He fought Spitz for leadership multiple times overall leading to Spitz’s great demise. Often times Buck was mistreated and beaten by his many owners throughout the story. Buck was a mighty strong and very smart dog. Call of the Wild is a very fun book to