Jack London

“The Call of the Wild” is written by Jack London. It was first published in 1903. The book was focused in the area of Alaska, about a dog named buck; who was taken away from his home and beaten and worn down and became a member of a sled dog team. He went through a lot of hard times. From hunger to freezing, beaten, drowning. Buck learned a lot of things in these times, like how to dig a hole in the snow to keep warm, how to serve threw hunger pains and also hes natural intinsts kick in and help him in the long run. Buck had to deal with another dog Spitz who was once the leader of the sled dog team, but buck showed him up and became the main sled dog. He was forced to move from masters he didn’t always like that much. Then finally got a master he respected John Thornton after he saved
Around 4000 people found gold. It was the last great gold rush. Gold was found in many rich deposits along the Klondike river. When the news it the newspaper everyone wanted the move to the Klondike in hopes of scoring. It took many years for people to even reach the area due to harsh climates. By the time people got their all the gold was already gone and there wasn’t much to score on. Some even died on their way to try and score gold which is awful. In “the call of the wild” John and buck won a bet that buck could move a super heavy sled. Buck did and him and john scored big then moved up to the Klondike to be gold miners. They worked together and Buck tried to keep his master safe. Yet up their Buck was able to be free and he took that opportunity always going places and being adventures. Indians where also their and killed a lot of people so they could try to keep all of the gold and also steal it from the people that worked there butts off to get it. John and many others ended up being killed by Indians but when buck came back he killed every single of them he could. Than he was a free dog forever. Free to Rome and be