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Summary: welcome to the primordial world!
Review: I read this book in my grade 8 english class. It was a pretty good book. I must admit, I had dooubts about it at first. The whole wildneress thing isn't usually 4 me. But it was actually pretty good!!Buck is one of those characters that you really get attached to, and if you like animals, especially wild ones...give this book a shot. It's good!!
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Summary: A Really Good Book
Review: I really liked this book.It was very exciting and interesting. I recomend this book for children who like dogs.
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Summary: A Dog's Fight For Survival
Review: I find this book to be very adventurous and over all exciting to read. This novel is about a four year-old husky named Buck who lived peacfully in the Santa Clara Valley. He was used to living in luxurious surroundings, until one day while walking through an orchard, he is taken away from his home. He later finds himself in an old truck with some unkown strangers. Then the people sent him to a train station, he was put on a train for approximately four days without any form of consumable matter, or in other words-without food! He was mistreated and beat along with a few other dogs. He was begining to feel alone and betrayed by human kind after this experience. Buck was sold to some men who owned sledding dogs. Buck was going to be used as part of the pack. The dogs were to be traveling across the Yukon in Alaska where it was freezing cold. Buck was not used to this type of weather, but he had to cooperate because he didn't have much of a choice. There was a slight problem with getting along with the other members of the pack. Spitz was the top dog for this particular pack, and he disliked Buck and tried to get rid of him every chance he got. Buck thought very carefully about what he was going to do to show Spitz who the real boss was. One day Spitz and buck got into a huge fight, a fight that would leave one of them without life. Luckily the day had come, Buck gained the victory and the respect of both the pack and his human caregivers when he killed Spitz at the end of the terrible fight. Well, I guess you want to know what happened next, but you can only find out the truth when you read this excellent book and find out for yourself! I hope you had fun reading this, I truely recommend this novel to all of you and rate it 4 stars because it is a great adventure to experience! Take my advice and discover the true moral of the story that opens your mind and changes your perspective towards animals.
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Summary: Good
Review: The Call of the Wild, by Jack London is one of the most intriguing and riveting books I have ever read. Jack London's tale of a dog's fight for survival takes place in the frozen Yukon in Alaska. Young Buck, a four-year-old husky, has lived all his life in the luxurious surroundings in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. One day he went on a stroll through the orchard when, all of a sudden, he found himself riding in the back of a baggage car. He was then put on a train for two days and three nights without food or water. When finally he was placed outside of the train and on the ground, he found himself with people all around him. The people beat him and placed with several other dogs. He was put to work immediately and found out soon enough that he had been shipped up north and sold as a sledge dog. Life filled with happiness and joy has faded away and life filled with horror and fear has just emerged. In the beginning, Buck was a small, insignificant, withered dog who kept to himself and didn't want anything to do with anyone. Spitz was the leader of the dogs and was absolutely evil in every way. He hated Buck and wanted to get rid of him. Throughout the entire book, Buck fought to stay alive against the wearying conditions of the trail and the viciousness of the almighty Spitz. It all came down to a final battle with all of the dogs looking on at both of them. In the end, Buck succeeded in killing Spitz and overcoming the trail. Buck was admired by all the dogs and all of his human friends for this great victory. After reading this book and seeing what Buck went through I am now more appreciative of my dog and pay more attention to him. I give this book five stars and would recommend this book to everyone who knows how read. This book sends a very strong message and I think that it is important that people read and understand this message.
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Summary: The Power of Books
Review: Of all the book I have read in my life, "The Call of the Wild" takes the number one spot. When I was nine-years-old, 35 years ago, I had a reading dilemma. My father had passed away when I was very young. AS a result of his death, I didn't want to read. I believed that if I allowed my conscious mind to be taken into the world of imagination, I would somehow lose the memory of my father. My parent, and school teacher, were very concerned as my classmates were way ahead of me in their reading skills. One day the teacher came to my house to talk with my mother and particularly to me. Eventually, my teacher got to the base of the problem. She turned to me and asked: "Marv, why is it hard for you to read? I said to her, "I can read, I just don't want to. I don't want to forget my father." My mother told me that it was okay to enjoy other things in life, and it was okay to dream. The next day, in school, I went to the book cupboard and searched for a book. I knew there was one book, among the hundreds of books, that had my name on it. I found that book when I picked out "The Call of the Wild." As I read about "Buck" and how he had a good life that was taken from him, and how he had to endure losing that which was dear to him, I knew I had found someone who could identify with my crisis. It didn't matter if it was animal, or human, Fiction or non-fiction. There was someone who understood what I was going through. I've never stopped reading since that day, and more importantly, I have never forgotten my father. Isn't it wonderful . . . the power of books.
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Summary: Of Dogs and Men
Review: Buck is an ordinary house-pet, completely civilized by the gentle Southland ways. When Manuel steals him and sells him to the man in the red sweater, Buck realizes it isn't all champaigne and caviar. He is broken in soon, but not without a fight that arouses the true beast in him. Francois and Perrault buy him, and along with Dave, Curly and Spitz, Buck journeys north to his ultimate destiny. He soon learns the important Law Of Club And Fang, and sees it put into practice when Curly is ripped to shreds by a pack of huskies. As the team works toward Dawson, Buck is whipped into shape by Spitz and Dave. Spitz soon makes himself Buck's archrival, and the two's enmity grows until finally the two duel. In a fierce battle, Buck summons all his ferocity, as well as some tricks remembered just in time by his primordial instincts and kills the evil Spitz. After this, Buck becomes the leader of the team and more ferocious, being unstoppable by any dog. When Buck and his team are sold to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes, things slide downhill from there. The trio are from the Southland, and do not know how to do anything right. They are in a fine kettle of fish, however, when they run out of dog food halfway through the trip. Eventually, the dogs cannot go on, and, when Buck refuses to get up one day, Hal almost succedes in beating him to death. John Thornton, who is present at the time, stops Hal and saves Buck. As the rest of the team drives away, John and Buck hear an enormous crack, and just see the others fall down to their deaths. What happens afterward I won't tell you, but it is a great book, especially for all those ferocious-beast loving people like me. Jack London's books are simply wonderful, except for the Sea-Wolf, which has a very misleading title and is very dull. Two claws up!
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Summary: I HATE THIS BOOK
Review: this book really gets on my nerves. it's about a spoiled little dog that sits on his spoiled yet "hardened" butt on his "sun-kissed" farm.things only go downhill from there. buck- (that's the dog) is now forced to be a sled dog. (the horrors.) read this book- but only if you're brave enough.
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Summary: the primitive lurks
Review: In 6th grade, our teacher (Miss Bock) made us do diaramas for our book reports. One kid made a diarama of Call of the Wild that was amazing. You looked through an aperture at the end of the shoebox and there were trees & the dog & snow drifts, the whole nine yards. Meanwhile, for my book, Jonathon Livingston Seagull, I pasted blue paper in the bottom of a box & glued in a seagull. I believe our grades reflected our respective efforts. Reading Call of the Wild as an adult, one realizes that it's not actually written for kids. Seemingly the tale of a dog in Alaska, it is actually an argument that our primitive natures lurk just beneath a thin veneer of civilization. The fact that it can be read & enjoyed by youngsters is just a bonus. GRADE: A
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Summary: A story of survival
Review: "Call of the Wild" is not an easy book to read. Devoid of the cute tricks and talking beasts of many animal-centered books, it is a harsh look at a formerly-pampered dog's lessons on survival among a pack of his fellows. Buck is an ordinary pet dog--until the day he is stolen and sent off to Alaska, in the middle of the goldrush around the turn of the century. Buck learns to cope with the rough lifestyle of a sled dog, competes for survival and status among the other dogs, and makes friends along the way. London's skill is evident, in that he is able to convey Buck's feelings and actions in an understandable way, without dialogue. His treatment, especially right after he is abducted, often makes the reader want to reach through and whomp his attackers. At the same time, you adore John Thornton for loving Buck so much and being kind to him when no other human is. With books such as "White Fang" and "Call of the Wild," one wonders if Thornton and characters like that were alter-egos for London, since his affection for canines is clear in his writing. I also wonder whether he studied the pack structure of dogs kept together for a long time. And like in real life, there's not a happy ending for all concerned--such as one dog who simply can't keep pulling the sled. Buck changes over the course of the book. The same nobility and strength is still there, but it's tempered with wisdom and experience in wild matters as well as domestic ones. Without overdoing the descriptions, London gives you an idea of the cold bleakness of Alaska when your feet are in the snow and you have to trudge twenty miles. The readers will also find themselves agreeing completely with the brief descriptions of the characters who flit in and out. "Animal that longs to return to the wild" may be a cliche now, but it wasn't then. And now I'm off to read "White Fang"--I hope it's as good as this book was.
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Summary: An unforgettable tale of adventure and survival
Review: When I think back of some of the great books I've read, "Call of The Wild" is one of the first ones that come to mind. It's about a wolf named Buck and his adventures and struggles. He goes from living in a warm, comfortable house with his owner, to being a tough sled dog in the cold and unforgiving Arctic. "Call of The Wild" is definitely one of the best books I've ever read. You'll see Buck struggle with his new and abusive owners, his fight to become the new leader of the sled dogs, and many other exciting adventures that all come together in this great book. Jack London might not have known it while he was writing it, but he wrote a true masterpiece. I'll warn you, once you start reading this book, you won't be able to put it down much until you finish it, that's how good it is. I recommend "Call of The Wild" to anybody who likes adventure or survival books.
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