Call of the Wild (Classic Collection)

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Summary: WELL WRITTEN BUT CAN BE BORING AT TIMES
Review: Jack London's allegory The Call of the Wild was written about a spoild well-treated dog exposed to the misery of the bitter-cold Yukon. Buck has the emotions and thoughts of a human yet the physical shape of a St. Bernard. Buck began as a domestic pet and became an agressive, life threatening wolf. This story tells the way of a dog life but through a human perspective. Jack London explains the agony of abuse through brutal beatings and shows the pleasure of love through the positive environment created by John Thorton. I believe this book was written in a creative point-of-view and is descriptive to of how life in the horrible Yukon would be. Buck learns "the law of club and fang(p.8)" in chapter two when his friendly companion is viciously murdered. This book is a story about how much an individual can change by being exposed to a negative environment and treated poorly, devolving a friendly pet to a fierce warrior.

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Summary: Call Of The Wild is a good book for people who like to read.
Review: In my opinion, Jack London's Call Of The Wild is a book i would read again. I thought this book was very descriptive. The beginning of the book didn't catch my eye, but the further I read the moree interesting it was. The book told a alot about the rough livesof the characters. "He was beaten(he knew that); but he was not broken." pg. 6. Is a quote where the main character Buck begins to learn the law of club and fang. The book can be confusing at times, but I think this is a good book for anyone to read.

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Summary: I did like the book.
Review: In Jack London's Call of the Wild I thought that it was a very detailed book. This book was so detailed that you got a really good picture of what it was like. Then other times it was so detailed it got really boring. You really get the feeling of what it was like back in the 1800's and the Yukon. "Dat Buck for sure learn queek as anyt'ing" I like this quote because this is how I think that Buck is becoming wild. This is how Buck earns the respect from his handler and teams. It is amazing how he could become a great sled dog so quick. From a scale from 1 to 10 I give this book a 7 because it had good detail and a good story line.

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Summary: This book was very well written though it was not my favorit
Review: In my opinion Jack London's The Call Of The Wild was not as exciting as I thought. The vocabulary sounded very old fashioned and boring.In some paragraphs I didn't even understand what was going on.I did think the story itself was good though. I also like how Jack London described everything in the book.When Buck and Spitz got in a fight it really kept me reading.I also liked the part when John Thorton fell in the river.In the book I liked the quote"I spik true when I say dat Buck two devils." I think it really explains Buck's character and how he is strong and powerful.The Call Of The Wild is not a book I would have picked to have read on my own but I enjoyed reading it with my english class. I would recommend this book to people who like reading about the outdoors.

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Summary: "The Call of the Wild" had some high and low points.
Review: I thought "The Call of the Wild" was an average book. Jack London did a good job on description. "The house was approached by gravelled driveways which wound about through wide-spreading lawns and under the interlacing boughs of tall poplars." Symbolism was also very important. On the flip side, I thought it was a little redundant. The allegory was played to death, and some dramatic parts were almost the same. Overall, it was a decent book. When writing an allegory sometimes it is hard to use ones imagination, because one must keep everything sybolized. If you are looking to read a book that has deeper meaning, I would recommend this book. If you are looking to read a fun book I would not.

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Summary: This Book is a very discriptive book.
Review: My Opinion of CALL OF THE WILD by Jack Londin is a very interesting book. I Liked it. It kept me reading and i did not want to put it down. Jack made the dogs sound like they were human. That is what captivated me. For example at the very beginning on page one. "Buck never read the newspaper or he would of known the trouble was brewing." There he tried to make Buck sound like an illiterate person. Then again on page nine when Curly was getting beat up. Buck looked at Spitz and thought "Spitz ran out his tounge and laughed again, from this point on Buck hated Spitz with a bitter and deathless hatred." If I would give CALL OF THE WILD a grade it would be a B. I liked how Jack London descibed everything and how he made the animals sound like humans.

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Summary: I really thought this book needed some spice.
Review: I thought that THE CALL OF THE WILD by Jack London was a decent book. It was kind of dull and lacked that spice that keeps the reader glued to the book. I did like how descriptive he was in some situations, but this description was also the downfall of this book. I didn't like how he gave the animals human feelings. Like on page 42 when he was talking about Buck. He says "love, genuine passionate love was his for the first time." In all, I would only recommend this book to people who have nothing better to read.

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Summary: Call of the Wild, a good book to read .
Review: The book Call of the Wild was in my opinion , a good book to read . It had a little bit of everything in it ( humor, drama , death etc. ) some vocabulary is a bit old-fashioned , but other than that it is very well written . You feel drawn into the story , and will not want to put it awat . London captured the spirit of the gold rush and the savage behavior of the times . ( p24) ' Mercy was a thing reserved for the gentler climes'. On the trail [ in the Yukon ] you have to have both imagination and instinct, such as Buck had to become lead dog and to kill Spitz , who had been the lead dog . Over all this is a book you will want to finish . I would recommend this book to anyone of anyage .

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Summary: The book is very well written and very descriptive.
Review: The Call of the Wild by Jack London was a good book that is very well written. There is a lot of description that makes you feel like you can really picture what he is talking about. "Buck was truly a red-eyed devil, as he drew himself togethor for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming and a mad glitter in his blood shot eyes." When you read that it gives you a great mental picture of what London is talking about. Some of the vocabulary is hard to understand because it is old-fashioned. It does help you understand more about the people and the times and makes it more interesting. I would reccomend this book for anyone who likes descriptive books and the outdoors.

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Summary: I recommend the book to everyone.
Review: I think that everyone should be exposed to this book; if only for the way that the author entices one to feel in the same feeling of hope, and hopelessness for Buck, as he is mistreated and unloved. This story has some parallels to the way humans respond and feel twords others. "For the love of a man" this is the title of chapter six. To me chapter six appears to be the resolution to all th tragedy,that happened prior to buck meeting John Thorton. As I began to assume that the book would only get better; I was wrong. At the end bucks newfound love John Thorton, and his resolution to the abuse and neglect he had undertaken had come into view- it left just as fast. John died, buck returned to the primative, and never gets the life that he deserved. This of coarse wasn't the happy ending that I feel would have been the complete resolution the bucks tragic twisted life. I didn't like how the all of the story was based on the goldrush. However to someone in which this type of topic interests; this would be the choice book for them. I liked how some of the dogs' characters were developed so beautifully; some could've been brought into a more descriptive light. I do recomend this book.