The Call of the Wild (Scholastic Classics)

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Summary: Call of the Wild
Review: Call Of The Wild

Reading Call of The Wild taught me a very good lesson about the real world. That lesson was that you need a very big heart and lots of courage to survive. For example, when Buck the Dog and Main Character in this book gets stolen from his loving and warm family he has to go to the harsh, cold Alaskan Coast and try to survive the extreme differences from his home back north, indeed Buck is strong and he pursues the Call of the Wild and in this wonderful and dangerous trek Buck is sold to a careless owner then when taken out into the cold wild wolves attack and then it becomes a whole new war. Also, in this book as this amazing journey continues Buck's intelligence, courage, and strength turns him into a fearless leader and as the men ride along with Buck they become desperate and as I said before only the strong will survive.

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Summary: Buck realizes his potential
Review: Gold was found in Alaska, the rush to obtain it required a strong constitution and many dogs to do the work that horses usually did in the states. The environment bread harsh attitudes. Also in the testing of ones mettle one finds their true potential.

Buck (a dog that is half St Bernard and half Shepherd) goes through many lives, trials, and tribulations finally realizing his potential. On the way he learns many concepts from surprise, to deceit, and cunning; he also learns loyalty, devotion, and love. As he is growing he feels the call of the wild.

This book is well written. There is not a wasted word or thought and the story while building on its self has purpose and direction. The descriptions may be a tad graphic for the squeamish and a tad sentimental for the romantic. You see the world through Buck's eyes and understand it through his perspective until you also feel the call of the wild.



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Summary: Sam's review
Review: I think the book was really good. The book is about a dog named Buck learns the leasons of the wild. He is sold from a family that treats him realy good to a family that beats him when he does somthing bad. The other dogs get treated the same way. He meets a dog that does not like him and they end up fighting and buck kills him. He has an encounter with a wolf and they became realy good friends. He goes to the woods for days at a time.

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Summary: Not my type of genre
Review: In the book Call of the Wild, Jack London inscribes about a dog, named Buck, who learns to subsist in the artic climates of the Yukon autonomously. The palpable theme of this book is survival. I am one of those people who abhor this kind of genre in a book. I did not find this book very gratifying for many other reasons besides this. Some sundry reasons are that Jack London skipped around a lot from one point to another. An example of this was in the ending of the book, after Buck mourns about the horrendous incident with John Thorton, then he suddenly reminds himself of the fellow wolf he had met before. After that, Jack London tells us how the Yeehat's tribe fears Buck. All of this blurs together making the book perplexing. I'm not really devoted to stories with a dog's perspective because we will never know what it is like to be a dog or any kind of animal. It's also very nauseating how London describes the fights of the dogs and how they die. Because of how Jack London depicts everything in each detail, it makes the story trifle monotonous and makes it seem very dawdling. Last but not least, I thought the beginning and ending was fairly depressing.
In the beginning of Call of the Wild, for four years, Buck abides with the prosperous Judge Miller. In this time people were captivating dogs, for the use for pulling sleds to go up north in search for gold. Judge Miller's gardener, Manuel, abducts Buck and sells him to Perrault and Francois because of his Chinese-lottery gambling problem. Perrault and Francois were one of those people who were going up north to peruse their dreams of becoming rich off of gold. They ad infinitum hit Buck with a club. Other dogs in the pack didn't accept Buck, especially Spitz, who was the lead sled dog. Ultimately, Buck and Spitz had an immense fight. Subsequently, Buck becomes the prime sled dog of the pack.
Just after Buck's triumph, Perrault and Francois sold Buck and the pack to Hal, Charles, and Mercedes. They also, treated Buck unfairly. These people were very callow. They habitually missed a trial and got lost. Then they had spotted where John Thorton was resting. By that time, Buck grew very fatigue. John Thorton saw how badly Buck was treated so he threatens Hal, Charles and Mercedes that if they hurt him again he'd kill them. So then, John Thorton takes Buck because Buck was very ailing and wanted to help him. They agreed in an unfriendly manner but in a matter of time, a calamitous event happens to Hal, Charles and Mercedes. It was good thing John Thorton took Buck away before something acute occurred to him.
Buck grew to esteem and feel affection for John Thorton. He never left him unaided. After when John Thorton slipped off the rock into the rapid river and Buck jumped in after him and saved him, more love grew between Buck and John Thorton. After an abysmal occurrence, Buck feels woeful but knows that life has to go on.
I counsel this book to people who relished Where the Red Fern Grows because of its depressing ending and its perspective on dogs, and My Side of the Mountain because of its akin theme, survival. If you do not enjoy forlorn books, animal perspectives, repulsive details, and slow-moving books, just as I, I do not recommend this book to you.

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Summary: Sam's review
Review: No doubt, "Call of the Wild," is one of the most boring books I have ever read. Reading it is like a nightmare. It should be properly be labled "Call of Boredom," and I'm not kidding! Though it's only 150+ pages, and it includes only seven chapters, it really drags and you'll fall asleep after reading its first few pages.

It has no story at all. It's just about some dog who has to survive in the wilderness of Alaska after getting kidnapped. Jeez! What kind of plot is that? This book includes lots of poor, one-dimensional characters, even annyoning ones like Francois. It's really pointless to read, and I recommend that you stay away from it, unless you are forced to read it for school. "Call of Boredom" is one of the world's overrated books, and I mean it.

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Summary: Call of the what??!
Review: No doubt, "Call of the Wild," is one of the most boring books I have ever read. Reading it is like a nightmare. It should be properly be labled "Call of Boredom," and I'm not kidding! Though it's only 150+ pages, and it includes only seven chapters, it really drags and you'll fall asleep after reading its first few pages.

It has no story at all. It's just about some dog who has to survive in the wilderness of Alaska after getting kidnapped. Jeez! What kind of plot is that? This book includes lots of poor, one-dimensional characters, even annyoning ones like Francois. It's really pointless to read, and I recommend that you stay away from it, unless you are forced to read it for school. "Call of Boredom" is one of the world's overrated books, and I mean it.

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Summary: A Book That Kindles Your Wild Side
Review: Spitz, king of the Yukon Wilderness, verses Buck from the sun-kissed Southland, in extreme combat. The two of them bite and growl at each other with kindling eyes of fire. Buck gets a burst of undeniable energy and goes for the gold, ripping and tearing at Spitz even more each second.
Jack London's, The Call of the Wild, is an extremely powerful book about the main character, Buck, transforming from a lazy, sun-kissed, dog, to a ferocious, primordial, timber wolf who takes no prisoners and shows absolutely NO mercy.
Manuel, Judge Miller's gardener, sells Buck to the man in the red sweater. At that very moment, Buck has only begun his journey in learning the one definite law of the North, the Law of Club and Fang. The one that says kill or be killed, every dog for himself and survival is above all.
From then on, Buck is adjusting his ways to the snowy plains of the Yukon. He learns important rules of survival like to eat your food before other dogs scarf it down behind your back and to dig a hole and sleep in there until the harsh, hurtling, wind finally comes to a halt.
But the owners of the sled team changed over and over until Buck finally met John Thornton. Until then, Buck never had truly loved any of his other sled team owners. Buck shared a deep, compassionate, unconditional, relationship with John Thornton and saved his life many times.
But when angry Native Americans, ---- the Yeehats, come steal all of John Thornton's gold, ruin the entire camp, and mercilessly murder everyone, Buck comes to the rescue. He viciously tears and kills every single one of the Yeehats that comes in his path. That's when Buck finally realized that he had killed the noblest game of all, -- man.
That was when Buck heard the call, the famous call of his entire species, --- the call of the wild.

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Summary: A Book That Kindles Your Wild Side
Review: Spitz, king of the Yukon wilderness, verses Buck, from the sun-kissed Southland, in extreme combat. The two of them bite and growl at each other with kindling eyes of fire. Buck gets a burst of undeniable energy and goes for the gold, ripping and tearing at Spitz even more each second.

Jack London's, The Call of the Wild, is an extremely powerful book about the main character,---Buck, transforming from a lazy, sun-kissed, dog, into a ferocious, primordial, wolf who takes no prisoners and shows absolutely NO mercy.

Manuel, Judge Miller's gardener, sells Buck to the man in the red sweater. At that very moment, Buck has only begun his journey in learning the one definite law of the North,---the law of club and fang. The one that says kill or be killed, every dog for himself, and survival is above all.

From then on, Buck is adjusting his ways to the snowy plains of the Klondike. He learns important rules of survival like to eat your food before the other dogs scarf it down and to sleep in a hole until the harsh, hurtling, wind finally comes to a halt.

The owners of the sled team changed over and over until Buck had finally met John Thornton. Until then, Buck had never truly loved any of his sled team owners. Buck shared a compassionate, unconditional, relationship with John Thornton and saved his life many times.

But when angry Native Americans,---the Yeehats, come steal all of John Thornton's gold, ruin the entire camp, and mercilessly murder everyone, Buck comes to the rescue. He maliciously kills every single one of them. That's when Buck finally realized that he had killed the noblest game of all,---man.

And that was when Buck heard the call, the famous call of his entire species,---the call of the wild.

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Summary: Call of the Wild
Review: The book "the call of the wild" is based on a dog called Buck who is kidnapped. In the beginning of the story, the gardener of Bucks master hears that people will pay money for dogs. So he kidnaps Buck and trades him for money. Buck escapes and lives with a pack of wolves. Later on, Buck escapes and meets a man called John Thornton and stays with him. He soon starts to run into the forest for no reason every day longer each time. Then he stays and lives in the forest until the end of his very old days.
My favorite part was when Buck was kidnapped. This happened in the beginning. A man called Manuel was hired by Judge Miller, Bucks first owner. Manuel heard that people were willing to pay people for dogs with long, thick, warm fur. This is because people had discovered gold in the Arctic. Manuel then kidnapped Buck and traded him for money. This started him on a great adventure that would turn Buck from a tame dog to a wild wolf.
I chose to read this book because, I like fantasy stories. The book reveals a story of a kidnapped wolf, from the dog's point of view. It explains how he thought people were, and how he was really treated. I also chose to read this book because it is a great classic.

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Summary: A Wild Story's Review
Review: The Call of The Wild is about a strapping dog named Buck. Buck learns in an unexpected adventure how to beat the best and earn respect of all that he came in contact with, but many times this goal was brutal to achive, making the story full of action and suspense. Through his travels,and not knowing where his next step would lead him, Buck answers his call to the wild.
I personally enjoyed the whole story even though it's written for a much younger age. The most captivating parts were when Buck outsmarted the smartest dogs and some of the most ridiculously obstinate men. This ability allowed him to move up in his leadership role and make himself infamous.
I recommend this book for all to read. The young and old!