Friday, June 7, 2013

The Call of The Wild By Jack London

The Call of The Wild is Jack London's most popular novel. Set in the frozen wastelands of the Yukon, it tells of the magnificent dog buck, who is a loyal pet until cruel men make him a pawn in their feverish search for the gold of the Klondike.Brutally clubbed and beaten into serving as a sled dog, Buck finds the blood of his wolf ancestors rising within him until he breaks free to roam the Alaskan wilderness as leader of a ferocious wolf pack.
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  1. KurtJune 7, 2013 at 9:53 AM

    I started this book a few weeks ago an d am all most done reading it, I would recommend this book to any one who likes out door books or just wants to read a good story.

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  2. josiahAugust 6, 2013 at 6:51 AM

    What did you think of the treatment of the dog? Was it necessary as part of the dog sledding life, or excessively cruel?
    Have you read anything else by Jack London? I bet you would enjoy his other books. He writes a lot about the outdoors. Can you find his short story, "To Build a Fire"? That's a quick read and an exciting illustration of roughing it.

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  3. KurtSeptember 5, 2013 at 2:32 PM

    I think that the treatment towards the dogs is cruelty, but during this time period I don't think that people really saw it as being cruel, people were just trying to keep the dogs in line so they could work a peak efficiency.

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