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  2. As an adventure novel, The Call of the Wild tracks Buck’s journey through an unknown environment with perilous obstacles and the personal growth that occurs as a result. Buck takes on a heroic identity early in the novel as he instinctively begins defending himself against the threats he faces, and his courage and resilience are ultimately ...

  3. The Call of the Wild: Novel Summary. Chapter 1. Summary The story begins in the fall of 1897, at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush. Buck is a large, one-hundred and forty pound dog who lives on a ranch owned by Judge Miller in Santa Clara, California, some forty miles south of San Francisco.

  4. A short summary of Jack London's The Call of the Wild. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of The Call of the Wild.

    • Jack London
    • 1903
  5. The main point is to depict Bucks extreme transformation from a pet to a wild dog. He starts the novel as a house pet and ends it as a member of a wild wolf pack in Canada. The book also provides commentary on the dangers of arrogance, over-civilization, and empathy for all living things.

  6. Book Summary. Buck, a huge, four-year-old half-Saint Bernard and half-Scottish shepherd dog, is living a life of civilized ease in California's Santa Clara Valley in the home of Judge Miller. It seems to be the best of all possible worlds, for Buck is the most prized animal that the Judge owns.

  7. The Call of the Wild is told from a very unusual point of viewthat of a dog. Yet a human narrator stands outside of Buck's consciousness and makes sense of the dog's universe to human readers. London also tries to maintain Buck's believability as a dog.

  8. The Call of the Wild by Jack London was published in 1903. The plot follows the life of Buck, a pet dog, as he is stolen and sold to be a sled dog in the midst of the Klondike gold rush. Buck is forced to adapt by giving in to his primitive instincts until he succumbs completely and becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

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