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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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.

  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. Call of the Wild Summary. The Gold Rush in the Yukon and Alaska has prompted the need for big, strong dogs who will be able to pull sleds over icy trails. Buck, a large animal living in the home of Judge Miller in Santa Clara, California, is exactly what the explorers want. He is an animal with human-like tendencies, intelligence, strength and ...

  6. The Call of the Wild is a story of transformation in which the old Buck—the civilized, moral Buck—must adjust to the harsher realities of life in the frosty North, where survival is the only imperative.

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  8. The Call of the Wild is narrated from a unique perspectivethat of a dog named Buck. However, a human narrator exists outside of Buck's awareness, interpreting the dog's world...

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