... 's life by stopping Hal from beating him to death. This is where love began and "the call" stirred. Buck never left Thornton's side in fear that his new owner would leave him, like all his other masters had. Buck then felt something that he had never felt before, "the call of the wild". This was not strange to him; it was like an instinct. London takes Buck ... turns into a different animal by the end of the book. He is not domestic, he is wild, running with wolves and learning to kill, as well as to love. London teaches many lessons about the wild to Buck. London's first lesson is that o...

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Author: Jack London Publisher: Scholastic Books Characters: John Thornton: John is a nice guy who takes Buck away from an evil man who scolds Buck a lot. Spitz: Spitz is a vicious dog that wants to kill Buck. Buck and Spitz get in to two or three fights throughout the story. Judge Miller: Judge Miller is a nice guy. He was Buck's first owner. Mollie: Mollie is one of the Judge's daughters. Alice: Alice is the other daughter of the Judge Main Character: Buck: Buck is a dog. Basically, this is his life story. I would like to be Buck because he is very strong and fast, and over all a cool dog. Pl...

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... don't agree with yet for some reason find irresistible interesting. One such author is Jack London. What interested me the most about Jack London was his book "The Call of the Wild." In the first chapter he plays a trick on me that so many authors of stories I have read recently seem to be doing. He leads me to believe the "character" Buck is a person, but then I come to find out that he is ... desires to place him on a plane that will probably elevate this animal above most of his readers (something I found to be quite funny). The success of the entire tale depends on the audience's ab...

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