Scott+J.+Call+of+the+Wild

I read the book //The Call of the Wild// by Jack London. While Jack was growing up he started reading when he was young and enjoyed it very much. He later started stealing. ‘“He soon earned himself the title of ‘prince of the Oyster Palace”’(London 129). This quote from the biography section at the end of the book shows how he was a thief because he stole oysters. He then became a cop so that he didn’t get in trouble. That is when he learned about survival and his book //The Call of the Wild// shows that message and is a partly a reflection of his own life that he wrote in the book. The book is about a dog named Buck. Buck was a house dog that got taken from his home and sold to be on a dog sled team. The people who bought him were trying to make money off of the gold rush that happened in Alaska. The first man that bought him beat him and taught him not to fight humans. That man sold him to his first actual dog sled team where he learned what he was doing and how to be a sled dog. He made friends with some of the dogs and enemies with the others. He found out how the camps and area worked between the dogs. He saw another dog get killed in a fight and that is where he realized what fighting among dogs was like. He seen became a major rival with the lead dog of the team and they fought for leadership, respect, power, ect. But they never actually fought each other until the lead dog attacked him. They then got into a fight and Buck manages to kill him. He then has to fight with the human leaders of the team to get them to allow him to be the head of the team. He finally gets his spot and everything is fine. After awhile of this they sell their team and leave them to another group of people who are trying to do the same things as they did except these people aren’t good and don’t know what they are doing. They have many difficulties working the sled and the dogs and when they stop to talk to a man they almost kill Buck trying to get him to go. The man steps in and takes care of Buck and becomes his owner. A lot of things happen with him and Buck. Most of the things are good and they begin to bond and Buck will do whatever he says. They go on a trip and he meets a wolf and he spends much of the time in the woods and goes back and forth between the woods and the camp. More things do happen including a surprise ending. If you liked this book there are others like it such as old yeller. This was a very good novel with a good writing style. The writing style was third person omniscient but the animals never talked and the humans had some lines. He was also very detailed. I liked the writing style even though he used too much description in areas where it was not needed. That to me was the only problem with the way it was written that I noticed, over detailed. I personally thought this was a very good book and I believe that you should read it. I recommend it to any person who wants to read a book. What I think makes is so amazing is the way that the author makes it easy to understand while still making you think about the message and meaning of the book if you are an advanced reader. That to me is the reason that this book is on the list because it can challenge a person if they look deep enough or it can be easy if you are just looking for a book to read. Type in the content of your page here.