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Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild: A Tale of Survival
Buck is an extraordinary character in an extraordinary narrative, The Call of the Wild, written by Jack London. Buck is an active and proud dog who walks around in a noble fashion. He lives in a big house owned by a judge and has enjoyed an aristocratic lifestyle for five years. In fact, “Buck ruled” (London 1) over the entire household, for he is "king - king over all creeping, crawling, flying things of the Judge’s place. London describes him as a "stated aristocrat," (2) who carries himself in a royal fashion. His saving grace is that he has an active outdoor life; as a result, he is healthy and wasn’t a pampered housedog.
During the Klondike strike in 1897, one of the Judge's gardeners, desperate for money decides to kidnap Buck and sell him as a work dog for the Yukon. Buck seems to be perfectly suited for the challenges of the Arctic, nevertheless, when the rope tightens round his neck, Buck springs in anger, pain, and ...

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