The Call of the Wild by Jack London is a book about a dog named Buck thats living a good life in California and then gets stolen and put into dog slavery. He ends up having to pull a heavy sled in the freezing snow for many miles. Throughout the book Buck has to adapt to his new life and in order to that he faced many challenges. He has to learn from other dogs and do what they do. If he screws up he gets whipped and punished. As Buck gets better and better at his new job he decides to fight for power against another dog. The fight was violent but in the end Buck pulled it off.
Now that Buck was in power he had everything he needed and the other dogs would not challenge him now. He thought he had everything until the sled got new people and these people were bad. They beat the dogs and planned poorly. Half way through the journey they ran out of food and everyone started going hungry. When they got to ice it was melting and Buck refused to to go. They start beating him and then the other guys knife falls and cuts Buck free. They left without Buck but before they even got a quarter mile the ice collapsed swallowing everyone including the dogs.
After that Buck is saved by a man named John Thornton. He becomes attached to him and saves his life many times. Buck now sets off on journey with his new owner and other men loving his life. At the end Thornton is killed by the Yeehat tribe and Buck wants vengeance. But for now Buck is free to run the wild with wild packs of dogs. Only if he’s the leader.
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