Saturday, May 14, 2016

A Review of The Call of The Wild (By Ethan)

The Call of the Wild is written by Jack London. He was considered to be the greatest author in the list of all the great authors. He wrote books in a very special way. He used very hard but fancy words to make you feel like you are in the scene.

In Dec 1st 1902 Jack London started writing The Call of The Wild and then it was published in 1903. Do you know that we almost didn’t have this book? When Jack’s mother, Flora Wellman was pregnant with him, she tried to kill herself by overdosing on laudanum. But that attempt failed. Then Flora tried to shoot herself in the head!! Thank God she failed again.

The book is about a tide-water dog named Buck whose origin was the sun-kissed Santa Clara valley. He spend 4 years of that good life but then a poor man named Manual stole Buck and sold him to be a sled-dog in the freezing North because Inuit had found gold. This is known as the Klondike Gold Strike.

The book is fun to read but it is not easy. The language is surprisingly fancy and amazing. The theme maybe deceiving but it is being adventurous. My favorite character is Buck because he is brave, kind and ready for the wildest adventures of his life!! My favorite part of the book is when Buck meets his “wild brother” a timber wolf. Because the timber wolf is friendly and they get along very well. In some part of the book, the scenes are written and described particularly well. For example, a “yellow” moldy stream is described at the end of the story. (It was gold sand in the stream) I can almost sense the whole thing as if I was there.

I would love to recommend this book to a hiker or someone who is courageous. This book will put the soul of an adventurer to life.

Will Buck make it and survive in the North or will he have to die facing the cruel colds? Read The Call of The Wild and you will find out!

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