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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
Fast paced story about a normal family dog that is forced to become a sled dog. Interesting to read as some parts are written directly from the dog's point of view. Action packed and satisfying all the way through.
I read “The Call of the Wild” to my kids, and they were fully invested in Buck’s journey from a cushy domestic life to the deep forests of the Yukon. It was an intense story, detailing the cruelty and greed of humans and I had to paraphrase at times when things got too dicey for poor but courageous Buck, but overall it’s a great tale of adventure and survival. There’s a reason we still read Jack London, his sentences speak volumes, pack a punch, and can leave you in tears. I cried as we ended Buck’s story, a journey to find his true self and to know love. “Never was there such a dog,” said John Thornton.
Il bosco chiama
L'amore per la libertà corre nella radura, sfugge nei ruscelli, impregna le nebbie e sussurra tra le fronde delle foreste.
Jack London ristabilisce le gerarchie e ridimensiona l'ossessivo desiderio di controllo dell'uomo: è la natura primordiale a decidere le sorti, ma senza calpestare a priori i combattenti sul terreno di battaglia.
Il richiamo della foresta è un intenso inno alla libertà, un'opera che riporta coi piedi per terra e insegna a porci in maniera paritaria con tutti gli altri, non al di sopra.
Indimenticabile.
L'amore per la libertà corre nella radura, sfugge nei ruscelli, impregna le nebbie e sussurra tra le fronde delle foreste.
Jack London ristabilisce le gerarchie e ridimensiona l'ossessivo desiderio di controllo dell'uomo: è la natura primordiale a decidere le sorti, ma senza calpestare a priori i combattenti sul terreno di battaglia.
Il richiamo della foresta è un intenso inno alla libertà, un'opera che riporta coi piedi per terra e insegna a porci in maniera paritaria con tutti gli altri, non al di sopra.
Indimenticabile.
Nothing like crying in public because of the fates of dogs
Sometimes I too want to succumb to the mysterious call of the forest!
This guy gets it!
This guy gets it!
The Call Of The Wild, by Jack London, is a well-written, emotional, and action-packed novel that I quite enjoyed. The novel takes place during the gold rush of Klondike in the 1890s and centers around Buck. Buck is a smart, sneaky, and courageous Saint Bernard-Scottish Shepard mix four years of age. Buck lives in Santa Clara Valley in a house with Judge Miller, the owner of the house and owner of Buck. Buck is the ruler of everything and everyone in the Santa Clara Valley. However, everything changes when Judge Miller’s gardener, Manuel, encounters a vast gambling debt and sells Buck without the consent of Judge Miller. Subsequently, Buck learns the life a sled dog is accustomed to and has many people pass throughout his life. He traverses various places, chiefly in the regions of Klondike, Yukon, and Dawson in Canada. He also travels to Dyea and Skagway in Alaska. The Call Of The Wild is a splendid novel that perfectly tells the life that sled dogs had to face in the 1890s while beautifully illustrating Buck’s fortitude, skill, and adaptability.
Throughout the novel, Buck faces numerous hardships and learns vast and varying aspects of life sled dogs in the 1890s had to endure. One of the hardships Buck had to face was being broken and punished in cruel ways. One of the first places Buck arrived after being sold is in Seatle. A man in a red sweater lets Buck out of a cage he was confined in. Buck launches at the man with the pent pang of anger, sadness, and sickness. As he soars through the air at the man, Buck is struck with a club. Buck repeats this action several times, all times being stricken with the club. At last, Buck is tired and bleeding from his mouth, ears, and nose and gives up. He learns to be afraid of clubs and men with clubs. Afterward, he witnesses several other dogs being broken in the same manner. The man in the red sweater threatens to hit the dogs with a club if they misbehaved, which is considered abuse today but seemed to be common back then.
Another familiarity sled dogs had to endure was difficult and heavy toil against their will. Buck and his mates often go days or weeks without breaks. Some dogs die because of this. Hal, Charles, and Mercedes, the owners of Buck at one point, oftentimes worked the dogs against their will. Hal whipped the dogs continually and excessively, knocking them numb. A lot of their dogs start to die, but they don’t stop to let their dogs have a sufficient enough amount of rest. On one occasion, even after being forewarned that trying to cross Dawson would likely result in the ice breaking, Hal, Charles, and Mercedes tried to cross the Dawson. The dogs were pushed against their will. It makes me upset that sled dogs had to endure this behavior just for wealth and gold.
Another means of making wealth back then was by selling dogs. Manuel sold Buck for money like many other foolish men of that time. Sled dogs usually had multiple owners throughout their lives, and often none were permanent. This novel perfectly represents this through Buck’s life. Sled dogs, more often than not, were sold for the sole reason of wealth. Whenever the owner of the dogs thought they could get better dogs, thought they would make a good fortune off their dogs, or any other various reasons, they sold them. Buck had a lot of owners, and a lot of them were strict and pushed the dogs against their capabilities. This is not healthy for the dogs. For example, when Buck’s final owner John Thorton got him, Buck feels discontent with the idea that John Thoroton could sell him as his past owners did. He feels that owners aren’t permanent and that he’ll be sold again. He follows John around the camp to ease his worries. It saddens me that this was also relatively common amongst sled dog owners. Buck is strong, though, and he’s capable of withstanding these conditions.
Even when faced with these challenges and throughout his life, Buck’s strength, skill, and adaptability are superbly demonstrated. Sled dogs during this period were often overworked greatly. Buck is no stranger to being overworked. A good majority of his owners overwork him without rest nor heed to his wellbeing. Instead of giving up when pushed to his limits, Buck is persistent and courageous. His strength helps him in difficult situations. Even when Hal, Charles, and Mercedes overworks Buck, knocking him numb, Buck continues. He is capable of carrying heavy loads on the sled, as much as one hundred pounds. I do not think it was a good idea for Buck to carry that much, but his ability to carry that much shows how strong and dedicated Buck is to work and his masters.
Not only does Buck’s strength help him, but so does his adaptability. Buck adjusts to the Northland sled dog life and learns the primitive law with haste. He learns how to steal, attack, and kill. Spitz, his masters’ lead sled dog, attacks Buck relentlessly. Buck opposes his behavior and attacks him. On one occasion, Buck kills Spitz and takes over as leader of the sled dogs pulling the sled. He is a good leader. He can break in dogs efficiently and changes the whole teams’ behavior from poor to good. Overall, his adaptability does him and his team good.
With the same cunningness used to kill Spitz, Buck saves John Thorton on multiple occasions. At the Forty-Mile Creek, John Thorton and his partners Hans and Pete were steering a boat down the river. However, when Hans went to check the boat, he checked it too soon and it snubbed into the river upside-down. John was nearing the worst part of the rapids that no swimmer could survive. At this very instance, Buck ran down the bank, launching into the water to save John. It was a difficult task, though, and Buck almost drowns, making it out with three broken ribs. This was a dangerous stunt and had me worried. Buck’s willingness to risk his own life to save his master shows how much he cares about him, and Buck’s ability to carry out this task also shows his incredible skill.
The Call of The Wild does a marvelous job at representing both the life of sled dogs during the 1890s, and Buck’s strength, skill, and adaptability. The novel shows the hardships a sled dog would most likely have to face during these times like abuse, overworking, and multiple owners. Also, the novel shows the persistence and courage Buck has and Buck’s skill and quick learning. Buck’s loyalty to his master and work is also perfectly incorporated. Overall, The Call Of The Wild was a breathtaking novel that I loved reading.
Throughout the novel, Buck faces numerous hardships and learns vast and varying aspects of life sled dogs in the 1890s had to endure. One of the hardships Buck had to face was being broken and punished in cruel ways. One of the first places Buck arrived after being sold is in Seatle. A man in a red sweater lets Buck out of a cage he was confined in. Buck launches at the man with the pent pang of anger, sadness, and sickness. As he soars through the air at the man, Buck is struck with a club. Buck repeats this action several times, all times being stricken with the club. At last, Buck is tired and bleeding from his mouth, ears, and nose and gives up. He learns to be afraid of clubs and men with clubs. Afterward, he witnesses several other dogs being broken in the same manner. The man in the red sweater threatens to hit the dogs with a club if they misbehaved, which is considered abuse today but seemed to be common back then.
Another familiarity sled dogs had to endure was difficult and heavy toil against their will. Buck and his mates often go days or weeks without breaks. Some dogs die because of this. Hal, Charles, and Mercedes, the owners of Buck at one point, oftentimes worked the dogs against their will. Hal whipped the dogs continually and excessively, knocking them numb. A lot of their dogs start to die, but they don’t stop to let their dogs have a sufficient enough amount of rest. On one occasion, even after being forewarned that trying to cross Dawson would likely result in the ice breaking, Hal, Charles, and Mercedes tried to cross the Dawson. The dogs were pushed against their will. It makes me upset that sled dogs had to endure this behavior just for wealth and gold.
Another means of making wealth back then was by selling dogs. Manuel sold Buck for money like many other foolish men of that time. Sled dogs usually had multiple owners throughout their lives, and often none were permanent. This novel perfectly represents this through Buck’s life. Sled dogs, more often than not, were sold for the sole reason of wealth. Whenever the owner of the dogs thought they could get better dogs, thought they would make a good fortune off their dogs, or any other various reasons, they sold them. Buck had a lot of owners, and a lot of them were strict and pushed the dogs against their capabilities. This is not healthy for the dogs. For example, when Buck’s final owner John Thorton got him, Buck feels discontent with the idea that John Thoroton could sell him as his past owners did. He feels that owners aren’t permanent and that he’ll be sold again. He follows John around the camp to ease his worries. It saddens me that this was also relatively common amongst sled dog owners. Buck is strong, though, and he’s capable of withstanding these conditions.
Even when faced with these challenges and throughout his life, Buck’s strength, skill, and adaptability are superbly demonstrated. Sled dogs during this period were often overworked greatly. Buck is no stranger to being overworked. A good majority of his owners overwork him without rest nor heed to his wellbeing. Instead of giving up when pushed to his limits, Buck is persistent and courageous. His strength helps him in difficult situations. Even when Hal, Charles, and Mercedes overworks Buck, knocking him numb, Buck continues. He is capable of carrying heavy loads on the sled, as much as one hundred pounds. I do not think it was a good idea for Buck to carry that much, but his ability to carry that much shows how strong and dedicated Buck is to work and his masters.
Not only does Buck’s strength help him, but so does his adaptability. Buck adjusts to the Northland sled dog life and learns the primitive law with haste. He learns how to steal, attack, and kill. Spitz, his masters’ lead sled dog, attacks Buck relentlessly. Buck opposes his behavior and attacks him. On one occasion, Buck kills Spitz and takes over as leader of the sled dogs pulling the sled. He is a good leader. He can break in dogs efficiently and changes the whole teams’ behavior from poor to good. Overall, his adaptability does him and his team good.
With the same cunningness used to kill Spitz, Buck saves John Thorton on multiple occasions. At the Forty-Mile Creek, John Thorton and his partners Hans and Pete were steering a boat down the river. However, when Hans went to check the boat, he checked it too soon and it snubbed into the river upside-down. John was nearing the worst part of the rapids that no swimmer could survive. At this very instance, Buck ran down the bank, launching into the water to save John. It was a difficult task, though, and Buck almost drowns, making it out with three broken ribs. This was a dangerous stunt and had me worried. Buck’s willingness to risk his own life to save his master shows how much he cares about him, and Buck’s ability to carry out this task also shows his incredible skill.
The Call of The Wild does a marvelous job at representing both the life of sled dogs during the 1890s, and Buck’s strength, skill, and adaptability. The novel shows the hardships a sled dog would most likely have to face during these times like abuse, overworking, and multiple owners. Also, the novel shows the persistence and courage Buck has and Buck’s skill and quick learning. Buck’s loyalty to his master and work is also perfectly incorporated. Overall, The Call Of The Wild was a breathtaking novel that I loved reading.
Read this as a child and to this day I recall it as one of my favorite books, I will hardly be able to provide a well structured review of it aside from the fact that it seems appealing to a young mind.
Kind of difficult to read, very slow, but no less interesting.