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Title: The Call of the Wild (Classics Illustrated) by Ken Fitch, Jack London, Joshua Miller, Maurice Del Bourgo ISBN: 1-57840-042-2 Publisher: Acclaim Books Pub. Date: September, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 (287 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: WELL WRITTEN BUT CAN BE BORING AT TIMES
Comment: Jack London's allegory The Call of the Wild was written about a spoild well-treated dog exposed to the misery of the bitter-cold Yukon. Buck has the emotions and thoughts of a human yet the physical shape of a St. Bernard. Buck began as a domestic pet and became an agressive, life threatening wolf. This story tells the way of a dog life but through a human perspective. Jack London explains the agony of abuse through brutal beatings and shows the pleasure of love through the positive environment created by John Thorton. I believe this book was written in a creative point-of-view and is descriptive to of how life in the horrible Yukon would be. Buck learns "the law of club and fang(p.8)" in chapter two when his friendly companion is viciously murdered. This book is a story about how much an individual can change by being exposed to a negative environment and treated poorly, devolving a friendly pet to a fierce warrior.
Rating: 4
Summary: Made my heart feel light and happy
Comment: Imagine a well loved & loving dog taken away from its owner. Then after that, this wonderful animal is beaten by a man with a club and from a house dog he turns to a mean, growling, fighting for food, sled dog? Well Buck in Call of the Wild had to; He is a long gray haired St. Bernard- Scotch shepherd. His former owner was Judge Miller. Manuel, Judge Miller's gardener, stole Buck when Judge was sleeping. Talk about harsh! The man with the club was named Morgan. He was a bad man.
I liked this book from beginning to end. It was exciting and fun; I was never bored. I liked the way Jack London wrote the book, I got lost in words I couldn't put it down. I saw in my head what was going on, like a movie. The most exciting part was when Buck was in a fight with the lead dog, Spitz, and won! I thought the ending was the best, it made my heart feel light and happy; I can't tell you the ending for that will give the whole book away. I did not like it when Buck was beaten to start moving when he was tired, Also when Morgan hit him with the club, over and over again until the scared Buck stopped attacking, it made me mad and I wanted to jump in the book and hurt those mean people, But of course they are just characters. This story is action packed; it will make you sit up straight and read for hours. I recommend this for people ages 6-up and for animal lovers everywhere. I also think Jack London's creative fictions will make everybody's imagination go wild, especially if you love action adventure animal stories.
Rating: 5
Summary: No words to describe
Comment: In this spell binding, compelling, truly amazing book, London grabs you and never lets you go. It follows the story of Buck, and dog who is yanked out of his lazy life by a cruel gardener and forced to travel to the Yukon to aid men (and women) in search of gold. He experiences intolerable cruelty; he gets beaten and whipped almost to death, he is almost starved by a set of owners, and he learns the basic rule of thumb; kill or be killed. He often fights with the other lead dog until he finally knocks him off. It isn't until he is taken care of and showed what real love means by John Thornton that he finally warms up to humans again. But his love is cut short when a group of Yee-hats kill his entire team; Thornton, the other dogs of the team, and Thornton's friends. He then becomes full of rage; he spies the Yee-hats some distance away and knocks off almost the entire pack. He wanders around, not quite conscious of what has happened until a wolf pack come along...then he finally recieves "the call"; hence "The Call of the Wild"
This is one of the best books I have ever read, but also the saddest I've ever read. It had a huge impact on me; I wasn't quite sure of it until I almost burst into tears when talking about it. It hits you on a highly personal level...so if you are the type of person who gets affected by things easily, I would make sure you can handle it before you read it. But I guess that's what makes a great author; one that can touch you so deeply that you remember it for the rest of your life.
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