Title: The Call of the Wild
By: Jack LondonMy Copy: Amazon.com
BookWhisperer's Rating:
First
published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's
masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian
wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call
of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in
the frozen Alaskan Klondike.
The Call of the Wild is labeled as a classic and I could see why
after I finished the book. Buck has a
wonderful life, patrolling the land of his owner and following the kids around
until one day he follows the wrong person.
At first, I really was having a hard time getting into the book
solely based on the fact that I wanted nothing bad to happen to Buck. It was hard to read the struggles that Buck
had to endure. But the best thing was
how Jack London really made me love, connect, grieve for Buck who is a
dog. A DOG! Usually, I get attached to a
character, a human being, while reading a book but I was immediately in love
with Buck.
Throughout this book, I read the all of the horrid thing that
happen to Buck and I honestly lost hope for him. All I could think about is how was Buck going
to preserve not knowing how humans truly work?
How in the world will he ever learn to trust after the man in the red
sweater? How will he survive? Amazing enough, Buck struggles just like us
humans. Bad things happen, some people
are unkind and cruel, and life is a struggle constantly without any
reprieve. But amazing, he survives, he
learns to trust and love again, his life becomes better, and he finally learns
the true meaning to his being, a wild animal.
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