To begin, the author stated, "Buck's senses came back to him, but not his strength. He lay where he had fallen, and from there he watched the man in the red sweater." Jack London could have easily extended this pivotal moment, but instead he chose to make this extremely important moment very minuscule and boring. This is a huge reason why he made this story boring and lifeless. He could have meticulously crafted every single important moment and made the book fun, but instead, he chose to make it boring, tiring, and just plain sad. Also, this book was vile because he made the diction inconceivable and uninteresting. One example would be, "The belt was the most salient thing about him. It advertised his callowness--a callowness sheer and unutterable." The sheer amount of words that were profound were skyrocketing, and made this book tedious and dull. How could someone understand this book and think it is interesting or …show more content…
The call of the wild is a irreverent book, directed towards a very small audience. Not only was the development and establishment of the theme faulted, but the diction and the structure made the book inconceivable and unpleasant to read in any manner. Jack London may be acclaimed as one of the best authors of his time, but his books like Call of the Wild are absolutely appalling and repelling. How would someone feel having to be forced to read these books, an adult even? Stuck in a boring and bland classroom reading another boring and bland book like this. Books like these belong in a garbage dump, and although many people might be pleased by this book, in no manner should they ever read just one page of this nauseating