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The Call Of The Wild
My favorite story we’ve read in class was The Call of the Wild. I liked this book because it talked about what the people and animals had to go thru and do in the Klondike gold rush. It had a thrilling theme and was full of shocking twists. The Call of the Wild also includes many abusive parts that made it hard to read. Another reason I like this book is it was filled with many adventurous parts that Buck endures.

There was a hateful antagonist named Spitz and a cheerful protagonist named Buck. The climax of the story is probably when Spitz starts to fight Buck and Spitz ends up dying. Some main characters were Perrault and Francois, who were the people who bought Buck for their sled team. Later, John Thornton took Buck away and became Buck’s

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