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    the novel The Call of the Wild a dog named Buck gets taken from his home in California and is then taken all the way to Yukon‚ Alaska‚ along the way Buck has to transform from being a domesticated home dog to a dog of the wild. The author Jack London has written many popular books including the Call of the Wild and many more‚ his books all display his descriptive writing style very well. London has many different methods of developing themes in his novels and in this novel he uses bucks transformation

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    Character Sketch of “The Barber” The story Just Lather‚ That’s All by Hernando Tellez‚ is about making the right decisions. It’s about a barber who must face the choice of taking revenge by killing Captain Torres‚ an executioner or to provide him with the perfect shave and thus preserve his job and his reputation. While he condemns himself to an uncertain future‚ he finally makes the right decision. “The Barber” is displayed as a heroic character by portraying intelligence‚ honour and morality.

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    How does the change affect him physically and spiritually? ( ‘The Call of the Wild’ by J. London – chapter 1) It will be a shortage if we do not mention about Jack London when talking about the American literature. In 1903‚ with the publication of The Call of the Wild the author was well-known all over the world. The novel is about the myth of the hero and the return to the life source which are around a dog named Buck. The dog first lived comfortably in the Santa Clara Valley and then

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    major theme in Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” is that adaptability is essential for his survival‚ which Buck must undertake and throughout the course of the book. At the beginning of book‚ Buck must start to adapt to the harsh and hostile environment in order to survive. First‚ Buck must learn the “Law of Club”. For example‚ if Buck didn’t learn that law from the man in the red sweater‚ he might get beat to death by other men with clubs. Since Buck survives the beating from the man in

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    Title: The Call of the Wild Author Jack London Setting Life is good for Buck in Santa Clara Valley where he spends his days and nights including eating and sleeping in the golden sunshine. Characters: The Main Dogs * Buck –a proud and powerful dog‚ half St Bernard and half shepherd dog‚ who begins life on a comfortable Californian estate as a family pet‚ yet soon changes when he is stolen and sold to work as a sled dog in the frozen North. * Spitz- Buck’s archrival and original

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    October 1st Period E1 Call of the Wild Theme Project “…he may be seen running at the head of the pack through the pale moonlight or glimmering borealis‚ leaping gigantic above his fellows‚ his great throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world‚ which is the song of the pack.” How did Buck‚ an ordinary domestic dog living in the sun-kissed Santa Clara valley in California‚ go from being the favored of a wealthy judge‚ to the head of the wolf pack in eastern Alaska? Buck makes many enemies

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    "Call of the Wild" Book Review By: Sheldon Shepard What if you were torn away from your home‚ your life‚ your family‚ and everything that was ever familiar to you‚ and got thrown into harsh‚ life threatening situations? Would you adapt in order to live and survive or would you be totally enveloped in the chaos and just give up‚ and become a name unmentioned? In Jack London’s book "Call of the Wild"‚ we are taught that anyone or thing can be taken from its surroundings and hurled into a world

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    Jack London’s book “The Call of the Wild” is that Buck needs to find his true self and finish his quest. At the beginning‚ Buck learns that he has to fight for his survival to find his true self and to start his quest. First‚ Buck learns the “Law of Club” by surviving the beating being given him by the man in the red sweater. For example‚ the man in the red sweater won’t stop beating Buck until Buck gives up attacking him. Buck bleeds and becomes unconscious. Since Buck gives up fighting back with

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    prowess‚ surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive.” (Jack London) A major theme in Jack London’s classic book The Call of The Wild is that adaptability is essential for survival which is what Buck experiences throughout the whole book. At the beginning‚ Buck has to adapt to the hostile environment in Alaska. First‚ Buck experiences snow for the first time. For example‚ he is shipped on a boat from Sunny California to cold Alaska. Since he was from California‚ where

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    The book ‘’Call of the Wild” and”The Fairy and the Shadow” have the same theme of loyalty.Although they do have differences.They also have some things in common.One of the large differences is “The Fairy and the Shadow’’ could not happen but “Call of the Wild” could happen bt is not based on a true story.One of the things they have in common is they have someone or somthing that remains loyal throught the whole story and book.These are some of the things they have in common and they have differently

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