London’s writing would prove to be a great influence on authors such as Jack Kerouac and George Orwell, directly inspiring Kerouac’s On the Road. His struggle to survive leads to a newfound appreciation for the natural world and his own wild instincts. It follows Buck a privileged California dog who is stolen and sold as a sled dog in the Yukon. Jack London himself took part in the Yukon Gold Rush in 1903, aged just 21, and three years later The Call of the Wild was published to immediate acclaim. The Call of the Wild is an unforgettable novel that pioneered the adventure genre. But when their bond is broken, Buck escapes the world of humans and fulfils his destiny to become a leader of wolves. Buck repays him with absolute loyalty and devotion and goes on to become the most famous pack dog in Alaska. After one particularly brutal attack leaves Buck close to death, he is rescued by prospector John Thornton. Buck ,a dog from Southern California, who is kidnaped and sold on the blackmarket to a sled team in Alaska. Set during the Yukon gold rush the Call of the wild tells the story of Buck. The novel gives and insight into human nature.
A large cross-breed, he lives a pampered life in California until he is kidnapped and sold to workers in the Yukon, where he is frequently beaten and forced to drag backbreaking loads. The Call of the Wild is an adventure fiction novel by Jack London. While humans did the prospecting, dogs were needed to pull sleighs, and Buck is perfectly suited to the work and conditions. During the Yukon Gold Rush, an estimated 100,000 people migrated to the region in the hope of striking it rich. Thus, although the novel is first and foremost a story about a dog, it displays a philosophical depth absent in most animal adventures.
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