When I see a dog turn a phrase far better than I can and wax philosophical about matters I've barely pondered, I can't help but think that modern public schooling has failed me. Buck, protagonist of The Call of the Wild, is one smart dog. He's smarter than me. Just think of what a cat could create.I...
The story of Buck, a St. Bernard/Shepherd cross family pet, stolen and subsequently sold to become a sled dog in the harsh environments of the Alaskan wild. Passed from owner to owner, Buck soon learns that the only way to survive is to use his sheer size to overpower any would be attackers and sho...
Once again, I read The Call of the Wild because Jack London is on a list of authors who was born in January. I am doing this birthday challenge from The Dead Writers Society Literary Birthday Challenge. For such a short story, this packs a huge emotional punch. Told in the third person, we follow a ...
This is my first attempt at listening to an audiobook. The plan is to listen to audiobooks when I go for walks, in an attempt to get me out walking more. We'll see if it actually works.The Call of the Wild was a very emotive, sad, brutal read, yet sometimes hopeful. I’m pleased I read this, but it h...
Everyone seems to love to this book. Meh, I thought it was okay. It seems extremely boring for most part. However, what I like about this is that the author has successfully write a very meaningful story about self - realisation? and loyalty, how Buck was unable to fully commit his life to nature, ...
Novels narrated from a dog’s point of view are rarities. I distinctly remember reading two, [b:Fluke|459822|Fluke|James Herbert|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1406784508s/459822.jpg|448311] by the late great James Herbert, and [b:Cujo|10603|Cujo|Stephen King|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1394208144s/...
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonHad read this in high school and trying to get my husband into reading and he had read White Fang so thought he'd enjoy this one.Figured we could read along with one another, out loud. Well ok we each read it at our own pace.Story is about Buck, a dog that is sold ...
This is another book that I loved as a child, but was a very different experience when read as an adult. The scenes and images and emotions that I remembered most vividly were still beautiful – those between Buck and John Thornton. The tenderly rough way that man and dog expressed love for each othe...
Hmm... Well, the writing was beautiful, I'll give it that. And the premise was interesting. But, there were two issues I had with Call of the Wild. Firstly, there are a LOT of characters, but not much character development in any, except Buck (obviously, because he's the protagonist). All of the cha...
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