The Call of the Wild by Jack London clearly demonstrates how literature allows us to travel in unexpected directions by pursuing thought processes which would not occur in everyday life. The Call of the Wild follows a dog called Buck and his transition from a…
Jack London Essay Examples and Topics
Jack London’s “To Build A Fire” explores the stubbornness of man. And the risk men take to achieve something even if it is not in their reach. The setting takes place in the woods during Yukon winter which is one hundred and thirteen degrees below…
Summary A man travels with his dog through the Yukon Territory, heading toward a mining camp. The dog understands it is too cold to travel but the man is arrogant and does not heed any previous warnings. They stop for lunch and the man builds…
Comparison of "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London and "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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The two books I will be comparing are: “The Call of the Wild” and “Black Like Me”. The author for “The Call of the Wild” is Jack London, and the author for “Black Like Me” is John Howard Griffin. They have very different point of…
Knowledge Versus Instinct in Jack London’s Short Story To Build a Fire
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Knowledge Vs. Instinct in To Build a Fire In Jack London’s “To Build a Fire” he tells a story that compares a dog’s natural instinct versus a man’s knowledge which acts as his instinct. The story is based upon a man and his four legged…
Buck is a powerful dog who lives on Judge Miller’s estate in Santa Clara Valley. However, when men discover gold in a region of Canada, there is a great demand for strong dogs who are able to pull sleds. This causes Buck to be kidnapped…
The novel has many different locations in which it is set in. Most of White Fang takes place in the Yukon Territory which is a section of Canada. The territory is very icy and cold. The area is full of beautiful mountains and lakes. It…
When put up against death, what extreme measures should one go through to survive? Often times we are unprepared for the events that are going to occur, leaving us with the two options of a fight or flight response. How we handle a situation has…
Deeper Levels of Meaning in The Pearl by Steinbeck and the Law of Life by London
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“The proper function of a man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” – Jack London Both amazing writers John Steinbeck and Jack London have made amazing stories who use…
Introduction Personification shapes the readers’ perception of Buck’s emotional state because it informs, compares, and reveals his development in Jack Londons’ The Call of the Wild. Buck grows and changes over the course of the novel, and his emotional state is displayed to the reader….
In the book Buck had shown great leadership, he is a born leader and proves this by taking down the current leader. This event proves it because when Buck first came there all the dogs were trying to take down Spitz (which was the current…
Buck is a 4 year old dog Scottish shepherd bernard crossbreed. He works with the judge son, and guarding his grandchildren. All dogs like Buck were in danger, because men were rushing to Northland for dogs like Buck. One night Buck was stolen along with…
The book that I read is The Call of the Wild. The Author of the book is Jack London and was published in 1903. The story is about dogs and sled pulling. The genre of the book ‘Call of the Wild’ is an Adventure Fiction…
The Downfall of a Man Amidst Nature in To Build a Fire by Jack London
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Imagine if you were trying to survive in the middle of Alaska with little food and no one else around to help you. In “To Build a Fire” by Jack London, that is exactly what the man is trying to do. The man is so…
Faces getting ripped open, people falling into an icy river, and a fight between two of the toughest dogs on the land; These unfortunate events seem to have nothing in common but they are all events in Call of the Wild, by Jack London. In…
John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney)
January 12, 1876
San Francisco, California, U.S.
November 22, 1916
Novelist, journalist, short story writer, essayist
Realism, Naturalism
The Call of the Wild, White Fang