book report

The Call Of The Wild
(by Jack London )

The setting is in the heart of Alaska on the cold icy trails around 1903 . The main character of this book was a Saint Bernard, Shepard mix dog named Buck. Buck and his dog sled team members where on a mission to go all the way through Alaska. This book was about all the things that happened to him going from one owner to the next, which was not always by choice.

At first the poor dog got kidnapped buy two men and was then sold. Then he got taken to the scariest place on earth, were he got beaten with a club. In the story Buck is challenged with all sorts of stuff, like his worst enemy Spits a white husky who wanted to kill Buck from the beginning. Or the time he could barely walk , but still got wiped by his third owner later on in the story. The climax is when Spitz goes to far and Buck kills him. The story ends by Buck choosing to live with a wild pack of timber wolves due to his owner being murdered by Indians.

I liked this book because it teaches you the lesson that a true "master" will always make it easier for you when life gets tough. I also liked in the end when Buck got to live out his life in freedom .