The book I have chosen to read this semester is the literary classic The Call of the Wild, a 1903 novel by award-winning author Jack London. I chose to read this story because it is a classic novel and the heroic tone of the novel attracted me. The novel tells of an initially spoiled dog, Buck, and the progression of his tendency to revert to the internal instincts of ferocious violence and extreme competition instilled in him. In the process, Buck goes through several masters before finally landing on the right one. The Call of the Wild is made interesting by the literary devices used in the novel, the simple and robust tone used by London and the process that the protagonist Buck undergoes to return to his survival instinct in nature within him, being “called to the wild. ”First, the story begins in a large estate where Buck resides, owned by a wealthy judge, Judge Miller, in the Santa-Clara Valley. The estate's gardener, Manuel, kidnaps Buck and sells him to become a sled dog. Buck is sold to join the team of Charles and Hal, two inexperienced sled drivers who are out with the sole purpose of making a profit. Instead of taking care of their animals, the two owners mistreat the dogs, beating them and malnourishing them. This describes the unfavorable form of relationship between man and dog, but in turn teaches Buck how to survive in the wilderness by discarding food and taking it for himself. This contrasts with Buck's life on the Miller estate. This idea of ​​the moral differences between civilization and wilderness recurs frequently throughout the story and is one of the main motifs of the story. Furthermore, as time passes, Buck forms a violent rivalry with the protagonist... half of paper... n killing things with chemically launched lead bullets, the bloodlust, the joy of killing: all of this was Buck's , only it was infinitely more intimate. He was walking at the head of the pack, running into the wild thing, the living flesh, to kill with his teeth and wash his muzzle up to his eyes with hot blood." This helps classify Buck as a dynamic character, one whose beliefs or characteristics change throughout the story. At the end of the novel, Buck is completely wild and leads a pack of wolves. This shows the reader that the transformation is complete and that he has been "called into the wild." made interesting by its abundance of literary devices, distinct tone, and Buck's signature progression. I recommend this novel to everyone, but especially to people who have an obsession with dogs and wildlife.