What is The Call of the Wild?
{{italictitle}} [[File:JackLondoncallwild.jpg|thumb|First edition cover]] {{Wikisource|The Call of the Wild (London)|The Call of the Wild}} '''''The Call of the Wild''''' is a story about a dog. The book was written by [[Jack London]]. It was first published in 1903 as a [[serial]] in ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]''. It was published in book form by Macmillan the same year. The story is London's most popular work and is [[wikt:consider|consider]]ed one of his greatest works.{{sfn|London|1998|p=xi}} The story is about a pet dog named Buck. The dog is stolen from his [[California]] home. He is sold as a sled dog during the [[Klondike Gold Rush]]. Men, other animals, and nature itself treats Buck with cruelty. He survives by [[adopt|adapt]]ing to the ways of his wolf [[ancestor]]s. At the end of the book, he breaks from all human contact and returns to the wild. Today, the book is often viewed as a children's story because it is about a dog. However, the book's themes of [[survival of the fittest]], [[fate]] [[wikt:versus|versus]] [[free will]], and [[civilization]] versus [[nature]] have interest for all ages.{{sfn|Zhang|2010|p=1}} The story has been made into movies and television shows. Most have failed to focus on Buck's story. [[wikt:instead|Instead]], the focus is on the human characters. == Notes == {{reflist}} == References == * {{cite book | last = London | first = Jack | authorlink = Jack London | year = 1998 | title = The Call of the Wild, White Fang & To Build a Fire | others = with an introduction by E.L. Doctorow | publisher = Modern Library | isbn = 978-0-375-75251-3 }} * {{cite journal | last = Zhang | first = Xiaofen | date = May 2010 | title = Naturalism Presented in The Call of the Wild | journal = Journal of Language Teaching and Research | volume = 1 | issue = 3 | doi = 10.4304/jltr.1.3.278-281 | issn = 1798-4769 | url = http://ojs.academypublisher.com/index.php/jltr/article/viewFile/0103278281/1812 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Call of the Wild, The}} [[C