The Call of the Wild (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: John Griffith Chaney
- First Published: 1903
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Adventure
- Time of Work: 1897
- Setting: The Yukon
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Adventure
- Subjects: Values, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Dogs, Nature, Nineteenth century, Death or dying, Good and evil, Human behavior, Adventure, Ice, Alaska, Arctic, Wolves, Yukon, Gold mines or mining, Prospecting or prospectors, Wildlife, Snow
- Locales: Yukon Territory, Canada
Characters Discussed
Buck, the hero of the story, a dog that is part German Shepherd and part Saint Bernard. Buck is abducted from his home in San Francisco to serve as a sled dog. He is abused cruelly by his first masters, but he adjusts admirably to the elemental life of the Yukon. He has to fight several dogs to maintain his place in the pack, and he is called on to perform several extraordinary feats of endurance and courage. He serves his human masters faithfully, but when his final master dies, Buck answers the call of the wild, forsaking civilization and joining a wolf...
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