Call of the Wild (Puffin Graphics (Graphic Novels))
by Jack London
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i am a dog obsessive. i'm nuts. dogs are my moby dick. they're my opera-house in the jungle. if i had a genie in a bottle, i'd wish away all human life (including my own) so dogs could take over the world. wait. that'd be wish number two. number one would be that i had an olympic sized swimming pool filled with dogs and i could do a few laps. then i'd erase humanity. seriously. my dog is the coolest guy i've ever met, my best friend, and love of my life. if it sounds weird: fuck off. i don't wan...more
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Buck did not read the newspapers...
of course he didn't. he was too busy being a badass. chasing down a big ass moose. saving john thornton's life. killing the indians who killed john thornton. running with the other wolves. winning bets. bitch slapping other dogs who got out of line.
buck's first snow experience...
"At the first step upon the cold surface, Buck's feet sank into a white mushy something very like mud. He sprang back with a snort. More of this white stuff was falling ...more
of course he didn't. he was too busy being a badass. chasing down a big ass moose. saving john thornton's life. killing the indians who killed john thornton. running with the other wolves. winning bets. bitch slapping other dogs who got out of line.
buck's first snow experience...
"At the first step upon the cold surface, Buck's feet sank into a white mushy something very like mud. He sprang back with a snort. More of this white stuff was falling ...more
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Read in May, 2008
This is the second time I have read this book and I have to say that I am glad that I read it again. The first time I read it was in fifth or sixth grade. I didn't understand it very much therefore I didn't like it. Now that I understand it more, I think that it is a very good book.
In the beginning is where I was confused the most, but now I understand that it is talking about Buck, the dog. Buck is ruler of his domain. He goes hunting with Judge Miller's sons and watches over the pla...more
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Read in May, 2007
I kept reading this book by Jack London thinking that I'd read it before in grade school, and that any minute now some guy would need to start a fire to stay alive while his dog just sat there thinking he was an idiot for coming out in the cold like this. But apparently, that was a different story. Part of the confusion probably comes from the fact that The Call of the Wild also features a dog and the perils of the frozen North, but this book is much more focussed on the canine part of the cast....more
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Read in January, 2005
What if you were torn away from your home, your life, your family, and everything that was ever familiar to you, and got thrown into harsh, life threatening situations? In Jack London’s book “Call of the Wild”, it shows that anyone or thing can be taken from its surroundings and thrown into a world where it has to learn to survive. Buck, a domestic dog from Santa Clara Valley is forced into the Yukon because of mans need for money, gold and sled dogs . His life starts to change in a hurry ...more
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Read in January, 2007
recommends it for:
all animal lovers
This probably will be one of my all time fave of animal books. Makes me think whether Jack himself was a reincarnation of a wolf himself, becoz his description is so damn real.
The setting is around the end of the 19th century. The Call of the Wild tells about Buck, a normal house-bred dog who was kidnapped and brought to Alaska to be a sled dog. There he has to face a brutal and merciless world with its “law of club and fang”. The description on how he was decivilized, until finally he ans...more
The setting is around the end of the 19th century. The Call of the Wild tells about Buck, a normal house-bred dog who was kidnapped and brought to Alaska to be a sled dog. There he has to face a brutal and merciless world with its “law of club and fang”. The description on how he was decivilized, until finally he ans...more
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Read in September, 2008
I never read this book as a kid, but my brother wrote reports on it in every English class from 5th to 9th grade. It was probably the only book he’s ever analyzed so thoroughly, and knowing my brother’s apathy towards reading, I figured it must be something.
But while “The Call of the Wild” is a true epic adventure, I personally also found it rather painful to get through at times. For an animal-lover, the scenes of abuse are very powerful and disturbing. I know sled dogs are loyal...more
But while “The Call of the Wild” is a true epic adventure, I personally also found it rather painful to get through at times. For an animal-lover, the scenes of abuse are very powerful and disturbing. I know sled dogs are loyal...more
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This graphic adaptation of London’s classic tale of canine adventure lacks none of the action and excitement of the original. However, where the original vividly painted Buck, his team, their struggles and their complex relationships with humans, the graphic novel only hints. Most noticeably lacking is any sense of development in the relationship between Buck and John Thornton.
Though Niño’s black and white ink drawings capture the stark country of the Yukon and the movement of the charact...more
Though Niño’s black and white ink drawings capture the stark country of the Yukon and the movement of the charact...more
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
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I first read this book in elementary school and completely forgot about it until recently. I was reading the book Moloka'i, and in it the main character, Rachel, lists some of her favorite books. Since Jack London is a favorite author of hers (especially because he visited the leper colony on the island), and one of those books was White Fang. So, for my book club I suggested reading the list of Rachel's favorite books, since they were all classic books. Call of the Wild was the first. It's...more
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Read in January, 2008
Jack London's classics were a big deal when I was a boy, but I was never butch enough to find them alluring. Now, as an adult — and particularly after reading that Kerouac found London's work to be an inspiration — I can approach them with a less wistful attitude. But this narrative still snuck up on me, like Buck in the end stalking his prey. I expected the historic descriptions of life in the gold-rush Yukon. I expected an adventuresome tale appealing to boys of all ages. I even expected t...more
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Read in June, 2007
It turns out I grew up in California as a white male and never read any London (or Steinbeck... that's another story). So I picked this one up after Krakauer's Into the Wild got me in the mood.
Okay, it's about a dog, and that's bit much for me, even though I'm a dog lover. Of course there's more to it than the dog, and we can call it an extended myth or fable or parable, whathaveyou. In the greater sense, it's a pretty straightforward story about abandoning the domesticated life and re...more
Okay, it's about a dog, and that's bit much for me, even though I'm a dog lover. Of course there's more to it than the dog, and we can call it an extended myth or fable or parable, whathaveyou. In the greater sense, it's a pretty straightforward story about abandoning the domesticated life and re...more
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MODIFIED SUMMARY From backflap:
Buck(Jayme), a powerful (weak) young dog (man), is snatched away from an easy life in California and transported to the Far North (New England). The Klondike (New England) at the turn of the century is filled with greedy prospecters for gold (Corporate Goons), wild Indians (Red Sox Fans), and savage wolves (A.k.A. Cutthroats). Buck (Jayme) becomes a sled dog (corporate slimeball) and must learn cunning and toughness to survive. Trained by a master he comes to l...more
Buck(Jayme), a powerful (weak) young dog (man), is snatched away from an easy life in California and transported to the Far North (New England). The Klondike (New England) at the turn of the century is filled with greedy prospecters for gold (Corporate Goons), wild Indians (Red Sox Fans), and savage wolves (A.k.A. Cutthroats). Buck (Jayme) becomes a sled dog (corporate slimeball) and must learn cunning and toughness to survive. Trained by a master he comes to l...more
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Read in April, 2008
خلسه ای هست که ورود به ان در حکم رسیدن به اوج حیات است و از ان بالاتر را امکان نیست و از تضاد های زندگی یکی این است این خلسه در لحظه ای فرا می رسد که شخص از همه موقع زنده تر است و چون خلسه فرا رسد در حکم فراموشی کامل زنده بودن است این خلسه این فراموشی زندگی به سراغ هنرمندی می اید ک...more
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Read in June, 1987
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This is the first "nutsonthetable" books I ever read. I remember wanting to go out into the cold and try and live the life the book describes. Although I think being as young as I was I wanted to be a dog or something. Whatever, it still was inspiring! Finding yourself in a hard life and making yourself something extraordinary. To me the book just sets a bar for the young male mind! Never back down, always fight for what you think is right, never fear anything.
Too bad my family we...more
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Read in August, 2008
I read this book for a class my freshman year in undergrad and I enjoyed reading it then as I do now. I wanted to revisit Jack London's writings because I guess he's a big deal in the Bay and everything seems like its named after him. Vanessa took me to see his log cabin and a famous historical saloon where Jack used to frequent in his sailor days. The saloon is in its original form with soot still on the ceiling from the wood stove that used to be used frequently during the cold days. The floor...more
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Thinking about Into The Wildmade me want to read London. It is the second book in a row I have read whose prose has been so straightforward that I have not written down very many quotes from them. That is not a bad thing; in both cases the writer uses language simply to convey a story. London’s world is harsh and primitive, and I have trouble accepting its atavism. This may very well be naïve of me. I don’t have a lot to sa...more
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Read in July, 2008
As a child of the go go go go '90s, i always find it at first a little offputting, and then kind of awesome, when a book or movie is able to tell an amazing story without too much dialogue (think wall-e). That is just what happened here. The book's a classic, so i won't go into the story. I'll just say that its an endearing story about Buck's journey. Its hard not to like it, and even harder to not want to move to Alaska and become a pack animal. Ok, maybe the second part isn't so true. St...more
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Oh, such wonderful language! I wanted to drink this book up! "And when, on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors, dead and dust, pointing nose at star and howling down through the centuries and through him. And his cadences were their cadences, the cadences which voiced their woe and what to them was the meaning of the stillness, and the cold, and dark." Gives me SHIVERS!
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Read in July, 2007
The Call of the Wild surprised me with its simple eloquence. The story moves swiftly but somehow remains rich in detail. The tale is deep, rather than long, and though it's a quick read, I often found myself pausing after certain paragraphs to appreciate the full depth of the passage. And of course, the story will speak volumes to anyone--especially, perhaps, to men--who has ever felt "the call of the wild" in one way or another.
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Read in February, 2008
Savage, compelling, manipulative, simple, poetic...These adjectives all apply, but they do not save the book from its negative traits. Jack London was a natural storyteller, but he was also a racist and a sexist. I thought it was my imagination at first, but after some research I realize that those accusations are common. I mention this fact because it distracted me from the story.
The imagery is rich, the spirituality moving, and by the end, I was completely enthralled by Buck's adventures...more
The imagery is rich, the spirituality moving, and by the end, I was completely enthralled by Buck's adventures...more
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