The Call of the Wild by Jack London The title of the book is "The Call of the Wild" and was written by Jack London in 1903. He was the son of an Irishman - American astrologer and his mother was Flora Wellman, a queer from a wealthy family. They lived a life of poverty in Pennsylvania. Jack read widely and at the age of fifteen he left home and traveled around North America as a wanderer. On charges of vagrancy, he spent 30 days in prison. After studying on his own he managed to get into a university, before becoming involved in the Klondike River gold rush in northern Canada in 1896. Upon his return he began to write, but drank heavily and eventually took his own life. a heartwarming story of how a St. Bernard, Scottish Sheepdog cross called Buck escapes captivity to become the proud leader of a pack of wolves. Buck was born a privileged, dignified dog with a loving family, but was taken from his warm home in Southern California to be shipped to the cold recesses of Alaska during the gold rush of the 1890s. After being mistreated by many owners , he soon learns that the only rule in this harsh environment is "the law of stick and fangs", which differs greatly from the rules of a civilized society. After suffering the loss of one of his canine companions, he quickly realizes that he is not just fighting to prove himself, but fighting for survival. The Call of the Wild uses anthropomorphism which shows how animals can act and think exactly like humans. The sled team Buck is part of all human roles, such as the leader, the quiet and shy one, the one who desperately tries to fit in and the one who desperately tries to prove himself... middle of paper... equally and that animals can sometimes be more civilized than species with supposedly "superior intelligence." However, animals may also be much more uncivilized than you could ever imagine. We can also learn that societies can form in any group of animals; all you need is someone to monitor how things are done. Dogs took on many human roles and behaved in some ways exactly as humans do in the same role. The main character of the story, a crossbreed named Buck, represents the quiet one whose only goal is to prove himself and succeed in the inhospitable environment of Alaska. We may see ourselves as human beings, as the most important creatures on this planet, but this book proves that there is actually no greater species, that we can all act the same way, and that we all have only one true goal. Survival.!!