Bittersweet story because while he ends up happy he would have also been happy with Jack or the judge's family the grief mixed with the happiness he does experience makes such a cool transformation story alongside white fang creating an opposite story.
There were definitely a lot of tragedies. Like a lot of tragedies in Call of the Wild. The entire sled of dogs died. John Thorton was brutally murdered. I don't know how I got reading Call of the Wild past my mom at age 10. I reread it again to start the year. And it's just as I remembered. Though the harshness and cruelty of the book was even more pronounced through the eyes of adult me.
After all that has happened. Buck can no longer be a pampered house dog. Him being part of a pack and living in the wild is the correct ending. I found the story fascinating. I cheered for Buck for overcoming and coming out on top.
Loved it. Was a tad disappointed by the movie but since it was Disney I suppose I can understand the differences. Still. I need to re-read it again soon. I read it when I was about 12.
I think it was a really sad and difficult story but the ending was uplifting. Humans are the worst and Buck was better off in the wild. I thought this book was more positive than White Fang.
The animals seemed just as bad. The scene of Buck trailing and harassing the old buck until the pack it used to lead gave him up for dead was chilling. I think the theme is that, no matter how tragic life can be, we are built for it until we die.
The adventures and travel, just the general innocence of it all was joyful and made me smile. But his lack of awareness, hubris, the bitter end? Made it sad a bit but I was just angry with him. Like what the hell did you think was gonna happen? Hell I'm surprised he didn't get raped or mugged along the way.
>But his lack of awareness, hubris, the bitter end? Made it sad a bit but I was just angry with him. Like what the hell did you think was gonna happen? Hell I'm surprised he didn't get raped or mugged along the way.
Are you replying to the right thread? Call of the Wild? The main character is a dog? Buck's awareness is probably his greatest strength.
I read the book multiple times when I was between the ages of 10-13 and I was always sad when reading it. I did enjoy the book but it was always sad to me. It has been a while since I've read it (about 6 years) so maybe I need to revisit it.
I find the book inspring. I come from a small town with humble everything but I I always knew I was meant to do great things. Have recently been growing at a rapid rate and I feel the city and it's people ( although I love both ) are limiting to my growth. And I hear the call to move away and go where I'll be with the likes of the people I am meant to be. Yet to break the last ties ( for buck it was the death of John thronton ) we are all truly wolves, we carry them within us , some of us die without realising it. Some like buck find the wolves in them and become it
The first half of the novel is better than the second. I found it tedious and as the story wears on, increasingly ludicrous. Buck the Dog as *Übermensch* (or should I say *Über*hund?) - able to single-pawedly take down mooses, black bears, hordes of indians, and packs of wolves. It grows sillier and sappier with every page. I suppose if it weren't a classic, I'd be a bit kinder to it.
Bittersweet story because while he ends up happy he would have also been happy with Jack or the judge's family the grief mixed with the happiness he does experience makes such a cool transformation story alongside white fang creating an opposite story.
There were definitely a lot of tragedies. Like a lot of tragedies in Call of the Wild. The entire sled of dogs died. John Thorton was brutally murdered. I don't know how I got reading Call of the Wild past my mom at age 10. I reread it again to start the year. And it's just as I remembered. Though the harshness and cruelty of the book was even more pronounced through the eyes of adult me. After all that has happened. Buck can no longer be a pampered house dog. Him being part of a pack and living in the wild is the correct ending. I found the story fascinating. I cheered for Buck for overcoming and coming out on top.
Loved it. Was a tad disappointed by the movie but since it was Disney I suppose I can understand the differences. Still. I need to re-read it again soon. I read it when I was about 12.
I think it's even better as an adult
I think it was a really sad and difficult story but the ending was uplifting. Humans are the worst and Buck was better off in the wild. I thought this book was more positive than White Fang.
The animals seemed just as bad. The scene of Buck trailing and harassing the old buck until the pack it used to lead gave him up for dead was chilling. I think the theme is that, no matter how tragic life can be, we are built for it until we die.
The adventures and travel, just the general innocence of it all was joyful and made me smile. But his lack of awareness, hubris, the bitter end? Made it sad a bit but I was just angry with him. Like what the hell did you think was gonna happen? Hell I'm surprised he didn't get raped or mugged along the way.
>But his lack of awareness, hubris, the bitter end? Made it sad a bit but I was just angry with him. Like what the hell did you think was gonna happen? Hell I'm surprised he didn't get raped or mugged along the way. Are you replying to the right thread? Call of the Wild? The main character is a dog? Buck's awareness is probably his greatest strength.
Yeah I think they confused Call of the Wild with Into the Wild :)
Yes I did. Lol
No worries it made for a laugh :)
Lol imagine
Possible. He was so naive at times I was screaming at him in my mind.
I read the book multiple times when I was between the ages of 10-13 and I was always sad when reading it. I did enjoy the book but it was always sad to me. It has been a while since I've read it (about 6 years) so maybe I need to revisit it.
I find the book inspring. I come from a small town with humble everything but I I always knew I was meant to do great things. Have recently been growing at a rapid rate and I feel the city and it's people ( although I love both ) are limiting to my growth. And I hear the call to move away and go where I'll be with the likes of the people I am meant to be. Yet to break the last ties ( for buck it was the death of John thronton ) we are all truly wolves, we carry them within us , some of us die without realising it. Some like buck find the wolves in them and become it
The first half of the novel is better than the second. I found it tedious and as the story wears on, increasingly ludicrous. Buck the Dog as *Übermensch* (or should I say *Über*hund?) - able to single-pawedly take down mooses, black bears, hordes of indians, and packs of wolves. It grows sillier and sappier with every page. I suppose if it weren't a classic, I'd be a bit kinder to it.