The Call of the Wild: Difference between revisions

''[[The Call of the Wild]]'' is a 1903 novel by [[Jack London]]. The plot revolves around a dog named Buck and how his primal instincts return as he serves as a sled dog in the Yukon during the Klondike gold rush. It's usually considered [[Magnum Opus|his best novel]], and he followed it with a [[Spiritual Successor]] called ''[[White Fang]]'', a longer and even darker story about a wolf being domesticated and eventually sent to live in [[San Francisco]]. Because the protagonist is a dog, it is often mistaken for a kid's book. The dark tone and gritty violence make it decidedly ''not''. The novel has had a lot of adaptations over the years, usually focusing on the human characters more than the dogs.

 

* A 1935 version starring [[Clark Gable]] and Loretta Young.

* The 1972 film starring Charles Heston and Mick Steele

* A television series broadcast in 2000.

* A family-friendly PG-rated film called ''Call of the Wild in Digital Real-D 3D'', which failed at the box office

 

* [[Berserk Button]]: The book has a grizzled older sledding dog named Sol-Leks, with one blind eye. Buck, the mutt protagonist of the novel, takes a nasty bite when he approaches Sol-leks from his blind side and is careful never to do it again.

** God have mercy on your soul if you hurt John Thorton in front of Buck. He will ''tear you to pieces!''

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