Genre ProjectEnglish 10

Kyle Barga

The Call of the Wildby Jack London

Presentation arranged by Kyle Barga

Title: The Call of the WildWhat is your book’s genre?Write it here: Adventure, Survival Fiction

What is it?This novel is about a southern dog named Buck who got kidnapped to be a sled dog in the far North due to the gold up North.

Example:Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Example:

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Attribute: Setting makes this book a hostile environment due to the extreme climate.

Attribute: Conflict plays a big rule in this story because of what Buck has to do to survive in the unforgiving environment. (dog fights)

Attribute: Transformation plays a big role in this novel because of what Buck has to do know to survive.

Example: Catching Fire by Suzanna Collins

Attribute: Transformation plays a big role in this novel because of what Buck has to do know to survive.

“The dark circle became a dot on the moon-flooded snow as Spitz disappeared from view. Buck stood and looked on, the successful champion, the dominate primordial beast who had made his kill and found it good.”(37)

“Buck made no effort. He layed quietly were he had fallen. The lash bit into him again and again, but he neither whined nor struggled.”(59)

“And two days later, when he returned to his kill and found a dozen wolverines quarrelling over the spoil, he scattered them like chaff; and those that fled left two behind who would quarrel no more.”(80)

Attribute: Conflict played a big role in this story because of what Buck has encountered that changed him.

“That Club was a revelation. It was his introduction to the reign of primitive law, and met the introduction halfway.”(12)

“There was no hope for him. Buck was inexorable. Mercy was a thing reserved for gentler clime. He maneuvered for the final rush. The circle had tightened till he could feel the breaths of the huskies on his flanks.”(36)

“He had learned well the law of club and fang,, and he never forewent an advantage or drew back from a foe he had started on the way to death.”(64)

Attribute: Because the setting takes place in a hostile environment which makes it hard to survive in, this is a adventure/survival fiction

“Buck’s first day on the Dyea beach was like a nightmare. Every hour was filled with shock and surprise. He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.”(15)

“With the exception of the two mongrels, they were bewildered and spirit-broken by the strange savage environment in which they found themselves and by the ill treatment they received.”(52)

“only the blowing of chill winds the forming of ice in sheltered places, and the melancholy ripping waves of lonely beaches.”(75)

EvaluationThe Call of the Wild is a good example of an adventure survival fiction. This is because of the things Buck had to do to survive and to undergo his Transformation. In this story you get a feel for what you would do to survive in the natural world.

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