Book Report 1D Fan Shing Chit Alex
Book Title: The Call of The Wild
Author: Jack London
This is a story about a dog called Buck. He lived in a big house in the sunny Santa Clara Valley with his owner, Judge. The gardener’s helper, Manuel, needed money very much so he sold Buck secretly. Buck had a poor life after that.
Buck and the other dogs needed to help the owner, Thornton, to carry heavy things for a long, long way, but the owner just gave them a little food to eat. Buck wanted to become the new leader of the dogs because the leader could have more love from the owner. Buck did a lot of things that made Thornton touched. For example, Buck risked his life to rescue Thornton and helped him to carry 1000 pounds of things in front of the people. That made people recognize them better. Thornton died soon because the Indians killed him. So Buck led all the dogs to escape back to nature and lived together.
When I saw the name of the book, “The Call of The Wild”, I thought that it may be a boring book. Actually, some of the content was not exciting at all, but the ending was so moving that it made me weep. I like the main character, Buck, very much. I’m proud of his intelligence and courage. Although he was so exhausted and just had little food to eat, he could save all the dogs and survive, which moved me deeply. I promise myself that I will be stronger like Buck.
Thornton was another character whom I like. He was mean to all the dogs at the beginning, but he became a good leader at the end of the story. Buck wanted to be the leader of the dogs so he fought with the old leader, Spitz. Buck won the fight but Thornton did not care about the result. At the time right after Buck rescued him, he was moved by Buck and loved him so much since then. He let Buck become the new leader of the dog’s pack. I’m so sorry that Thornton was killed by the Indians, he was a good person. It was a sad story.
Although this book is not so popular, I like it so much. I learnt plenty of vocabulary in this book. The author described the event so well that it made me enter the ‘story world’. I had a strong impression of the book. When it was the climax point, there were many pictures and they attracted me so much.
The main idea of this book is to tell us to treasure time. We cannot regret how we use time. In the story, Buck wanted to replace the leader’s job so he fought with the old leader, Spitz. Although this section is not necessary and it won’t change a lot for the development of the story, the plot would not be so exciting and moving without it. I really admire Jack London. He knew this scene would make the story more interesting. Who likes reading a boring story?
The whole story is fantastic but there is still one defect, and that is the part when Thornton died. I thought it happened too fast that I don’t know why Thornton was killed by the Indians, there is no reason at all. I think Jack London could improve this part.
Overall, this is a good book that everyone will love it. ‘The Call of The Wild’ is meaningful. Moreover, it is exciting and touching. I highly recommend this book to all of you. Hope you will enjoy reading it.