Compare And Contrast The Call Of The Wild

The movie did not stay faithful to the book because it changed key things from the book like, 2 interesting changes to Francois and Perrault, Spitz living, and it changed Thornton’s death as well.

Point 1:Francois and Perrault: The novel “The Call of The Wild” had Francois and Perrault as both males, In the movie Francois was a Female and Perrault was still a male. In the novel Francois and Perrault would often use a whip to get the dogs to obey much quicker to their demands. In the movie they didn’t use the whip towards the dogs at all.

Subject 1: Evidence from the novel: “Francois was stern, demanding instant obedience; and by virtue of his whip receiving instant obedience.” (London,Pg 16) Evidence to show that Francois and Perrault were both males

In the novel Thornton died from the Yeehats attack, on the other hand the movie had Thornton die from Hal. Hal killed Thornton because he blamed Thornton for making the sled team leave. Subject 1: Evidence from the Novel: “Thornton’s struggle desperate struggle was fresh-written on the earth, and Buck scented every detail of it down to the edge of a deep pool. By the edge, head and fore feet in the water, lay Skeet, faithful to the last. The pool itself, muddy and discolored from the sluice boxes, effectually hid what it contained, and it contained John Thornton; for Buck followed his trace into the water, from which no trace led away.” (London, Pg 86) Subject 2: Thornton dies from a gunshot wound from Hal. Buck comes a bit too late but pushes Hal into the hut that was burning. Hal ends up dying. Buck lays on Thornton as he slowly dies. In conclusion the 2020 “Call of The Wild” film made lots of changes from the novel from Thorntons death, Spitz’s death, and 2 changes to Francois and Perrault. These changes kept the movie less violent, more child friendly, and for everyone to love the movie and be less emotional when it comes to dog