The Call Of The Wild Analysis

CRITICISM In 1914 George Brandes called London the best of the new twentieth century American writers: “He is absolutely original.” The Daniel critic said “his style is singularly forcible and free from all affection.” Anatole France remarked that “London had that particular genius which perceives what is hidden from the common herd, and possessed a special knowledge enabling him to anticipate the future.” More recently, Vil Bykov, comparing London favorably with Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, has observed that the “life asserting force” in London’s writing and particularly the portrayal of “the man of noble spirit” have “helped London to find his way to the heart of the Soviet reader.” Among a number of contemporary European critics, London

His work is allegorical in the sense that The Call of the Wild may be interpreted as a treatise on moral and ethical conduct, along with it being an exploration of love and loyalty. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he was also a dog lover. The Call of the Wild shows how dogs have evolved as pack animals, learning to bond and obey within a group. In the wild, wolves learn to cry favour within their pack in order to survive and therefore breed with females thus, passing their genes on to the next generation. These inclinations are so strongly imprinted that domestic dogs express them in their behaviour towards human owners, and dog owners interpret this natural instinct as love and

It is a tale that translates so well to different media because it is both straightforward and emotive. The audience can easily tell who the good people are and who London intends for us view as bad people. The story is imbued through out with pathos. After experience genuine kindness from John Thornton and then losing him, Buck returns to the wild and London’s message seems to be that love, warmth and contentment should be appreciated as it is often short-lived. He also shows that the struggle for survival is instinctual-as the story draws to an end, Buck has recovered his ancestral primitive behavior and fully detached himself from the civilized world that he