"Call of the Wild" does have a movie. More than one movie as long as I know, there are different versions developed in different years. I haven't seen any of them and I can't really predict if they're good or make an opinion about them. I do believe the book could make a great movie if the plot is modified a bit. I say this because in my opinion there's not THAT much of a plot for a movie to be completely based on it. Actually I think the true essence of the book, and what makes it that special isn´t the plot but the way the author tells the story. The way Jack London writes and use imagery to make us feel the story in all ways is admirable. The book is also too short for a movie. This is another reason events should be added or extended. Probably, this is what the many movies of this book have done.
![]() I think there are many themes in the story depending on how you interpret it, but I believe there are two main general themes. The first one would be that we all change and get experience as time passes by. We aren't the same person we were years ago because of the things we've learned and have gone through. Throughout the story Buck had to deal with terrible experiences and this is what shaped him to become what he's now. The second theme: What doesn´t kill you makes you stronger. This is literally what happened to Buck in many parts of the story. He had been close to death caused by several things like bad treatment, starvation, tiredness, fighting with other dogs or humans, etc. Buck started as a proud pet in a wonderful home and ended up as a creature way stronger and fierce than both, dogs and wolves living in the wild. Buck completely changed his life to be the strongest of them all. To be honest, I wasn´t liking the book at the beginning. I believe it is too overly descriptive for my taste. I couldn´t find a plot in this story and found it too repetitive without going anywhere. The same "Buck's new owner" story and the lessons he learned that lead to the same thing: Life's is about being killed or killing to be able to survive and the law of "Claw and Fang." It was after I finished the book, when I realized how much Buck changed physically and mentally through time. The last chapter, in which the tragedy strikes, Buck's pain is what lead him to his new transformation and revelation. He's literally described not as a dog or a wolf, but as a monster who's somehow none of these two. Buck's a new level of predator. When the only thing that tied him to the human world and kept him from going all wild is taken away from him, he breaks the law of "Claw and Fang." He now domains humans, dogs, and at last, he's accepted by the wolves and joins their "Call of the Wild." I really enjoyed the way this book came to an end, and I believe this ending is what makes it a great book.
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Mayo 2015
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