Questions tagged [the-call-of-the-wild]
Questions about 'The Call of the Wild' (1903), an adventure book written by Jack London. Questions about this book should be tagged with the author, [jack-london].
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The oldest tradition stopped before it got back to him
The following passage is taken from The Call of the Wild. What do the boldfaced parts mean?
This lost mine was steeped in tragedy and shrouded in mystery. No one knew of the first man. The oldest ...
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What does it mean to "meet the introduction halfway" in "The Call of the Wild"?
In chapter 1 of Jack London's The Call of the Wild, the dog Buck gets a beating:
He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken. He saw, once for all, that he stood no chance against a man ...
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Why was The Call of the Wild banned?
I periodically see Jack London's The Call of the Wild on banned book lists, but I'm not sure why it would be – it doesn't seem that controversial. I found ALA's page cataloguing the reasons given for ...
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