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The Call of the Wild by Jack London

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Author Biography

Name: Jack London
Birth Date: January 12, 1876
Death Date: November 22, 1916
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Place of Death: Glen Ellen, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: author

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Biography of Jack London
423 words, approx. 1.4 pages
American author and advocate of socialism Jack London (1876-1916) wrote popular adventure stories and social tracts based on unusual personal experiences. At their best, his works are powerful and moving narratives. Jack London, in full John Griffith Lon...
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Biography of Jack London
14317 words, approx. 47.7 pages
Jack London has been recognized as one of the most dynamic figures in American literature. Sailor, hobo, Klondike argonaut, social crusader, war correspondent, scientific farmer, self-made millionaire, global traveler, and adventurer, London captured the...
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Biography of Jack London
13561 words, approx. 45.2 pages
"No literary historian but sooner or later must reckon with Jack London," Fred Lewis Pattee asserts in The Development of the American Short Story (1923), for "he represented more than an individual: he was the product of a literary condition in America....
 


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The Call of the Wild Summary
3,177 words, approx. 11 pages
The Call of the Wild by Jack London John Griffith London, the illegitimate son of a freelance philosopher and self-proclaimed Professor of Astrology father and an emotionally distant spiritualist mother, was born January 12, 1876, in San Francisco,...
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The Call of the Wild Information
998 words, approx. 3 pages
The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the...


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Video game looks into world of wolves
12/31/2007: 629 words, approx. 2 pages
The new video game "WolfQuest" allows players to follow the call of the wild in the role of a wolf in Yellowstone National Park.Players learn quickly, with help from realistic graphics, that wolves do a lot of running — across plains, through forests and up...
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AP Features
Mexico eco-parks: Nature near Cancun
1/22/2008: 1,419 words, approx. 5 pages
Going wild in Mexico doesn't have to mean a tequila-fueled beach vacation dancing on tabletops surrounded by carousing spring-breakers. In fact, the big party destination of Cancun is a short distance from lush parks hosting wildlife of another sort.Neon pink flamingos, howler monkeys, brilliant toucans...
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The New York Observer
It Isn\'d5t Groundhog Day, But Ramis\'d5 Latest Is a Strange Trip
12/11/2005: 2,200 words, approx. 7 pages
Harold Ramis’ The Ice Harvest, from a screenplay by Richard Russo and Robert Benton, based on the novel by Scott Phillips, plays out as a blacker and bleaker film noir than anything Mr. Ramis, Mr. Russo and Mr. Benton have ever undertaken in the past....
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The New York Observer
It Isn't Groundhog Day, But Ramis' Latest Is a Strange Trip
12/11/2005: 2,200 words, approx. 7 pages
Harold Ramis’ The Ice Harvest, from a screenplay by Richard Russo and Robert Benton, based on the novel by Scott Phillips, plays out as a blacker and bleaker film noir than anything Mr. Ramis, Mr. Russo and Mr. Benton have ever undertaken in the past....
 


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Essay Grade: 88%
The Call of the Wild Versus Into the Wild
1,733 words, approx. 6 pages
Explores the archetype of the wild as portrayed in Jack London's The Call of the Wild and Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild. Considers how characters Chris McCandless and Buck serve as examples of the archetype of the wild through their experiences of leaving where they feel most comfortable and answering the call of the wild.
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Essay Grade: 92%
Buck's Character Change in Chapter #3
1,413 words, approx. 5 pages
Essay discusses and describes Buck's personal development in Chapter # 3 of Jack London's "The Call fo the Wild."
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Essay Grade: 92%
Buck's Character Change in Chapter #5
1,243 words, approx. 4 pages
Essay discusses and describes Buck's personal development in Chapter #5 of Jack London's "The Call of the Wild."
 


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