My response to call of the wild, CHAPTER 1

Joey Grossman


I just read the first chapter of Call of the wild, And so far I really like it. At first I thought the character buck was a little full of himself when it described that he was in a rich house hold with a judge and two daughters. But when it said that he would watch over the grandchildren and would befriend local stray dogs that would cross his path, I immediately viewed him as a fun protagonist. But as the story goes along, you then see that Buck is a very stubborn dog. First off, he wanders off in the street while his masters are away thinking that he could manage it, then he is suddenly kidnapped and begins throwing outrageous hissy fits. I thought that if buck just stayed at the house, he would not have ended up in this enigma. As the story goes along, you then find out why the men took buck from the street in the first place.
Since this took place in the late 1800’s, the way men discipline their dogs were rather different than how we treat our dogs today. If a dog is acting really viscous like buck was when they tied that rope around his neck, they hit them with a club. This may be animal abuse but somehow the dogs see it as an punishment not a cruel evil deed. Now buck is joined by three other dogs and they are all treated equally. For instance when one of the dogs is eating off anothers plate, the dogs would fight each other and both those dogs would get in trouble for misbehaving. I also find it I interesting that there are narwhales in the story. I would really like to see what happens.