The building of character and growing from challenges we face. It’s what life is all about. And it’s what The Call of the Wild, by Jack London, is exactly about.

Living the domesticated life, Buck holds himself to be the fearless and most powerful dog of his community. He’s living a comfortable life, nothing brings him down as he holds his superiority so high. But what was seen as comfortable and superior, the simple innocence, turns on Buck. No longer does he live the life of masked dominance. He’s gone on an adventure, facing challenge after challenge, learning the brutal reality, and living it. A journey of struggle, hatred, love, and a fight to the top.

Reading The Call of the Wild, I felt a sort of connection. Challenges I’ve faced aren’t always easy, and the harder they are, I’m usually trying to learn from them. This novel portrays that concept really well. Of at first having your own limited ideology, but then expanding on that and learning.

I really enjoyed The Call of the Wild. It’s one big ongoing adventure, and just when you think it’s finally reached it’s peak, think again. One could definitely take something out of this book, whether it be morally, mentally, or even emotionally. On AR, you can read it for 7 points at an 8.0 reading book level. Whether you find that you like the book or not, there’s definitely the lesson of surviving this harsh reality of the “real world” we all are already part of.