“The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.”
About the Author
Author: John Griffith London (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916)
John London was born and brought up in America. He played significant parts as a Novelist, Socialist, and a journalist. He had the privilege of becoming the first-ever worldwide celebrity and earned a considerable fortune by his creative and out-of-the-box thinking styles. He also wrote novels about the topics which later were known as Science fiction.
About the Novel
The novel is about a strong dog named Buck. He peacefully lives on Judge Miller’s state in California’s Santa Clara Valley. The comfortable and peaceful life comes to a stop when a gardener kidnaps him and sell him to the dog traders. When he was on the sheep, the fellow dog got killed by the bunch of huskies. He then decided not to face the same fate. Buck subsequently sold to mail carriers and become the lead dog. He recovers his instincts of wild ancestors and learns some wild skills. When he was traded to miners, he became the friend of one of the miners and saved his life. But one day, Buck’s master got killed, and Buck takes revenge for his master’s death. The story has many sad and heartbreaking events.
Genre: Adventure fiction
Tone: Contemplative and Sympathetic
Main Message: It presents a contrast between the civilized, comfortable life and the harsh, wild environment of the Northland.
Setting: Yukon Territory in the year 1903
Main Characters of the novel:
Buck: Half St. Bernard and half sheepdog
John Thornton – Buck’s final master
Spitz- Buck’s Arch Rival and the main leader of François’s Dog Team
Francois – A French Canadian mail driver
Hal – An American gold seeker
Famous Quotes by the Author of the Call of the Wild:
- You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
- The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
- Darn, the wheel of the world! Why must it continually turn over? Where is the reverse gear?
- Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club.
- Love, genuine passionate love, was his for the first time.
- A man with a club is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessary conciliated
- He was sounding the deeps of his nature, and of the parts of his nature that were deeper than he, going back into the womb of time.
- The ghostly winter silence had given way to the great spring murmur of awakening life.
