The Call Of The Wild

The Call Of The Wild

Jack London, one of the most world–renowned authors in history, wrote a book called The Call of the Wild and a short story called To Build a Fire. These two writing pieces share similar attitudes and setting. In addition, their endings and travel style are much different. The Call of the Wild and To Build a Fire have these two similarities and two differences that add a lot of meaning to each story. The four parts of setting in these stories are very similar. On page 15 in The Call of the Wild it says "Buck's feet sank into white mushy something very like mud." Here, Buck experiences snow for the first time, and snow is a huge part of the physical setting in this story. In To Build a Fire on page 1 it says, "The Yukon lay a mile wide and hidden under three feet of ice." The main character in To Build a Fire was near the Yukon ice–covered river, which is freezing cold. These are just part of the physical setting, which defines Buck as well as the society (social setting) of the Yukon and creates their harsh way of life up in the Northland. In a nutshell, the setting of these two stories dictates their plot as well as how these characters react to the immense challenges that are presented to them by their harsh landscape, the Yukon. The attitude of some of these characters are also similar to each other in many ways. Hal, Charles, and Mercedes' ignorant attitudes are similar to the attitude of the man in To Build a Fire. Their sled dogs confirm this in the quote on page 34

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