The Call of the Wild

Introduction + Context

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Detailed Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7

Themes

All Themes The Man-Dog relationship The Pursuit of Mastery Wild Law and Order Domestication to Devolution

Quotes

Characters

All Characters Buck John Thornton François Hal Dave The man in the red sweater

Symbols

All Symbols The Law of Club and Fang The Traces The Southland v. The Northland Caveman Visions The Call

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
& Analysis

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Themes

All Themes
The Man-Dog relationship
The Pursuit of Mastery
Wild Law and Order
Domestication to Devolution

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Buck
John Thornton
François
Hal
Dave
The man in the red sweater

Symbols

All Symbols
The Law of Club and Fang
The Traces
The Southland v. The Northland
Caveman Visions
The Call

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