The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903. It is set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character of the novel is a dog named Buck. The story follows an archetypal hero (a "myth of the hero" character).

Buck, who is the hero, is raised as a pet, but is by heredity a wolf. A change of environment releases his innate characteristics and strengths to the point where he fights for survival and becomes leader of a pack of sled dogs. Furthermore, Buck and the story appeals to human nature with the theme of the strong prevailing, particularly when faced with harsh circumstances, and a return to the wild.

Overall, The Call of the Wild falls into the genre of animal fiction, in which an animal is anthropomorphized and given human traits. In the story, Jack London attributes keen human thoughts and insights to Buck. The events in the novel are those that Buck experiences directly. He may be a dog, but he is more human than many of the people around him.

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