Compare And Contrast The Call Of The Wild

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The film adaptation of “The Call of the Wild” is different from the original novel through changes in tone, character development, and setting. It also changes with different and more characters in the novel than in the film. The novel “The Call of the Wild” is written from a third person point of view, while the film is told from the perspective of the main character, Buck. This change in perspective affects the tone of the story by making it more personal and emotional. In the book, the reader experiences events happening to Buck, but in the movie, the audience sees it in Buck's eyes. As seen in the text, “Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing.” From the movie it says, “I never felt so alive