The Call of the Wild
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The Call of the Wild is a classic 1903 adventure novel by Jack London that follows a domesticated dog’s brutal struggle for survival and transformation in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Call of the Wild canonical | 10 |
| The Call of the Wild and Other Stories | 1 |
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Target entity: The Call of the Wild Context triple: [Jack London, notableWork, The Call of the Wild]
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The Big Trail
The Big Trail is a 1930 American epic Western film, notable for its early use of widescreen technology and for featuring one of John Wayne’s first leading roles.
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B.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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C.
The Oxbow
The Oxbow is an 1836 landscape painting by American artist Thomas Cole that dramatically contrasts untamed wilderness with cultivated farmland along a bend in the Connecticut River, symbolizing the tension between nature and civilization.
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D.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
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E.
The Wild
The Wild is a themed area of the Saint Louis Zoo that immerses visitors in habitats featuring animals from rugged, remote, and often colder regions of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Call of the Wild Target entity description: The Call of the Wild is a classic 1903 adventure novel by Jack London that follows a domesticated dog’s brutal struggle for survival and transformation in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush.
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A.
The Big Trail
The Big Trail is a 1930 American epic Western film, notable for its early use of widescreen technology and for featuring one of John Wayne’s first leading roles.
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B.
End of the Trail
End of the Trail is a famous early 20th-century bronze sculpture depicting a weary Native American warrior slumped on his exhausted horse, symbolizing the suffering and displacement of Indigenous peoples in the United States.
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C.
The Oxbow
The Oxbow is an 1836 landscape painting by American artist Thomas Cole that dramatically contrasts untamed wilderness with cultivated farmland along a bend in the Connecticut River, symbolizing the tension between nature and civilization.
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D.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.
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E.
The Wild
The Wild is a themed area of the Saint Louis Zoo that immerses visitors in habitats featuring animals from rugged, remote, and often colder regions of the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American literature work
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adventure novel ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
The Call of the Wild (1923 film)
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The Call of the Wild (1935 film) ⓘ The Call of the Wild (1972 film) ⓘ The Call of the Wild (2020 film) ⓘ various television adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Jack London ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter |
Charles
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Hal ⓘ John Thornton ⓘ Mercedes ⓘ Spitz ⓘ |
| firstPublicationForm | serial ⓘ |
| firstPublisher |
The Macmillan Company
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surface form:
Macmillan
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| firstSerializationVenue | The Saturday Evening Post ⓘ |
| firstSerializationYear | 1903 ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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animal fiction ⓘ survival fiction ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy |
Charles Livingston Bull
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Philip R. Goodwin ⓘ |
| includedIn | American literary canon ⓘ |
| influenced | later dog-centered adventure fiction ⓘ |
| initialSetting |
Santa Clara Valley
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surface form:
Santa Clara Valley, California
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| literaryMovement |
naturalism
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realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Buck ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| plotElement |
Buck becomes a sled dog in the Yukon
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Buck develops a bond with John Thornton ⓘ Buck fights and defeats Spitz ⓘ Buck is kidnapped from a California estate ⓘ Buck ultimately answers the call of the wild ⓘ |
| protagonistSpecies | dog ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1903 ⓘ |
| publisherCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingLocation | Yukon Territory ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Klondike Gold Rush (1897–1898)
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surface form:
Klondike Gold Rush
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| theme |
instinct and primitivism
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loyalty ⓘ master–dog relationship ⓘ nature versus civilization ⓘ survival ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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