The Call of the Wild

Lovely prosePage 5 “He opened his eyes and into them came the unbridled anger of a kidnapped king.”Page 84 “Faithfulness and devotion, things born of fire and roof, were his; yet he retained his wildness and wiliness.”Page 85 “He was older than the days he had seen and the breaths he had drawn. He linked the past to the present, and the eternity behind him, throbbed through him in a mighty rhythm to which he swayed as the tide in seasons swayed.”Obviously this was written before [b:Hatchet 50 Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) Gary Paulsen https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385297074l/50.SX50.jpg 1158125] but it made me think of it due to the survival aspect, then I recalled that [a:Gary Paulsen 18 Gary Paulsen https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1595914847p2/18.jpg] wrote the introduction and I chuckled at myself.I loved this playful moment of Buck: “Buck caused even the weazened face of Perrault to twist itself into a grin one morning, when François forgot the moccasins and Buck lay on his back, his four feet waving appealingly in the air, and refused to budge without them.”I did not love the dialogue that was in nearly cryptic vernacular, but I understand its use.