Mercedes In The Call Of The Wild

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“Hal awoke one day the fact that his dog-food was half gone, and the distance of only a quarter covered.” Jack London had many adventures in his life. One of those adventures was writing many novels. In one of his famous books, “Call of The Wild” Jack London shows Mercedes and Hal as having different perspectives on how humans view work animals. Mercedes has a very gentle way of handling the dogs, if she ever does anything to handle them. Mercedes gets very upset when any of the dogs get hit or hurt. “The whip was whistled savagely, when once more Mercedes interfered. She dropped on her knees before Buck, with tears in her eyes, and out her arms around his neck.”{Pg. 96} She will even start crying, because it makes her feel so bad for the

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