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The Call of the Wild · Character
Jim O'Brien
A man who briefly owned Buck after he was stolen.
minor
Also known as O'Brien
First appearance: i into the primitive
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Narrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
In this excerpt, the narrative reaches its dramatic climax because Buck’s feat of earning sixteen hundred doll…
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