I. Introduction

This a fiction novel by Walt Morey about a dog named Kavik. It is about his grief, success as a winner of the north American Sled Dog Derby, also about the people that treated him good, by feeding and sheltering him, about Andy the boy that saved him and gave him a new life after his airplane accident. About his first owner Charlie One Eye that showed him no sympathy of mercy. It is about how he was able to survive and find his new master , the person that he truly loved because he showed him what love really means.

Setting

Kavik, the Wolf Dog takes place in Alaska and the state of Washington.

Plot

Main conflict: Mr. Hunter wanted Kavik back although Kavik does not want to leave Andy. Andy wanted Kavik with him. (external conflict)

Others Conflicts: Kavik must decide to follow the female wolf or ........................................ keep looking for Andy. (internal)
.... ..................Mr. Hunter must decide to take Kavik to his club
.............. without letting show that Kavik is a coward .........................................(internal)
.............. .Andy’s father decide to fight Mr. Hunter for Kavik.
............. ..(external)
............. ...Kavik’s fight with the wolf (external)

The first time Mr. Hunter saw Kavik after he won the race he decided that he wanted Kavik for himself. He went to Charlie One Eye and bought Kavik for two thousand dollars. Smiley Johnson a bush pilot that was supposed to take Kavik to Mr. Hunter cannery at Copper City had a plane accident and Kavik was badly injured. Andy Evans a fifteen years old boy found kavik and save his life. He was in such a bad shape that Mr. Hunter told Kirt Evans Andy’s father to kill him. Andy did not let his father killed him and took care of Kavik with the help of his parents an Doctor Walker a medicine doctor who accept to take care of Kavik after Andy’s request. Time passed and Kavik was healthy and beautiful like the first time Mr. Hunter saw him. With the accident Kavik lost his confidence and corage but when Mr. Hunter came to the cannery he wanted Kavik back without believing what Kurt Evans was telling him about Kavik’s courage. He took Kavik to his house in the city but Edna his wife did not wanted Kavik around his house or inside it. Hunter put kavik in an iron cage. In Hunter’s house Kavik met Tom MacCarty who also took good care of him and help him escape from Hunter’s house. In his journey to Andy’s house Kavik has a lot of adventures: he met John and Martha who fed Kavik, bought him a collar and without knowing it helped Kavik cross the sea, he met his mate after deciding to follow her and forgot Andy for a while a man shot her a killed her, Kavik gain his confidence and courage in the journey after fighting with a wolf for the love of his mate. Kavik also hurt himself trying to climb a mountain no matter all the troubles and pain he suffered he wnt back to Andy Evans where one day he found his new and real home. Kavik made Andy’s father recovered his confidence and courage and at the end Kurt Evans decide to to work the Hustler the boat that no body wanted to work if Mr. Hunter let Andy keep Kavik, the wolf dog.

II. Plot, characters and setting

A. Characters:

1. Protagonist -Kavik eskimo word for wolverine a dog part
.....malamute, part wolf. Trained to be a lead dog.
....Won the North American Sled Dog Derby at
.... Fairbanks.

2 Antagonist - George Hunter wealthy businessman who buys
...Kavik and no matter what happens he wants him
... back.

3. Other Important characters:

Andy Evans - Fifteen years old boy that found Kavik
and took care of him.
Kurt and Laura Evans - Andy’s parents help Andy
...........take care of Kavik.
Charlie One Eye - Kavik’s first owner
Tom McCarty - a handy man who works for Hunter.
He was a lean tough old man with a
permanent limp.
Dr. Vic Walker - He took care of Kavik when he is
injured.

4. Secondary Characters:

Smiley Johnson - A bush pilot, die in a plane accident.
Swede Ecklunds - A bush pilot that searchs for Smiley.
.Tom Murphy - owns a store
. Pinky Davis - works in the cannery
..Edna - Hunter’s wife, she did not like Kavik
...John and Martha - .a couple who own a boat, took care of
.Kavik, Martha bought Kavik a collar.

Conclusion