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@article{191380,
        author = {Dhavalkumar Diyora and Dr Sunita Nimavat},
        title = {Nature as Educator: An Eco-critical Reading of The Call of the Wild},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {12},
        number = {no},
        pages = {1332-1339},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=191380},
        abstract = {This paper studies The Call of the Wild as a novel where nature functions as an educator. Instead of schools or human guidance, Buck learns through climate, hunger, danger, and survival in the Yukon. Using an eco-critical approach based only on the original text, the study shows how environmental conditions shape Buck’s intelligence, instincts, and behavior. The harsh northern environment teaches lessons of adaptation, discipline, and ecological awareness that human society fails to provide. The novel presents learning as an experiential process controlled by natural forces rather than formal instruction. By connecting literary narrative with ecological experience, the paper demonstrates how The Call of the Wild bridges humanities and environmental understanding. The study supports the idea that literature can help readers recognize nature not as a resource to control, but as a powerful system that educates, corrects, and sustains life.},
        keywords = {Ecocriticism, Zoocriticism, Ecocritical Perspective, Zoocritical Perspective, Nature, Educator, Experiential Learning, Human–Nature Relationship},
        month = {},
        }