How Does Henry Robinson Portray Wolves As Dangerous Predators

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Harry Perry Robinson’s “On a Mountain Trail” and Jack London’s “Law of Life” portray wolves as dangerous predators. Wolves are hardly ever seen by themselves and Robinson observed, “At the end of a long and severe winter...they sometimes come together in bands of fifteen or twenty.” In literature wolves are a symbol; they are a symbol of strength, a symbol of danger, a symbol of evil and even a symbol of death. The wolf is a vicious predatory animal. They are generally monogamous with a mated pair, and they usually remain together for life. They are the best-known and most researched animals, and although they are pervasive and feared, they, however have developed a fear for humans through hunters. The animals that attacked humans in the