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Jack London's White Fang, This Dog

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Have you ever had a dog that you think looks wild, well, in the book White Fang , This dog really is.White Fang is a geniously written work of fiction. With many different points of view, different writing techniques and styles, Jack London has brought both White Fang and Call of the Wild in a brilliant fashion. This timeless classic brings us a creative view of the 1890’s gold rush in Canada, through the view that an animal takes upon our so called “ civilizations.”
This tale, written in first person view begins with a man carrying
A friend’s body through the wild to the safety of their fort. Unexpectedly, he encountered a cunning wolf pack with a matriarch that convinces their dogs to chew free of their leashes and follow her to the waiting jaws of her pack. This “prologue” describes A Man and his partner’s …show more content…

This story portrays that no matter how messed up people have made them, someone can always change, and how even though they can be hostile, every creature has a heart. One of my favorite quotes from White Fang is when White Fang snuggled with his Master Weedon, “I put myself into thy hands. Work thou thy will with me.” It meant that White Fang had all of his trust in Weedon, despite the many cruel and hostile human masters before. White Fang was faced with Many antagonists, mostly cruel humans such as, Grey Beaver, his Indian master, Beauty Smith, the dog fighting leader and the escaped convict named Jim Hall. Among these villainous men, there were also good influences in White Fang’s life, such as Collie, a dog White fang found great affection for, and a dog named Dick, to which he tolerated. One contradictory character was his mother, Kiche, who loved her cub but in the end she did not recognize her own son through all of his changes so she him exiled

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