It is written in the omniscient third-person past tense and focuses on different protagonists as the story progresses. The story takes place in the Yukon Territory during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. Content warning: The guide contains references to dog fighting, animal cruelty, and anti-Indigenous racism. Could it be that this secret holds a better life for him? Could this novelty which he stumbles upon so obliviously is his destiny? Could White Fang, the fiercest, wildest, most cunning wolf in the forest become, at last. His instincts are overcome by a stronger, deeper feeling.
As he stumbles upon it his entire nature is changed, is at war with itself. However there is one last secret that the forest around him contains, which has remained hidden from his knowledge all his short life. Before long he has become acquainted with the other wildlife in his part of the country, escaping death many a time. As he grows his keen senses and sharp wits are the only thing there to protect him, when his protective mother no longer accompanies him on his occasional ventures out of the cave, his birthplace. Born in a litter of five to a fierce she-wolf, he is the only cub to survive famine, the strongest and the most willing to live by far. The fierce, frigid, merciless landscape White Fang, a cunning and quick wolf-cub, has learned to call home is filled with adventures for him. It is beautifully written and I would suggest it to anyone who likes long, thought provoking stories about dogs and wolves and the Northlands.
It explains what his first impression of humans, and of the harsh environment of all the other puppies and dogs in the camp. It tells of what it is like living in a den out in the wild, tells of how White Fang first comprehends the wild and what he learns about the law of life.
What is really unique about White Fang is that it tells of what might be going on in such a creature's head. This is the story about an animal who is three quarters wolf and a one quarter dog who goes from life as an Indian sled dog to a fighting dog owned by a cruel man, to a loving owner who tries to show this maddened savage creature the meaning of love and kindness.
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