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 trys to show this maddened savage creature the
meaning of love and kindness. What is really unique about White Fang is that it tells of what might be going
on in such a creature's head. 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. It explains what his first impression of
humans, and of the harsh environment of all the other puppies and dogs in the camp. It is beautifully
written and I would suggest it to anyone who likes long, thought provoking stories about dogs and wolves
and the northlands.

White Fang
by Jack London

Jack London's tales are more than epics of hardship and survival -- they are morality plays in which good wins over
evil.

In WHITE FANG, virtue takes shape in a young prospector and his fiercely loyal wolf-dog. It's a timeless tale of
courage and survival as well as a touching friendship between man and animal.

"Everyone should read this classic tale...pure adventure with a strong moral." (B-O-T Editorial Review
Board)

White Fang is a Fictional story that was written by Jack London. This book is based in the late 1800’s, in the Canadian territory of Yukon,
during the Klondike Gold Rush. I decided to read this book because I thought I would be something that interested me. Which it did I
enjoyed reading this book not only because you never knew what was going to happen next and it kept you wanting to know the out
come.

The book starts off w/ two stories that eventually come together as one. White Fang, who is ¾ wolf and ¼ dog, has a lot of challenges
after his mother is taken from him when he was just a puppy. He has to deal with people that never show him affection, to cruel people
who hurt him till he finally finds someone who loves him and treats him good and takes care of him but he is put threw a lot before he
gets there.

He starts off living with Grey Beaver who took his mother from him and when he tried to follow and go with his mother he was beaten to
learn what grey beaver thought was a lesson. Grey Beaver is an Indian who used white fang as a working dog. Mit-sah who was Grey
beaver son was in charge of training white fang to be a working dog, so from the time he was a puppy they trained him to work. Later on
Grey Beaver gets an alcohol addiction and one day trades white fang just so he can get some whiskey.

Beauty Smith who traded White fang using trickery and alcohol was a cruel man and wanted white fang because he thought he could
make him money by being in dog fights. He was very mean to white fang because he wanted to make him vicious so he would jab in with
a stick and leave him in a small cage and not feed him. Soon he got him to where he was a vicious animal that no one could be around
and he had him fighting and killing dogs. One day white fang was fighting a bulldog named Cherokee, and it was the first dog that had
dominated white fang and almost killed him until a man named Weedon Scott came in and broke it up. He then pays Smith off and
threatens to have him thrown in jail and then takes white fang with him.

Weedon Scott is a patient and compassionate man who is from southern California. He takes white fang with him to be his dog but it
takes a while for white fang to warm up to him because he is so used to being beaten and abused that he is still a vicious dog. After time
with Scotts compassion towards white fang he soon learns to appreciate a human being and show them love and affection. Soon
Weedon Scott realizes he must return home to California. Since he knows he can’t take white fang back with him he leaves him in the
cabin. When they arrive to the ship to go home they see white fang sitting on the deck and figure he must have jumped out the window
and followed them and snuck on the boat. Then Scott realizes the dedication that white fang has towards him so he decides just to take
him home with him. Once the get to California they can tell white fang is very nervous because he is hearing new sounds and seeing
things he has never seen before when he was in the wild. He had a lot of problems at first because things he could once do he couldn’t
anymore. He soon warmed up to the family and got used to be a domesticated dog.
The novel opens as two men, Bill and Henry, carry the dead body of Lord Albert south to be
buried. Over the course of the journey, their dog sled is pursued by a hungry pack of wolves.
The sled dogs are picked off one by one as they try to join the pack. The dogs are lured by
the she-wolf running with the pack, who is part dog herself and knows how to communicate
with them. Soon, Bill is eaten by the pack. Just as Henry is about to be eaten by the wolves,
he is rescued by soldiers who are looking for Lord Albert.
The wolf pack runs away and travels together. The she-wolf is courted by several other
members of the pack. A wolf named One Eye finally succeeds, and they go off to hunt
together. The she-wolf becomes pregnant, and they find a cave where she bears her young.
There is a famine, and all of her litter die of starvation except for one cub, a little gray wolf.
One Eye does not return from his hunting.
One day the cub and she-wolf encounter Indians. One of them calls to the she-wolf by a
strange name: Kiche. They name the cub White Fang. Kiche and White Fang become the dogs
of one Indian named Gray Beaver. When they reach the Indian camp, White Fang is
tormented by an older puppy named Lip-lip. White Fang learns that Gray Beaver is his
master, and that he can never bite Gray Beaver. He is abused by all the dogs in the Indian
camp, and becomes vicious and ferocious.
White Fang is put on the sled team of Gray Beaver's son, Mit-sah. After they return to the
camp, famine strikes again, and White Fang goes into the Wild to live. When the famine
passes, he returns to Gray Beaver and travels with him to Fort Yukon, where Gray Beaver
becomes addicted to whiskey. He sells White Fang to Beauty Smith, who keeps him caged
and forces him to fight other dogs. He becomes a killer. He wins every fight until he comes up
against Cherokee, a mastiff. Cherokee's jaws clamp down on his throat and he can't escape.
Weedon Scott, a stranger visiting the area, rescues him.
Weedon Scott and his friend Matt realize how intelligent White Fang is and try to tame him,
but are unsuccessful at first. Scott shows White Fang that he will not be cruel. White Fang
begins to love Scott, and when Scott has to go back to his home in California, White Fang
forces Scott to take him along.
White Fang is out of place in California, and is not entirely trusted by the Scott family. One of
Scott's dogs, Collie, particularly distrusts him. However, White Fang dramatically proves
himself. First, White Fang saves Scott by getting help when Scott falls off his horse and
breaks his leg. Then, he earns the title "Blessed Wolf" by killing an escaped convict who was
intent on murdering Weedon Scott's father.

Whit fang
For my book report I read the story White Fang, by Jack London. White Fang is the story
a wolf cub and his struggle to survive and grow into a wolf. The cub was the only survivor
of his litter and lived with his mother, half dog half wolf, in a den for the first months of his
life. The cub and his mother were found by a tribe of Indians. One of the Indians, Grey
Beaver, once owned the cub's mother, who is called Kiche. Grey Beaver named the
cub White Fang. White Fang lived with the Indians and began to see man as the gods. He
also became very hostile because the other dogs at the camp hated him and always
 attacked him. He became a very good fighter and killed many dogs that fought him.
When Grey Beaver took White Fang with him to Fort Yukon to trade his leather good he
ended up trading White Fang to a man Named Beauty Smith. Beauty was a mad man that
wanted White Fang for one reason only, to have him fight other dogs and bet on
him. White Fangs defeats every dog that challenges him until he fight a bulldog. The
bulldog is not phased by White Fangs slashes and eventually gets hold of White Fangs
throat. This could hav

 
e been the end for White Fang but two men come along and stop the fight. One of The
men,Weedon Scott, purchases White Fang from Beauty Smith. Scott and his dog musher,
Matt, take White Fang to their home. They try to soften White Fang, but it takes a lot of work.
Eventually White Fang starts to like Weedon Scott. He learns to love him. This is the first time
he felt love since he was a young cub. White Fang becomes a very likable dog and is loved
very much by his master. 

I have never had a major problem or conflict in my life, but like all people I have had some
smaller conflicts. One conflict I have had is being good at athletics. This doesn’t sound like it
would be a problem, but it was. Certain kids will judge a person before they know that person.
Mainly kids that were older than me thought that I thought I was the best at everything just
because I was good at some sports. That wasn't the way it was at all, and it became a
problem. I no longer have this conflict, but it was a problem in the past. I guess my conflict and
the conflict White Fang had are similar. White Fang was a very strong wolf.

White Fang
White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The
story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during theKlondike Gold Rush at the end of the 19th-century, and details a
wild wolfdog's journey to domestication. White Fangis a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known
work, The Call of the Wild, which concerns a kidnapped, domesticated dog turning into a wild animal.

Much of the novel is written from the view-point of his canine character, enabling London to explore how animals view their
world and how they view humans. White Fang examines the violent world of wild animals and the equally violent world of
humans. The book also explores complex themes includingmorality and redemption.

White Fang has been adapted for the screen numerous times, including a live-action Disney film in 1991 starring Ethan
Hawke.

Plot
The story begins before the three-quarters wolf-dog hybrid is born, with two men and their sled dog team. The men, Bill and
Henry, are stalked by a large pack of starving wolves over the course of several days. Finally, four more teams find Henry,
after all his dogs have been eaten and Bill has been killed, in a ring of coals from his fire in an attempt to keep the wolves
away. The story then follows the pack, which has been robbed of its last prey. When the pack finally manages to bring down
a moose, the famine is ended; they eventually split up, and the story now follows a she-wolf and her mate, One Eye. The
she-wolf gives birth to a litter of five cubs by the Mackenzie River, and all but one die from hunger. One Eye is killed by
a lynx while trying to rob its den for food for the she-wolf and her cub; his mate later discovers his remains near the lynx's
den. The surviving cub and the she-wolf are left to fend for themselves.

The cub comes across five Native Americans one day, and the she-wolf comes to his rescue. One man, Grey Beaver,
recognizes the she-wolf as Kiche, his brother's wolfdog, who left during a famine. Grey Beaver's brother is dead, so he
takes Kiche and her cub, christening the cub White Fang. White Fang has a harsh life in the Indian camp; the current puppy
pack, seeing him as a wolf, immediately attack him. He is saved by the Indians, but the pups never accept him, and the
leader Lip-lip singles him out for persecution. White Fang grows to become a savage, morose, solitary, and deadly fighter,
"the enemy of his kind."

"In order to face the constant danger of hurt and even of destruction, his predatory and protective faculties were unduly
developed. He became quicker of movement than the other dogs, swifter of foot, craftier, deadlier, more lithe, more lean
with ironlike muscle and sinew, more enduring, more cruel, more ferocious, and more intelligent. He had to become all
these things, else he would not have held his own nor survived the hostile environment in which he found himself."

When White Fang is five years old, he is taken to Fort Yukon so that Grey Beaver can trade with the gold-hunters. There,
he is sold—for a bottle of whiskey—to a dog-fighter, Beauty Smith. White Fang defeats all opponents,including several
wolves and a lynx, until a bulldog is brought in to fight him. The bulldog manages to get a grip on the skin and fur of White
Fang's neck, and slowly and surely begins to throttle him. White Fang nearly suffocates, but is rescued when a rich, young
gold hunter, Weedon Scott, happens by and stops the fight.

Scott attempts to tame White Fang and after a long patient effort he succeeds. When Scott attempts to return to California
alone, White Fang pursues him, and Scott decides to take the dog with him back home. In Santa Clara, White Fang must
adjust to the laws of the estate. At the end of the book, a murderous criminal, Jim Hall, tries to kill Judge Scott, who had
sentenced Hall to prison, not knowing that Hall was "railroaded". White Fang kills Hall and is nearly killed himself, but
survives. As a result, the women of Scott's estate name him "The Blessed Wolf", and the story ends with White Fang
relaxing in the sun with the puppies he had fathered with the sheep-dog Collie.

Reception
Shortly after the book's publication, Jack London became a target in what would later be called thenature fakers
controversy, a literary debate highlighting the conflict between science and sentiment in popular nature writing.
President Theodore Roosevelt, who first spoke out against the "sham naturalists" in 1907, specifically named London as
one of the so-called "nature fakers". Citing an example from White Fang, Roosevelt referred to the fight between the bulldog
and the wolf "the very sublimity of absurdity."[1] London only responded to the criticism after the controversy had ended. He
wrote in an 1908 entitled "The Other Animals":

I have been guilty of writing two animal—two books about dogs. The writing of these two stories, on my part, was in truth a
protest against the "humanizing" of animals, of which it seemed to me several "animal writers" had been profoundly guilty.
Time and again, and many times, in my narratives, I wrote, speaking of my dog-heroes: "He did not think these things; he
merely did them," etc. And I did this repeatedly, to the clogging of my narrative and in violation of my artistic canons; and I
did it in order to hammer into the average human understanding that these dog-heroes of mine were not directed by
abstract reasoning, but by instinct, sensation, and emotion, and by simple reasoning. Also, I endeavored to make my stories
in line with the facts of evolution; I hewed them to the mark set by scientific research, and awoke, one day, to find myself
bundled neck and crop into the camp of the nature-fakers. [2]

White Fang, written by Jack London, is about a wolf cub making its way in the world and the book describes very
well how this cub learns things and sees things. This cub is eventually called White Fang. White fang starts off
living in a cave and is intrigued about different things such as the mouth of the cave which he thinks as a door of
light that only his father and occasionally his mother can pass through. Every day he ventures towards the “door
of light” and every day he is turned over by his mother and dragged back into the cave by her this developed the
idea in his head of hurt and it is smart to avoid hurt. One day his father doesn’t return from his hunting so the
next days his mother goes out hunting. And on one of these days White Fang goes through “the door of light”
and is dazzled and dazed by the out side world for his tiny little brain had never even grasped the idea of what
he was seeing. As he starts to wonder around in the outside world he sees a living animal a ptarmigan chick and
from he’s instinct he killed and ate the bird. Later on he meets the chick’s mother and shortly learns that kit’s
better to kill small things than big things.

One day a group of Indians came and took away white fang and his mother. While with the Indians he learns to
respect his new master, Grey Beaver, also he meets a group of dogs and there leader Lip-Lip. Lip-Lip put White
Fang into persecution. This lead to White hating every living thing.

One day a man tricked Grey Beaver into selling White Fang to him. This new master of White Fang was called
Beauty Smith and made White Fang fight other dogs. This made the hate in White Fang grow even more.

One day a man known as Scott told the police about the dog fights and the dog fights came to a halt. Also Scott
took ownership of White Fang. He started to tame White Fang it although it took a long time he eventually did it
and White fang learnt love. All was going well for a long time until Scott had to go down south back to his farm it
was bad because he wasn’t sure if he should take White Fang in the end he did.

It took a while for White Fang to adjust but in the end he did. He was so tamed now that he went into Scott’s hen
house and didn’t even attempt to kill a chicken. A while later at night a man called Jim Hall tried to kill Scott’s
father but was stopped and killed by White Fang. Unfortunately White Fang was almost killed in the process but
after a long time he recovered.

I think this book is aimed at people at the age of 12+ +. Personally I enjoyed this book but found it confusing at
times. I recommend it to strong readers.

White Fang (1906) is one of Jack London’s finest works.  It depicts the harsh life of a part wolf, part dog in the wilds of
Alaska.  It is a sequel to "The Call of the Wild”.  The story begins with two prospectors, Bill and Henry traveling across
Alaska with a team of sled dogs.  The men are low on food, provisions and ammunition.  They are being stalked by a
vicious and hungry pack of Arctic wolves.  One by one, the wolves kill and eat the sled dogs.  Even Bill is killed by the
wolves and Henry finds himself alone.  Eventually, after a grueling struggle with the pack, Henry is rescued by a
group of prospectors. 

The story then follows the wolves.  The leader of the pack fathers a litter of cubs, only one of which survives.  The
surviving cub, named White Fang eventually finds himself in the care of a tribe of Alaskan Indians.  White Fang is not
accepted by the tribe’s resident dogs and is treated harshly by them.  This harsh treatment forces White Fang to grow
into a rugged, strong and clever animal.  After the dog is fully grown, the Indians trade White Fang to an unscrupulous
man named Beauty Smith.  Smith purchased White Fang in order to gamble on him as a fighting dog. 

White Fang’s toughness and strength make him almost unbeatable and he defeats every challenger.  One day, for
the first time, White Fang faces a stronger dog that nearly kills him.  Fortunately, White Fang is saved from the fight
by Weeden Scott.  Scott adopts White Fang and spends a great deal of time trying to domesticate him.  Eventually
White Fang yields to Scott’s attempts and the two become friends.  Scott takes White Fang home to California with
him, where the wild animal slowly adjusts to the peaceful and easy life of a domestic dog.  At the end, White Fang
becomes the protector of the Scott family when a criminal attempts to take the life of Judge Scott.  White Fang is
injured during the altercation, but saves the Judge.  This story closes the circle with “The Call of the Wild”.  White
Fang now lives comfortably in the Scott home, exactly the same place that Buck started his adventures in the “Call of
the Wild”.

“White Fang” is in many ways, the opposite of “The Call of the Wild”.  The first story depicts the transformation of a
domestic dog into the leader of a pack of wild wolves.  The second depicts the transformation of a wild animal into a
peaceful domestic dog.

White Fang has been adapted into no less than 15 TV shows and movies.  The exciting adventure story is still widely
read and enjoyed today.  It is a popular story among young readers and it has certainly passed the test of time.   “The
Call of the Wild” and “White Fang” should be read in succession and both stories are highly recommended to fans of
classic literature. 

London’s White Fang – a story about a wolf whose mother was part dog and father full-on wolf,
told mostly from the wolf’s perspective – is full of detail. I don’t know what inspired London to
write White Fang but whatever it was it must have driven him to climb into caves, chase small
animals and watch a few dog fights – otherwise I have no idea how he could have written this book.

The story of White Fang is nothing too exciting, to be honest. To enjoy White Fang I’m guessing
you’d have to be a dog lover, or a nature enthusiast, or simply enjoy reading about the Wild, the
American Indian and the gold miner’s life and times through the eyes of an animal. There is no
hook, no twist, no one thing that you can point to that would make someone want to read this book.

That doesn’t mean this book isn’t very good. In fact, I would recommend anyone give it a try.
London often times feels a bit dry to most people but I think reading a dry book on occasion can
really help a reader force focus. Never once, even after pages and pages of a small puppy’s first
experiences, did I get bored or think that the story was being purposefully drawn out.

Here is a quick excerpt, ripped from Project Gutenburg where you can read White Fang in whole,
where London describes the Wild’s desire to kill anything that moves.
“It is not the way of the Wild to like movement. Life is an offence to it, for life is movement; and
the Wild aims always to destroy movement. It freezes the water to prevent it running to the sea;
it drives the sap out of the trees till they are frozen to their mighty hearts; and most ferociously
and terribly of all does the Wild harry and crush into submission man—man who is the most
restless of life, ever in revolt against the dictum that all movement must in the end come to the
cessation of movement.”

London’s descriptions of Beauty Smith, who was the owner of White Fang for a time and treats him
ill to become a prized dog-fighter, was simply brutal. I tweeted that I thought London had a
personal vendetta he was filling with these pages. I thought it was great. He handed it to Beauty
Smith. I wish it went on forever.
Looking back I think this is how London wrote White Fang. He probably created a list and story arc
for this book. Dog is born. Dog lives. Dog fights. Dog gets angry. Dog gets happy. Dog travels to
California. Then, he spent the next few years filling in the middle with as much detail as he possibly
could dream up. Down to how the coals from a hot fire feel on the padded foot of a wolf. And
somehow he pulled it off beautifully.

I should probably begin to rate books, since I’m reviewing them from time to time. I’ll rate them
based on the following categories: Readability (the most important thing to this reader), writing,
pace, and story. Here is how White Fang stacks up.

Definitely, one of the most descriptive and touching scrutinies of a dog’s life, actually a mongrel‘s life I’ve come across, ‘White Fang’ is a
tale about an animal that emphasizes the values of pathos, cruelty, love, discipline, hatred, loyalty and time.And it will achieve the not so
easy task of the reader actually empathizing with the animal for what it is
MAIN CHARACTERS

White Fang ... an animal of mixed ancestry being offspring to a mother of mixed breed and a wolf. The main protagonist of the story.

Kishe ... White Fang’s mother, a model of a savior, the sagacious hunter, a true martinet indeed!

Smith ... Better known as Pinhead in his childhood days for his ugly demeanor, a cruel coward to the core who will do anything for money
and entertainment.

Grey Beaver ... A Red Indian, this individual is very much White Fang’s mentor in the human world outside of the urban world.

Wheedon Scott ... He’s the first human who gives him a glimpse of true love, long after he’d forgotten anything such as it existed.
What does the story deal with?

It’d be fair to say it is a documentary on White Fang and I’d split it up for you in brief for you to get a concise overview.

THE WAY OF THE WOLVES, WHITE FANG IN THE WILD

    This is the initial stage of the story, where we get to know the cunning nature of one of the fiercest hunters in
the Arctic – the wolves. In order to survive a famine they go to any lengths to kill whatever comes their way,
even humans with weapons and dogs with their brains intact cannot outwit them eventually falling prey to them.

    It basically deals with the nature of wolves in the wild, where mercy is a virtue unknown to such creatures. It
gives us an insight to the character Kishe, a cunning mixed breed of a dog and a wolf who helps to hold the pack
together even in troubled times.She fears none, not even humans and is a  responsible mother . It also deals
with White Fang’s birth and life as he saw it in the wild. His phobias, his comforts ,how he widens his vista of the
world when curiosity gets the better of him, White Fang’s life as an adept hunter and how he was a loner from
the start, having lost all his siblings to the famine.

LIFE WITH THE RED INDIANS

   This is when he accidentally stumbles upon a set of Red Indians by chance and how he acknowledges the
superiority of such beings. He is despised by all dogs and others of his kind alike and how he learns to be an
adroit fighter under trying circumstances and a life of discipline and courage under his master Grey Beaver, who
treats him as a respectable asset but an animal all the same. He learns to be independent enduring several
famines and rounds it all up with revenge over childhood foe , a vicious mixed breed by the name of LipLip. We
also get glimpses of his heroics in saving his masters and his chicanery in attaining food when it was scarce and
his rise as a leader of a sled driving team.

LIFE WITH A HATEFUL BEAST

   The beast being talked about is a certain Smith who after bribing Beaver with alcohol buys White Fang from
him and dishes out what he does best- hatred in all forms ,beating ,kicks whippings, bondage forever in chains.
His purpose? To turn him into a beast who knows only hatred in order to be part of dogfights and win him pots of
money.

LIFE WITH HIS SAVIOUR ,HIS TRUE LOVE

   During one rare occasion ,when he has a his back against the wall with a relentless bulldog ,he finds
deliverance at the hands of a certain Scott who buys him from Smith forcefully. Scott only has love to offer and
Fang is alien to the very concept being victim to hatred most of his life. But they say “Love wins them all.” And it
wins Fang as well. In this tryst he learns about loyalty, friendship and feels true love for his master for the first
time both at the mines and in California when Scott eventually returns home. There Fang faces animosity at first
both by dogs and humans but gradually earns his respect with his courage and discipline to be known as ‘The
Blessed Wolf’.

FEATURES OF THE BOOK

1.I must say, I’ve never come across any other better form of storytelling about wolfs/dogs. One can see Jack
London’s complete understanding of these species with emotions intact. It serves to educate us extensively
about lives of wolves in the wild and in domestication.

2.The beauty of the story is not in what it gorges but in the way London tells it. He literally speaks as if he were a
part of  White Fang’s own soul which gives this story a different direction from the usual, a new pleasing and
intriguing path for readers to venture into. You can see that he actually thinks of White Fang as the protagonist
and doesn’t feign so. 

3. It is mostly in the form of a narrative. Given that try and imagine how skilfully the author must have portrayed
to keep readers absorbed in the story sans dialogues and the uncommon subject it deals with.

4.Significantly enough this classic gives us an insight to the emotional aspects of a wolf’s life in a way I’ve never
seen before, irrespective of  if it’s London’s vision of the creatures or facts it is entirely believable which
according to me is a feat in itself.
 
5.He shows us how the life a puppy is in no way different from that of a human infant ,the same fears, the same
conclusions, the same expansion of horizons, the same discoveries and same lessons when translated from the
animal kingdom to ours. Makes for fascinating reading!
 
6.The story also gives us a good look into the life of wolves as terrifying, cunning predators and with what
slickness and mercilessness they go about killing their prey. London says it in a way that you will unconditionally
tremble at their merciless marauding.

 7.London gives a very good view of human beings from Fang’s point of view. He constantly refers to them as
god as must have seemed to Fang and elucidates the reasons for conjuring up this superiority, never basing
anything on assumption. And all his logic is strongly edible. 

8.It also shows us how loyalty is a natural propensity in the canine world but it is not unconditionally to one
purpose like we mostly believe. Possible since we primarily notice their loyalty to us. Who sees what’s cooking
underneath? 

9. It may all well be fiction but the way London has dexterously combined his visions with facts about the species
is what makes this riveting tale really potent. I being an animal lover enjoyed it most because it never swayed
from facts about the species  but at the same time added believable unexplored, absorbing elements. 

10. If you are one who sees dogs/wolves only as animals and nothing more and don’t rely too heavily on
imagination for your entertainment you may not be able to appreciate this work for its actual greatness. 

A real joy ride from commencement to end. Read it without further protraction.
White Fang Book Report

White Fang was written in 1906 by Jack London, a famous writer from the 18-1900's. The story centers around
White Fang, the gray wolf cub born of Kiche and One Eye. He is shown to be different from the other pups in his
litter and grows to be highly aggressive.
The first part of the story is set in the "Northland Wild," a region in the arctic. The characters, Bill and Henry, are
heading for Fort McGurry. In part two of the book, the setting has moved to the Mackenzie River, where the wolf
pack is traveling. Part three takes place in the Indian camp. White Fang meets the Indians in the woods and is
taken back to the camp. Grey Beaver takes White Fang from the Indian camp and up the Mackenzie River, and
they stop at the Great Slave Lake. They make another journey to the Yukon, and they cross through the Rockies
on the way. White Fang and Beauty Smith travel from Yukon to Dawson, where he meets Weedon Scott and then
goes to California with him. White Fang then lives in Sierra Vista for a long time.
White Fang is a young gray wolf cub, and the main character of the story. He develops over the course of the
novel. White Fang's mom, Kiche, is the leader of the wolf pack and very good and experienced with humans. One
Eye is White Fang's dad. Gray Beaver is the Indian master of White Fang. Gray Beaver can be violent at times.
He becomes an alcoholic and loses his money and White Fang. Beauty Smith takes in White Fang and abuses
him and uses him for money. Weedon Scott changes White Fang's attitude. He treats White Fang kindly,
whereas he had been abused before. Weedon is also a mining expert.
White Fang was born to Kiche and One Eye. Two of the masters he had had were very unkind and unpleasant
towards him. As a result, he becomes aggressive and snaps at anyone and anything. He wants to be left alone by
everyone, but his second master, Beauty Smith, makes him fight dogs, wolves, and a lynx. Weedon Scott who is a
mining expert, comes into White Fang's life and saves...

White Fang 

  

The book White Fang by Jack London starts off when two men named Henry and Bill, are traveling through the
snowy, below-zero weather to deliver the corpse of Lord Alfred to Fort McGurry.  It is the time of famine and
Henry and Bill are low on food and only have three rounds of ammunition left.  One morning when they have
woken up they find out that they only have two dogs of six left.  The four that were missing had been eaten by
the wolves.  Bill decided to stay up the next night to try to kill the wolves, with whatever ammo he had left.  When
the night came so did the wolves.  Bill chased the wolf pack, and killed three of the wolves.  He tried to kill a
fourth with his bare hands but it was to swift, and killed him in defence.  Henry realizing what had happening lit a
fire in a circle around him.  Another group of people in the area saw the fire and came over and rescued Henry. 

  

After the famine ends the wolf pack splits up.  The she-wolf and three male wolves travel together until one of
the males named "One Eye" killed the other males in a battle for the she-wolf.  One Eye and the she-wolf find a
lair where the she-wolf can lie down to give birth to her cubs.  Another famine comes upon the land when the
cubs are still young and all of them die except for a small gray cub.  The gray wolf was the strongest of his
pack.  His first lesson in life was the lesson of the wilderness, "Eat or be eaten, kill or be killed." 

  

The cub and it's mother leave One Eye and travel into an Indian village.  The she-wolf is instantly recognized by
an Indian named Gray Beaver. She answers to the name of "Kiche," and the little wolf is named White Fang.  In
the Indian village White Fang learns how to protect himself from other dogs.  When White Fang's mother was
taken from him he tried to follow hr but was beaten by Gray Beaver.  The next day Gray Beaver went to sell furs
at the nearest fort, and took White Fang with him.  At the fort, White Fang became famous for his ability to kill
other dogs.  A man named Beauty Smith, who lived in the fort, tricked Gray Beaver by getting him drunk, to sell
White Fang.  White Fang is treated horribly and forced to fight other dogs, so Beauty Smith can win bets. 

  

During one of fights White Fang was about to be killed when a man named Weeden Scott, stopped the fight. 
Weeden Scott pays Beauty Smith for White Fang and brings him home. 

  

Under the protection of Weeden Scott, White Fang learns to love human beings.  Scott must return back to his
home in California and leave White Fang behind.  White Fang sneaks onto the boat and  Weeden Scott must
take him home.  At Weeden's home White Fang saves Judge Scott from being murdered. 
  

I think White Fang was a great novel.  The story tells many thing that both animals and humans have in
common. Animals like humans have to struggle for survival.  The story also says that if it is tried, humans and
wild animals can live together in peace.  In this case it was with Weeden Scott and White Fang.  Also as I read
the story, I realized that for every person willing to take care of an animal there is someone out there that will
abuse it or kill it.  In the story the person who was abusing White Fang was Beauty Smith. In real life the people
that do this to animals are poachers and hunters.  I know Jack London has written many short stories, and
novels and I've read a couple of them.  Out of all the novels and short stories I've read I think this one was the
best. 
Symbolism in White Fang   

"Classic" - a word misunderstood by many people around the world, mostly those of a younger generation. It is
surprising how many people believe that the word "classic" means "old" or "boring". This is just not the case. In
actual fact, the label "classic" given to books means "of the highest quality," or "of enduring interest and value."
Books with this label are the best there is. Every word is carefully thought out and made interesting for the
reader. Symbolism, meaning and detail are all applied effectively to keep the book an on-going page-turner.
Such a fine example of this is Jack London’s White Fang. 

A very wonderful tool to an author is the use of symbols within a story. One of the more common symbols
throughout short stories and novels ultimately refers to the bible and religious history. In most, if not all stories
have the relationship between good and evil – heaven and hell. Whether implied or not by Jack London, White
Fang is full of many interesting biblical symbols. The character Beauty Smith, for instance very simply put
symbolizes Satan. This man, this creature so vile as to subdue yet another victim (White Fang) into his ever-
growing underground slavery prison camps. The greed for money and profit is the only need for this "prison
camp"; the dog-fighting gambling is their prison cell. A comparison between the bulldog Cherokee and death
itself can be made. Once death has you, there is no way of escaping. When Cherokee had White Fang gripped
between his jaws, "There was no escaping that grip. It was like Fate itself, and was inexorable," (London 139).
Surely enough, God (Weedon Scott) came along and saved White Fang from the grips of evil. The cold-
heartedness of evil can be overcome with the heat and light of good. The care and kindness of such like
Weedon Scott for all existing creatures alike. Many other symbols deep within this novel lay rest assured, but it
is hard to catch them all in such a detailed book as this. 

With a closer inspection and a deep analysis of a novel, many small but nonetheless important meaningful
things can be revealed. London has managed to intricately design a perfect novel full of deep meaning and
symbols that can only be done in a short story. But a novel, with so many pages and pages of detailed work, it is
so hard to keep up with all the things that lay undiscovered within. The characters in this novel have meaning
and much irony to it. Weedon Scott has meaning to its name. The word "weed" means a worthless person. So in
fact, Weedon Scott means a worthless person. But the irony here is that Weedon Scott symbolizes God, and
God definitely not worthless, but rather all mighty and powerful. Also, Beauty Smith has some meaning to it, as
well as some more irony to its name. Beauty of course means elegance and pretty. But in this story he is
portrayed as a "beast" and symbolizes the Devil. White Fang is more of a contradiction to itself. White means
"pure" and "honest" while as the word Fang means "the long perforated tooth of a poisonous serpent." This
could mean that this soul is lost and wandering, being influenced by everyone. But in the end, the fang dulls and
the hate and evil is removed by the caress of Weedon Scott, God. Small details like this make the book more
interesting to read and makes the reader think. 

The other thing that makes this story so successful and effective is the style Jack London uses. He uses a lot of
detail and descriptive words, which help aid the symbols and meaning embedded in the novel. Personification,
metaphors and similes all throughout the novel, brilliantly placed and inciting vocabulary keeps this book hard to
put down. Also a lot of well thought alliteration words are used to give it that enjoyable reading feeling.
Furthermore, the character’s style of speech is, for the most part, slang with kind of an accent, which gives the
characters a more realistic vocabulary. An example of this is in the beginning of the novel when Henry says to
Bill, "Shut up your wishin’ an’ your croakin’. Your stomach’s sour. That’s what’s ailin’ you. Swallow a spoonful of
sody, an’ you’ll sweeten up wonderful an’ be more pleasant company," (9). London does a really nice job with
the style of writing and the characters’ attitudes and tone of voice. 

A word, exclusively for books that are among the best masterpieces of their kind ever written that passed the
test of time – classic. Symbolism, meaning, detail and every little thing goes carefully into thought by the author
before it can be even considered one of the very best. When you pick up a book, don’t assume it is a classic just
because it is "old" or "boring". When publishers label a book "classic", they really mean it. Just remember, a
shelf with "classics" is like buying candy from the candy store, you’ll always know its gonna be sweet. 
Thematic Analysis of Jack London's White Fang 

White Fang, written by Jack London, is a wonderful adventure novel that vividly depicts the life of a wolf by the
name of White Fang. Throughout the course of the novel, White Fang goes through numerous learning
experiences as he interacts with humans and other wolves from Alaska around the turn of the century. Jack
London uses the events that transpire during White Fang's life to illustrate that only the cunning, intelligent, and
strong will be able to survive. The ideas of Darwinism and survival are reinforced by almost every action that
takes place in the novel. Man is shown defeating nature through superior intelligence, a wolf cub conquers his
puppy-hood, and a young wolf survives despite the hardships placed upon him by man. 

     As the story begins, Jack London is quick to introduce his theme, but he opens the first three chapters
without the main character, White Fang. Two men, named Bill and Henry, are trying to transport the body of a
rich man across the frozen tundra of Alaska by sled dog, while a pack of hungry wolves is pursuing them. The
wolves gradually kill off the team of dogs, and eventually Bill, in an attempt to survive the long winter. It is ironic
in that both the wolves and Henry are struggling against each other for their lives. The wolves need to eat Henry
to fight off their maddening hunger, and Henry needs to get rid of the wolves so he can remain living. In the end,
Henry proves the victor of t... White Fang by Jack London, was written in 1906. The story is about a half-wolf,
half-dog who is born from a she-wolf. His name is White Fang he is the only survivor of the litter. He becomes a
pet of some Indians and becomes a great fighter. A man named Beauty Smith buys White Fang for liquor.
Beauty uses White Fang to make money. He arranges fights to let people bet on, White Fang wins them all.
Except A pitbull who bites White Fang in the neck and grips on. Finally a man named Weedon Scott punches
Beauty and pries the pitbull from White Fang's neck. Weedon and White Fang became best friends, they loved
each other. White Fang gets away and the rest of the story is about their friendship.

There were many turning points in the story, some are bigger than others. When Weedon first helps White Fang
and they become friends is a big turning point in the story. When the Indians first taught White Fang how to fight
also was a big turning point because it shows he is wild. Near the end of the story White Fang and Weedon
were living in Sierra Vista with Weedon's dad who was a judge. A man named Jim Hall was after Judge Scott,
Jim Hall one night broke into their house. White Fang sensed his presence and fought with Jim and killed him.
White Fang suffered a gun shot wound but was ok and lived the rest of his days in Sierra Valley.

White Fang didn't make me feel any special way, books never make me feel a certain way. Otherwise it
reminded me of my Dogs (not that are like White Fang but the bond we have together.) When Weedon saved
White Fang made me feel like I'm the same way. Also when White Fang protected the Scott's reminded me of
how my dogs would probably do the same thing because they are very protective. My dogs are very important to
me just like White Fang was to Weedon.

The book was very descriptive and it involved dogs and dogfights and cool stuff like that. On the bad side the
book was long (25 chapters long) and very, very boring in some parts. White Fang is for people with a lot of time
on their hand they would like to spend reading a book and like outdoor-like books, if you liked Call Of The Wild
you probably will like this book. If you're the kind of person who hates reading books and reads short children
stories to avoid time consumption, this book is not for you. On my rating scale I gave White Fang an "ok"
because I am the kind of person who would rather read children stories to avoid time consumption. White Fang's
reading level is probably 9th or 10th grade because of it's descriptive content, it's hidden interpretations and
older people have a longer attention span.

I have never seen the movie "White Fang" or knew there was one but I'm guessing that it is much less
descriptive. Also it is probably based upon Weedon's life rather than White Fang's. Jack London is an author
known for his stories of the North. My author’s contribution to American literature is gargantuan. Jack London
has produced many well-known American novels. He has had a difference on the approach writers take on
crafting their literature. His most well known novel “To Build A Fire” is one of the greatest American short stories
ever created. In a good number of his stories the central conflict is man vs. nature. His impact on American
literature has altered the way people write stories. 

     My favorite character in the story would have to be White Fang. White Fang is the key character of the novel.
His mother Kiche, (she-wolf) mated with a full wolf and had a litter of pups. White Fang was the only pup to
survive a series of famines. White Fang starts his life out in the wild rather than being pampered. He progresses
and becomes more of a dog rather than a wolf. This is all the added reasoning to why White Fang is my favorite
character. He dodges adversity and becomes more like a man rather than a monster. Though, as the book
progresses he becomes more fierce and untamed. This undoubtedly leads to his demise, but White Fang pulls
through. Scott eventually saves White Fang, and is the first human to show him kindness. Scott changes White
Fang’s comprehension of human’s and becomes an affectionate loving dog. 

     The character I detest the most would have to be Gray Beaver, White Fang’s first mast... During Jack
London’s life he has written many great novels, perhaps the greatest was White Fang. In 1906 he wrote the
legendary novel about a stray wolf reverting to domestication. The majority of this book concerns White Fangs’
struggles with savage nature, Indians, dogs and white men. However, we also see White Fang is tamed by love
and turns from a savage wolf into a loving and domesticated dog. White Fang begins with two men traveling
through the artic with a dog team and sled, followed by a pack of famished wolves who pick off the dogs, one by
one at night and eventually gets one of the men. The point of view then shifts to wolves and stays with them for
nearly the entire story. “Over Jack London life he has wrote many books with Darwin's popular ideas in mind,
particularly White Fang1 ”. The process of "natural selection" means that only the strongest, brightest, and most
adaptable elements of a species will survive. This idea is embodied by the character, White Fang. From the
onset, he is the strongest wolf cub, the only one of the litter to survive the famine. His strength and intelligence
make him the most feared dog in the Indian camp. While defending Judge Scott, Weedon Scott’s father, White
Fang takes three bullets but is miraculously able to survive. One element of the book one might overlook is
White Fang's ability to adapt to any new circumstances and somehow survive. He learns how to fight the other
dogs, he learns to obey new masters, he learns to ...  During peoples lives they can be influenced due to the
emotions and feelings around them. In the book White Fang by Jack London, White Fang is influenced by three
different emotions. The first influence on White Fang was the wild. Another influence on White Fang was fear. A
third influence on White Fang was pure hatred. These influences can all be related to similar emotions in my
life. 

The wild’s influence on White Fang is similar to influences in my life. The wild influenced White Fang many
different ways throughout his life. One way that the wild has influenced White Fang was when he was a young
pup and coming out of the cave for the first time, all the sounds and things that he couldn’t understand brought
about in him a strange feeling that he would never forget. Another way that the wild influenced White Fang was
by calling him out and away from the fires and tents of the Indian Village. "It was like something was calling him,
urging him to run free through the meadows and play in the streams, this was the wild and his White Fangs
home"(124). This feeling that White Fang was given when he was born, helps to lead him through life and teach
him the dangers of the unknown. The third and most dramatic example of the wild’s influence on White Fang
happened late in the book after Weedon Scott had met White Fang. White Fang was torn between his new
found feeling of love and the way of life in the wild that he ...
Two outdoorsmen are out in the wild of the north. They are on a mission to deliver the body and coffin of a
famous person. Their dogs disappear as they are entised by a she-wolf and eaten by the rest of the pack. They
only have three rounds of ammunition left and Bill, one of the men, uses them to try to save one of their dogs
that is being attacked; he misses and is eaten by the pack with the dog. Only Henry and two dogs are left; he
makes a fire with leaves and scattered branches, trying to drive away the wolves. They draw in close and he is
almost eaten, saved only by a company of men who were traveling nearby. The wolves are in the midst of a
starvation. They continue on running and hunting, lead by several wolves alongside the she-wolf, and when they
finally find food the pack starts to split up. The she-wolf mates with one of the wolves and has a litter of pups
inside an abandoned cave. Only one survives after several more famines and harsh weather, and he grows
strong and is a feisty pup. The puppy learns the basics of hunting and survival. They come to an Indian village
where the she-wolf's (who is actually half-wolf, half-dog) master is. He catches her again and White Fang, her
pup, stays nearby. Soon, she is sold to another Indian, while White Fang stays with Gray Beaver, her master.
White fang whines and cries but it does'nt help. The other dogs of the village terrorize White Fang, especially
one named Lip-lip, who for now is bigger and stronger. White Fang becomes more and more vicious, more like a
wolf than a dog, encouraged by his master who beats him. One day he meets is mother and is turned to a light-
hearted pup but, his mother does'nt even notice him. He kills other dogs that used to terroize him. Gray Beaver
goes to Fort Yukon to trade and discovers whiskey, which he calls sweet water. White Fang is passed into the
hands of Beauty Smith, a monster of a man who got Grey Beaver drunk and tricked him into selling Whit Fang.
Beaty Smith put White Fang ino dogfighting and he fights other dogs until he meets his match in a bulldog from
the east and is saved only by a man named Scott. Scott tames White Fang and takes him back to California with
him. There White Fang learns to love his master and his master's family, who dont take kindly to him at first, and
even saves Scott's father in the middle of the night from a convict that escaped from the nearby prison. White
Fang has puppies with Collie, one of the master's dogs, and lives a happy life.