6/27/2023 0 Comments White fang novel![]() The opening scene is masterfully written, but does not quite fit. It is difficult to understand why Jack London wrote the novel this way. Henry drops out of the novel, and the scene shifts to the wolf pack and the birth of White Fang. ![]() At the last moment he is rescued as a search party looking for the dead body Henry and Bill were transporting. Henry literally climbs into the fire and begins hurling brands from the fire at the encircling wolves. Finally, one night, the wolves become so brazen that they come right up to the fire to collect their dinner. Henry is left alone and night after night he feels the wolves coming closer and closer. Henry hears three shots, but Bill does not return. ![]() Scared and frustrated, Bill decides one morning to go out with his rifle and three remaining cartridges. London paints quite a portrait of the two men sitting around the campfire, seeing only the eyes of the wolves reflecting the light from the fire. At night, the dogs are individually lured to their deaths by a she-wolf. Two men, Bill and Henry, with a team of six dogs pulling a sled on which is strapped a coffin, are fleeing down a frozen waterway, a wolf pack in pursuit. White Fang opens with a beautifully detailed picture of the Yukon. ![]()
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