The book starts out with two men who own a sled, Bill and Henry out in the wilderness. They have a gun, and only three bullets left. Wolves are following them, and the sled dogs are disappearing one by one. But then Bill tries to save one of the dogs, and gets eaten. Then Henry is nearly eaten, but nearby people save him.
The wolves find themselves in a famine. The food comes back, and the pack splits up. The she-wolf has puppies, and all except for one died after several more famines. The pup grows strong and turns into something feisty.
They come to an Indian village and meet the she-wolf's (who is actually half-wolf, half-dog) master. He catches her, and White Fang, as her pup, stays close to her. Soon, she is sold to another Indian, whereas White Fang stays with Gray Beaver, her previous master. The other dogs of the village terrorize White Fang, especially one bully named Lip-lip who makes White Fang his personal target.
White Fang becomes more and more vicious, highly encouraged by his master. He ends up killing alot of the other dogs. Gray Beaver moves to Fort Yukon to trade, and finds whiskey. White Fang is passed into the hands of Beauty Smith, a short, weak, lump of cruelty man. White Fang fights other dogs until he meets his match against a bulldog named Cherokee. He almost dies until he is saved only by a man named Weedon Scott.
Scott tames White Fang, teaches him to be nice, and takes him back to California with him. There White Fang starts to learn to love his master and his family, he even saves Scott's father from a criminal that escaped from a nearby prison. White Fang gets severely injured, and is saved by a surgeon. White Fang has puppies with Collie, one of the master's dogs, and lives a long happy rest of his life.
The wolves find themselves in a famine. The food comes back, and the pack splits up. The she-wolf has puppies, and all except for one died after several more famines. The pup grows strong and turns into something feisty.
They come to an Indian village and meet the she-wolf's (who is actually half-wolf, half-dog) master. He catches her, and White Fang, as her pup, stays close to her. Soon, she is sold to another Indian, whereas White Fang stays with Gray Beaver, her previous master. The other dogs of the village terrorize White Fang, especially one bully named Lip-lip who makes White Fang his personal target.
White Fang becomes more and more vicious, highly encouraged by his master. He ends up killing alot of the other dogs. Gray Beaver moves to Fort Yukon to trade, and finds whiskey. White Fang is passed into the hands of Beauty Smith, a short, weak, lump of cruelty man. White Fang fights other dogs until he meets his match against a bulldog named Cherokee. He almost dies until he is saved only by a man named Weedon Scott.
Scott tames White Fang, teaches him to be nice, and takes him back to California with him. There White Fang starts to learn to love his master and his family, he even saves Scott's father from a criminal that escaped from a nearby prison. White Fang gets severely injured, and is saved by a surgeon. White Fang has puppies with Collie, one of the master's dogs, and lives a long happy rest of his life.
White Fang response to literature for all you literature junkies...
In White Fang by Jack London, a
wolf grows up and becomes fierce because of being treated harshly. Soon after
being traded for whiskey and trained as a fighting dog, he is taken by Weeden
Scott, "the love master", and is trained to be loving. The universal
theme of this book is “there's heart in everyone”. The author uses many
literary techniques to convey the theme to the reader. Mood and point of view
are two of these techniques.
One of the literary techniques London uses is mood. "Never did he fail to respond savagely to the chatter of the squirrel he had met on the blasted pine" (pg. 95 London) and "human kindness was like a sun shining upon him, and he flourished like a flower planted in good soil" (pg. 289 London) are two good examples of mood in this book. The first quote shows the mood is very angry while the other shows the mood is very happy and uplifting this concludes that the mood changes from depressing and angry to warm and loving. The mood in this story helps portray the theme by showing you can be angry and shut everyone out while still being able to learn to love.
Point of view is another example of a literary technique in this book. An example of point of view in this story is “in midsummer White Fang had an experience” (pg. 162 London). The point of view in this book is 3rd person. This point of view helps express the theme by clearly showing how the other people around White Fang show him to be loving and gradually let him know that he has heart but just needs to learn to show his love.
In conclusion, the author uses various literary techniques to express the theme “everyone has heart”. This theme can help us learn not to be angry and shut people out and helps us learn that we should be nice people and should care more about others because we all have heart.
One of the literary techniques London uses is mood. "Never did he fail to respond savagely to the chatter of the squirrel he had met on the blasted pine" (pg. 95 London) and "human kindness was like a sun shining upon him, and he flourished like a flower planted in good soil" (pg. 289 London) are two good examples of mood in this book. The first quote shows the mood is very angry while the other shows the mood is very happy and uplifting this concludes that the mood changes from depressing and angry to warm and loving. The mood in this story helps portray the theme by showing you can be angry and shut everyone out while still being able to learn to love.
Point of view is another example of a literary technique in this book. An example of point of view in this story is “in midsummer White Fang had an experience” (pg. 162 London). The point of view in this book is 3rd person. This point of view helps express the theme by clearly showing how the other people around White Fang show him to be loving and gradually let him know that he has heart but just needs to learn to show his love.
In conclusion, the author uses various literary techniques to express the theme “everyone has heart”. This theme can help us learn not to be angry and shut people out and helps us learn that we should be nice people and should care more about others because we all have heart.