Claudette’s ultimate goal was to become a functioning member of human society, able to work and interact within the human culture. Throughout the rehabilitation process, she managed, for the most part, to keep up with the ideal levels of humanity outlined in The Jesuit Handbook on Lycanthropic Culture Shock. Since she graduated from St. Lucy’s (Russell, 251), she must have met the expectations for essential human action and interaction, allowing her to function within human society. However, she never fully gave up parts of the wolf culture, and she will likely continue to relapse into her former culture when faced with stressful or unfamiliar situations. In Stage 1, Claudette behaved almost exactly as expected according to the Handbook. She and her pack eagerly explored their new surroundings, tearing through
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Claudette described the human girls she met as “purebred girls” (245), and “raised in captivity” (255). This implies that she did not identify with human culture, viewing it as inferior to her own. According to the Handbook, “It is common that students who start living in a new and different culture come to a point where they reject the host culture” (244) so this is normal. Even so, Claudette begins to form connections between wolf culture and human culture, seeing biking as “sanctioned pumping” (246), and singing at church as “the human’s moon, the place for howling beyond purpose” (247). When Claudette was doing these things, “the pretending felt almost as natural as nature” (247). These connections lessened the need to fully give up her wolf culture, and demonstrated her natural ability to adapt. However, as Claudette had acknowledged, she was still pretending. Her human actions were primarily superficial, and she was either unwilling or unable to relinquish her wolf
Claudette described the human girls she met as “purebred girls” (245), and “raised in captivity” (255). This implies that she did not identify with human culture, viewing it as inferior to her own. According to the Handbook, “It is common that students who start living in a new and different culture come to a point where they reject the host culture” (244) so this is normal. Even so, Claudette begins to form connections between wolf culture and human culture, seeing biking as “sanctioned pumping” (246), and singing at church as “the human’s moon, the place for howling beyond purpose” (247). When Claudette was doing these things, “the pretending felt almost as natural as nature” (247). These connections lessened the need to fully give up her wolf culture, and demonstrated her natural ability to adapt. However, as Claudette had acknowledged, she was still pretending. Her human actions were primarily superficial, and she was either unwilling or unable to relinquish her wolf