Depression, it is one of the most powerful themes in the novel red wolf. Just a few chapters into the book and depression becomes a part of the story. There are 350 million people in the world who struggle with depression, That's 5% of the world's population. Depression can cause you to feel alone and that no one cares about you, that's how red wolf feels. It is understandable why red wolf would feel depressed considering the situation he was in.
Red wolf had one real friend in the story, crooked ear the wolf. But rather soon in the story they are separated because red wolf had to go to the residential school. After this red wolf struggled to make friends at the school witch didn't help his depression. Crooked ear also