Review Of Agatha Christie's 'And Then There Were None'

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I find London’s description of the Wild and its laws to be exotically unique. How London juxtaposes the malevolent Wild’s hatred for life and its attempt to allure “restless men” into “submission”, forces me to believe that danger is imminent for two men trudging in the Yukon (49).
The havoc of the disappearance of Bill and Henry’s dogs reminds me of the plot of the book And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. I imagine anyone in their right mind would be just as scared as Bill if some unknown force sucked their dogs into a “black hole “metaphorically and not a trace of them was left the next day. I wonder what will become of the she-wolf once the men catch her in the act, or if anything will happen at all (85).

It is ironic that Bill
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Do male dogs also abandon their litter when they are young? I question this because the she-wolf is both wolf and dog (58).
Already I know that White Fang possesses a profound amount of potential and strength. He is the only wolf true breed in the litter, and the author mentions constantly of White Fang’s attraction to stray from the caves’ boundaries and to the light. White Fang seems to have a shrewd personality (51).

I love how London can put himself into the mind of a wolf cub. Of all the events that have already happened, White Fang’s step out of the cave has been the most vicariously relatable one for me. I am impressed by London’s liaison of the cave’s glowing entrance to that of another wall in the bleak cave. It goes to show that even the mundane things in life can even suddenly appear frightening (75).

Well, that sounds simple enough. To live in the Wild is to know you belong somewhere on the food chain. I remember when my brothers and I found a baby rabbit in our backyard we asked my mom if we could keep it. She said “no”, so we placed it back where we had seen it. It was night time, and as soon as we had left the poor thing by itself, an owl swooped down and took it away
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He seems to be growing stronger than the other way around. Because the dogs and Grey Beaver grant him little love, White Fang must learn to deal with the natural enmity the other puppies have for him and to accept he and his master’s mutual and expressionless relationship (52).
For a wolf-cub who has sought liberation from the hands of the Indians for the longest time, I was surprised that White Fang would event attempt to go back to Grey Beaver. My belief was that once White Fang left he was sure to be a goner, especially since he hated Lip-lip and the other dogs’ beating so much. I guess fear can drive one to do the unexpected. White Fang has chosen to be a dog rather than a wolf (74).
Rescuing Mitsah from the ruthless kids that were attacking him is a relevant scene because White Fang transforms from more wolf-like to more dog-like. According to White Fang’s systemic law of nature, it is a sin to bite into the flesh of any of the “gods” Therefore, by biting into the flesh of Mitsah’s bullies, one could say White Fang nearly laid down his life for the boy

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