What are the wolves in this story? What is their impact in this town in the forest? The wolves are not just animals, but also not just humans. While the answers of werewolves seem fitting, my interpretation is that they are just humans who became engrossed in breaking the taboos of civilization by being succumbed by their id. The term wolf is just an excuse by the locals to excuse the wild side of humanity as being just animals, as they cannot comprehend humans acting so savage. My evidence of this interpretation is the quote,” We keep the wolves outside by living well.”(Carter 1090) Living well in this statement is by following the rules of civilization, the wolves are just the id running wild in this town. The fact that wolves are human
