White Fang

The novel White Fang, written by Jack London, is a historical fiction story following a number of characters through the hardships of the fight for gold in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the 1890s. The story is told in third person omniscient, following a select few characters as the story goes on, but mostly focusing on a young cub. He is the last surviving of his famine-stricken litter of pups, and who is later on named White Fang. We adventure with the brave White Fang as he learns the ways of the wilderness, how to survive, and how to trust the few humans that will treat him with care.

The main character, and whose name is also the title of the book, is of course White Fang. He is the main focal point of the story, growing up and …show more content…
Their intent was to bring his dead body back to civilization. The six sled dogs were exhausted, they were running out of food, and had hardly any ammunition left. To top it all off, there was also a pack of starving wolves stalking close behind. One night as they call the dogs together to feed them, they notice there are seven to be fed. Little did they know, that a she-wolf had snuck into the pack. The next morning, they awaken to find only five dogs left. Both skeptical, they keep an eye on the pack, finally spotting the she-wolf as she lures dogs away in the night. Soon only two of the dogs remain, Bill, determined to shoot the she-wolf, is murdered by the other wolf pack. Henry builds a fire around himself to protect him from the packs, now alone with no food, dogs, or ammunition. He had killed off his supply of wood as well. Just as he decides to give up, he is rescued. The perspective veers over to the she-wolf, who is traveling with three other male wolves. Everything was relatively fine, that is, until one of the males, “One Eye”, kills the two others. They later have to stop so the she-wolf can birth her litter of puppies. Yet another famine causes all but one of the pups to die. The strong, young dog has to learn how to survive in the wild. One lesson he had to learn was, “eat or be eaten, kill or be killed”, because the world he grows up in is full of …show more content…
It may had been because whenever I would read a chapter, all I could think about was how I wanted to do literally anything else. I feel like it would have been improved by not having so many bland chapters with almost no interesting things going on. A lot of the chapters felt static and uneventful, and I felt as though most of them could have been more engaging. I also felt like all of the smaller climaxes were all the same throughout the