White fang, written by Jack London, is a story accoutered with a myriad of emotions. The story in its major part revolves around a cub, describing his journey to adulthood.
After being born in the wild, the cub is soon domesticated by man who gives him the name 'white fang'. Parted from his mother at the very beginning of life, white fang finds himself in an environment that moulds his clay of life in a way that makes him a ferocious, cunning and swift fighter.
His struggle in keeping pace with his ever-changing life has been wonderfully narrated by Jack London and equally well has London painted white fang’s dilemma to choose between: his intense yearning for the wild, or his necessity to be by the side of his master that he found in man. Through the book London has pointed out that man and animal are not much different. Each yearns for power and can be as wild or as gentle as the other. It is predominantly the environment that moulds their character. London has provided many such instances where he has lain emphasis on the type of treatment given to an individual. As according to him when treated with love the wildest can also calm down, on the other hand evil treatment can bring out the wild out of the gentlest.
With each passing page the story becomes more absorbing and at the end it leaves the reader drenched with the feelings of love and affection for white fang. .
After being born in the wild, the cub is soon domesticated by man who gives him the name 'white fang'. Parted from his mother at the very beginning of life, white fang finds himself in an environment that moulds his clay of life in a way that makes him a ferocious, cunning and swift fighter.
His struggle in keeping pace with his ever-changing life has been wonderfully narrated by Jack London and equally well has London painted white fang’s dilemma to choose between: his intense yearning for the wild, or his necessity to be by the side of his master that he found in man. Through the book London has pointed out that man and animal are not much different. Each yearns for power and can be as wild or as gentle as the other. It is predominantly the environment that moulds their character. London has provided many such instances where he has lain emphasis on the type of treatment given to an individual. As according to him when treated with love the wildest can also calm down, on the other hand evil treatment can bring out the wild out of the gentlest.
With each passing page the story becomes more absorbing and at the end it leaves the reader drenched with the feelings of love and affection for white fang. .
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