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This blog is an opportunity for my students (Morrinsville Intermediate, Waikato, New Zealand), to share books, movies, music and other interests through reviews and comments.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

White Fang by Jack London-a review by Roxy


I would never have known how White Fang’s mind worked or even any other dog’s if Jack London hadn’t written this book. It was like a movie was playing in my head; Jack London made it like there was actually someone inside White Fang’s head explaining him.eg. “They were his environment these men, and they were moulding the clay of him into a more ferocious thing than had been intended by nature”. Pg 181.
In the frozen wilds of northwest Canada, a cub called White Fang is thrown out into the harsh wild and finds himself having to fight and learn the laws of the wild to survive. He encounters ferocious dogs and has to face being treated with hate and respect.
Jack London’s style of writing is so descriptive you can imagine that you’re there. Jack London helps you to understand how White Fang’s feeling about his mother leaving and being hurt every day.
You will just want to keep reading and then the book is over too fast. Don’t worry Jack London has written another book called “The Call of The Wild” that you can read. It is also a movie.I think this book is full of description and is a great story of a wolf’s life. “White Fang stood over the shine-bone, bristling and menacing, while Baseek stood a little way off, preparing to retreat. He dared not risk a fight with this young lightning-flash, and again he knew and more bitterly, the enfeeblement of oncoming age”. Pg 144-145. This book is great for someone who loves adventure and a dog’s journey for survival.

1 comment:

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