A person is a powerful creature placed above the animal world. A human can carry either good or evil. And Jack London’s book vividly depicts these two paths. Animals have the right to be cruel—and this is justified by their natural instincts, but there is no excuse for human cruelty. Cruelty toward animals for money, power, or boredom—everything of that sort stands as an accusation that puts a person below them.
This book is about a dog with the soul of a wolf, which, falling under the influence of people, finds itself in a wide variety of situations. As the story unfolds, the author shows what influence a human can have on a living soul. A person can harden it and make it hate everything around, or awaken in it devotion, gratitude, and love. No wonder that in the narrative White Fang saw in people gods—those who truly shaped his character.
The hero is lucky. At the most desperate moment of his life—one that could have been cut short—he meets Mr. Scott. This man saves the dog not only from physical death, but also from all the horrible and bad things that the dog had to endure…