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Stage 5 · The Grand Tour

White Fang

Jack London · 1906

A wild wolf-dog is gradually tamed, raising questions about how surroundings shape character.

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  1. Part 9Why does the cub, who fears nothing in the Wild, submit to human beings? Is it only fear, or something more?
  2. Part 13White Fang serves Grey Beaver out of "duty and awe, but not of love." Can loyalty be real without love?
  3. Last partWhat has made White Fang who he is: the Wild, the gods, or something in himself?

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  1. Lesson 1FreeWhat does the Wild seem to want, and what does it take to keep going in a place like this?Start
  2. Lesson 2SubscriptionHenry says, "A man's half licked when he says he is." Is fear more dangerous than the wolves?Locked
  3. Lesson 3SubscriptionWhen death comes close, what does Henry discover about the value of his own life?Locked
  4. Lesson 4SubscriptionIn the Wild, what decides who survives: strength, youth, wisdom, or something else?Locked
  5. Lesson 5SubscriptionWhat does it mean to be a parent in the Wild, where every life depends on taking another?Locked
  6. Lesson 6SubscriptionHow does a creature learn about the world before it can even think?Locked
  7. Lesson 7SubscriptionFear keeps the cub safe, but growth pushes him out. When is it right to obey fear, and when is it right to go beyond it?Locked
  8. Lesson 8SubscriptionThe cub learns the law "EAT OR BE EATEN." Is that the whole truth about life?Locked
  9. Lesson 9SubscriptionWhy does the cub, who fears nothing in the Wild, submit to human beings? Is it only fear, or something more?Locked
  10. Lesson 10SubscriptionWhat does White Fang gain, and what does he lose, by giving himself over to the man-animals he calls "gods"?Locked
  11. Lesson 11SubscriptionWhen everyone treats you as an enemy, who do you become? How much of White Fang's cruelty is his own, and how much is made by others?Locked
  12. Lesson 12SubscriptionWhite Fang runs away to be free, then chooses to come back. What is freedom worth if it means being alone?Locked
  13. Lesson 13SubscriptionWhite Fang serves Grey Beaver out of "duty and awe, but not of love." Can loyalty be real without love?Locked
  14. Lesson 14SubscriptionThe narrator says White Fang's nature is like clay, shaped by his surroundings. Are we shaped only by where we live, or can we choose who we become?Locked
  15. Lesson 15SubscriptionWhat has made White Fang who he is: the Wild, the gods, or something in himself?Review · Final essayLocked

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  1. CHAPTER ITHE ENEMY OF HIS KIND
  2. CHAPTER IITHE MAD GOD
  3. CHAPTER IIITHE REIGN OF HATE
  4. CHAPTER IVTHE CLINGING DEATH
  5. CHAPTER VTHE INDOMITABLE
  6. CHAPTER VITHE LOVE-MASTER
  7. CHAPTER ITHE LONG TRAIL
  8. CHAPTER IITHE SOUTHLAND
  9. CHAPTER IIITHE GOD'S DOMAIN
  10. CHAPTER IVTHE CALL OF KIND
  11. CHAPTER VTHE SLEEPING WOLF

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