Plot Action
Who is the love-master?
Weedon Scott
The man who sets up the dogfighting situation
Beauty Smith
White Fang grew stronger, heavier, and more compact while his character was developing along the lines laid down by his heredity and his environment.
the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child
When Weedon Scott wagers against his father that White Fang could be left in the chicken coop and not eat a single one, who wins the bet?
Weedon wins. White Fang obeys "the law" and leaves the chickens alone.
What theme do Beauty Smith, Henry and Bill, and the Yukon outpost represent? (It's a theme and something London didn't like about society)...two possible answers
Man trying to conquer nature OR violence in a "civilized" world
What is the difference between Beauty Smith's treatment of WF, and Grey Beaver's treatment of WF
Grey Beaver commits violence for order, Beauty commits violence for the sake of violence
Baseek was surprised by the other's temerity and swiftness of attack.
confident and unafraid of danger or punishment
What character would Jack London probably compare himself to the most?
Weedon Scott
How does Beauty Smith acquire White Fang?
Takes advantage of Grey Beaver's drinking problem
Had there been in White Fang's nature any possibility...of his ever coming to fraternise with his kind, such a possibility was irretrievably destroyed when he was made leader of the sled-team.
socialize with, become friends with
White Fang's fight against the bulldog, his eventual killing of Baseek and Lip-Lip, the fact that he runs away during the famine and lives on his own, and the fact that he alone is alive from Kiche's first litter all point to what theme?
Survival of the fittest
How does WF fall in with the Natives in the first place?
They had owned Kiche, and they take them both back
He was becoming more morose, more unompanionable, more solitary, more ferocious...
sad, quiet, and unhappy
In the story, we see White Fang get more and more violent as he progresses through "civilized" culture, and eventually ends up dogfighting, where men are making money from pain and misery, and the dogs are treated poorly. This represents Jack London's hatred of what economic system?
Capitalism
Two parts: why are the men in the dogfighting ring afraid of Weedon Scott, and where does Scott live (city, state).
They are afraid because Scott is a powerful mining prospector with many connections. He lives in San Francisco, CA, in the suburbs.
Having learned to ____________, White Fang was guilty often.
snuggle