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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
Skoro 20 godina nakon prvog susreta ovo je i dalje jedna od najuzbudljivijih, najlepših pustolovina u koje sam se upustio čitajući. Priča je o pitomom vuku-divljem psu koji uči da odrasta u sukobu prirode i čoveka, rastrzan između urođenog nagona za otuđenošću i potrebe za sigurnošću pod vlašću ljudi-bogova. Ali ovo nije običan vuk već nadmoćan predstavnik svoje vrste, snažan i nemilosrdan, strah i trepet svima njemu sličnima.
Priča je smeštena na dalekom severu Kanade, u snegom zavejanim šumama i proplancima gde je borba za preživljavanje nemilosrdna i svakodnevna. Napisana je u najvećoj meri iz perspektive vuka, ali bez želje da se životinja učini čovečnom. Ne, ovde Džek London pokazuje bogato lično iskustvo i dočarava životinju-zver verno njenoj pravoj, divljoj prirodi.
On ne opisuje njene racionalne misli kao što bi se to očekivalo za čoveka, već urođene instinkte, čulne osećaje, mudrost i iskustva nasleđena od predaka duboko utisnuta u njegovoj krvi. Opčinjavajuće poznavanje životinjske prirode. Neko će možda reći da nije sve realno prikazano, ali pošto sam i sam oduvek duboko povezan sa životinjama, iznova sam se oduševljavao preciznošću sa kojom pisac prikazuje narav vuka-psa. Tako je izuzetno težak poduhvat pisanja iz perspektive Belog Očnjaka uspeo zahvaljujući jedinstvenom daru i pronicljivosti autora.
Kroz putovanje vuka koji nije znao za lak život nijednog trenutka, spoznajemo o brutalnosti prirode, o indijancima i belima ljudima i kako sredina i ljudi vajaju prirodu životinje, uviđamo i da prirodni instinkti nikad ne nestaju bez obzira na to koliko su potiskivani.
Jezik je prelep i precizan, opisi ledene prirode severa živopisni, opisi brutalnih borbi snažni, vešto vođena radnja, priča zaista teče pitko i nijednog trenutka se ne oseća zastoj. Napisana još 1906, ima par prikaza bele nadmoćnosti koji ne piju vodu, mala i jedina mana.
Ko je propustio ovu knjigu u mlađim godinama, dobra vest je da nije kasno da je uzme u bilo kom trenutku jer je snažna i iskrena. Ako bolje razmislim, tek sam je sada na pravi način doživeo i uvideo svu njenu lepotu.
4.5/5
Priča je smeštena na dalekom severu Kanade, u snegom zavejanim šumama i proplancima gde je borba za preživljavanje nemilosrdna i svakodnevna. Napisana je u najvećoj meri iz perspektive vuka, ali bez želje da se životinja učini čovečnom. Ne, ovde Džek London pokazuje bogato lično iskustvo i dočarava životinju-zver verno njenoj pravoj, divljoj prirodi.
On ne opisuje njene racionalne misli kao što bi se to očekivalo za čoveka, već urođene instinkte, čulne osećaje, mudrost i iskustva nasleđena od predaka duboko utisnuta u njegovoj krvi. Opčinjavajuće poznavanje životinjske prirode. Neko će možda reći da nije sve realno prikazano, ali pošto sam i sam oduvek duboko povezan sa životinjama, iznova sam se oduševljavao preciznošću sa kojom pisac prikazuje narav vuka-psa. Tako je izuzetno težak poduhvat pisanja iz perspektive Belog Očnjaka uspeo zahvaljujući jedinstvenom daru i pronicljivosti autora.
Kroz putovanje vuka koji nije znao za lak život nijednog trenutka, spoznajemo o brutalnosti prirode, o indijancima i belima ljudima i kako sredina i ljudi vajaju prirodu životinje, uviđamo i da prirodni instinkti nikad ne nestaju bez obzira na to koliko su potiskivani.
“Ne mogu se nagoni sopstvene prirode gušiti silom, a da se ta priroda ne povuče u sebe.”
Jezik je prelep i precizan, opisi ledene prirode severa živopisni, opisi brutalnih borbi snažni, vešto vođena radnja, priča zaista teče pitko i nijednog trenutka se ne oseća zastoj. Napisana još 1906, ima par prikaza bele nadmoćnosti koji ne piju vodu, mala i jedina mana.
Ko je propustio ovu knjigu u mlađim godinama, dobra vest je da nije kasno da je uzme u bilo kom trenutku jer je snažna i iskrena. Ako bolje razmislim, tek sam je sada na pravi način doživeo i uvideo svu njenu lepotu.
4.5/5
I really liked 'the call of the wild' when I read it a few months ago, so ofc I had to try this out... but this wasn't nearly as good imo T_T the beginning meandered a lot with different povs and spent wayyy too long on white fang's boring childhood and even how his parents got together?? which is a funny way to phrase it ik but I was just bored T_T i think the call of the wild had a much clearer plot and message compared to this one, and while I think the idea of thematically mirroring both stories is cool, the call of the wild does have an infinitely more exciting(?), for lack of a better word, character arc for buck.
I also thought the writing in this one wasn't as good T_T I remember being super impressed by the descriptions and character introductions especially-- in two paragraphs you'd know everything you needed to know about a specific dog or even person, and it was always so well-written, but this did a lot more showing than telling and tbh. for the first time ever I'd say that's not a good thing T_T nobody felt like they had a personality, and yes I do mean the dogs T_T
I also thought the writing in this one wasn't as good T_T I remember being super impressed by the descriptions and character introductions especially-- in two paragraphs you'd know everything you needed to know about a specific dog or even person, and it was always so well-written, but this did a lot more showing than telling and tbh. for the first time ever I'd say that's not a good thing T_T nobody felt like they had a personality, and yes I do mean the dogs T_T
Somehow I went all my life without reading this book. So thankful I now teach Third Grade and use these old gems as read a louds!
adventurous
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I feel rather complicated about this one.
It feels like it's in part giving awareness on animal cruelty, which I get, but I also don't need the "lesson" of because I already believer of not being cruel to animals so this just felt painful a lot of the time.
I feel more complicated about what it was saying in terms the hierarchy of animal to "man". This was often when White Fang I thought it would be more about... wolves.
Anyhow, I will think on it more but overall wasn't a fun read. I get the perspective it was coming from, but rarely agreed with the method or the message - beyond, of course, harming animals is bad. Which is something I already whole-heartedly believe.
It feels like it's in part giving awareness on animal cruelty, which I get, but I also don't need the "lesson" of because I already believer of not being cruel to animals so this just felt painful a lot of the time.
I feel more complicated about what it was saying in terms the hierarchy of animal to "man". This was often when White Fang
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referred to, or perhaps "learned the lesson" that man was god. This was almost always in the context when man held and used the power to physically harm White Fang and other animals. All of that felt wrong, and it happened again and again. And we saw it taken to the extreme with one character but it was used by many. Why are all the others okay, but the one extreme bad? Plus, why would White Fang even have the concept of "god". He grew up with mostly wolves.Anyhow, I will think on it more but overall wasn't a fun read. I get the perspective it was coming from, but rarely agreed with the method or the message - beyond, of course, harming animals is bad. Which is something I already whole-heartedly believe.
"Ими владела любовь — чувство еще более суровое и жестокое, чем голод."
Прекрасная история. И как же всё-таки восхитительно пишет Джек Лондон.
Прекрасная история. И как же всё-таки восхитительно пишет Джек Лондон.
Liked this even less than Call of the Wild.
London storytelling is simplistic in a way that makes it dull. Humans are Gods to dogs. Barf. This book makes you hate people, and think less of dogs. Wolfs, however are alright. Too bad white fang wasn't all wolf. I guess that's the moral.
London storytelling is simplistic in a way that makes it dull. Humans are Gods to dogs. Barf. This book makes you hate people, and think less of dogs. Wolfs, however are alright. Too bad white fang wasn't all wolf. I guess that's the moral.
The eponymous White Fang is a wolf-dog in the Yukon, and his humanisation can be linked to the fact that the book is based on London himself, detailing the struggle of his transformation from the wild nature of his youth to that of a man of culture and domesticity. My family took turns reading this out-loud together when I was a child, and subsequently I did the same with my own children. It is a spectacular companion to London's earlier book 'The Call of the Wild'.
Not the book to read when your dog might get put down!
White Fang is Warrior Cats for libertarians. That is my truth and I will not hide.
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The best part of this book is the style. Jack London is a master of rhythm and action. All the fat is burned away— what we're left with is raw, muscular prose. It's simple but effective. Because it's through this prose that London communicates his most powerful idea: animals can be intelligent without being human.
Animal protagonists novels typically place a human mind in an animal circumstances. Making them little more than four pawed teenagers romping through the forest. And honestly, this is probably for the best. Literary animal are effective at communicating difficult emotions without having the burden of humanity. Plus, books are more fun when life isn't nasty, brutish, and short.
But there's a time to look at the world through the eyes of a wolf— To remember that your subjective understand of reality is just that: subjective. And when that time comes, White Fang is here for you.
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The best part of this book is the style. Jack London is a master of rhythm and action. All the fat is burned away— what we're left with is raw, muscular prose. It's simple but effective. Because it's through this prose that London communicates his most powerful idea: animals can be intelligent without being human.
Animal protagonists novels typically place a human mind in an animal circumstances. Making them little more than four pawed teenagers romping through the forest. And honestly, this is probably for the best. Literary animal are effective at communicating difficult emotions without having the burden of humanity. Plus, books are more fun when life isn't nasty, brutish, and short.
But there's a time to look at the world through the eyes of a wolf— To remember that your subjective understand of reality is just that: subjective. And when that time comes, White Fang is here for you.