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armaget 's review for:
The Call of the Wild/White Fang
by Jack London
So, I only read White Fang, since I've already read Call of the Wild. Just wanted to make that clear since this edition was both of those books.
White Fang was the story of a doggish wolf and all the shit he has to deal with. It basically chronicles his mental state throughout his life, as relating to whatever is happening to him. In that way, it's really quite good, and no one knows how to talk about the deep-spirits of canines like Jack London.
In comparison to Call of the Wild, I'd say it's not as great as a story. Call of the Wild has tons of tragedy and meaning that just doesn't really occur in White Fang. Though, I think I may like White Fang a little bit more just because of how happy it made me. It's basically-
Call of the Wild pretty bleak................CALL OF THE WILD..Very sad
White Fang pretty bleak....CALL OF MAN.........pretty terrible.....CALL OF LOVE....very nice : )
The three main "calls" that White Fang has as a three quarter wolf one quarter dog are super intriguing and written awesomely of course.
CALL OF THE WILD: The call White Fang starts with and serves as a weird kind of second option the whole time. It has power over him but the CALL OF MAN is stronger.
CALL OF MAN: Here's the one that overpowers White Fang's wild call.
It's here where we learn why, and it's the saddest point of the book. The power of man overpowers the CALL OF THE WILD because man works in a way that is outside of nature so completely that it can break it. This is shown by the excessant torture White Fang is subjected to, and yet keeps coming back to.
CALL OF LOVE: This is the best part of the book for me because it was just so gosh darn happy : )
Combining itself with the CALL OF MAN, in that it shapes White Fang into dependency, but different in that it touches the spirit and changes it for good.
The CALL OF MAN by itself twists White FAng's spiti into a horrible monster, as what happens most of the book. The CALL OF LOVE untwists it and even opens up trenches inside of him for new feeling, something the CALL OF MAN had scabbed over so completely it never showed.
The best parts were probably getting to watch White Fang learn how to cuddle and laugh. I mean I had legit teary eyes when it said White Fang had learned to cuddle, I really needed that for my boi.
Overall if you want a dog story that will first make you very sad and then make you very very happy, and has some cool stuff about the psyche of dogs and wolves, then this hits the mark.
Happy Ending Rating: 9/10
White Fang was the story of a doggish wolf and all the shit he has to deal with. It basically chronicles his mental state throughout his life, as relating to whatever is happening to him. In that way, it's really quite good, and no one knows how to talk about the deep-spirits of canines like Jack London.
In comparison to Call of the Wild, I'd say it's not as great as a story. Call of the Wild has tons of tragedy and meaning that just doesn't really occur in White Fang. Though, I think I may like White Fang a little bit more just because of how happy it made me. It's basically-
Call of the Wild pretty bleak................CALL OF THE WILD..Very sad
White Fang pretty bleak....CALL OF MAN.........pretty terrible.....CALL OF LOVE....very nice : )
The three main "calls" that White Fang has as a three quarter wolf one quarter dog are super intriguing and written awesomely of course.
CALL OF THE WILD: The call White Fang starts with and serves as a weird kind of second option the whole time. It has power over him but the CALL OF MAN is stronger.
CALL OF MAN: Here's the one that overpowers White Fang's wild call.
It's here where we learn why, and it's the saddest point of the book. The power of man overpowers the CALL OF THE WILD because man works in a way that is outside of nature so completely that it can break it. This is shown by the excessant torture White Fang is subjected to, and yet keeps coming back to.
CALL OF LOVE: This is the best part of the book for me because it was just so gosh darn happy : )
Combining itself with the CALL OF MAN, in that it shapes White Fang into dependency, but different in that it touches the spirit and changes it for good.
The CALL OF MAN by itself twists White FAng's spiti into a horrible monster, as what happens most of the book. The CALL OF LOVE untwists it and even opens up trenches inside of him for new feeling, something the CALL OF MAN had scabbed over so completely it never showed.
The best parts were probably getting to watch White Fang learn how
Overall if you want a dog story that will first make you very sad and then make you very very happy, and has some cool stuff about the psyche of dogs and wolves, then this hits the mark.
Happy Ending Rating: 9/10