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Jack London's tales are more than epics of hardship and survival -- they are morality plays in which good wins over evil.
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Dec 29, 2011
Moira
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Je strašně málo knih, které ve mně dokáží probudit divoké emoce, které mě nejen nahlas rozesmějí, ale také rozpláčou a doženou k úzkosti. Znáte Bílého tesáka? Znáte jeho příběh? Nemyslím si, že je mnoho lidí, kteří by jej neznali. Já sama na jeho příběhu vyrůstala. A přesto, přestože jsem to četla už šestkrát, stále jsem z toho příběhu znovu a znovu nadšená, stále se dokážu smát stejně jako plakat. Stále je to příběh, který v mém srdíčku zachovává zvláštní místečko.
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Apr 17, 2009
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Jan 29, 2012
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Apr 11, 2009
Jade
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not to treat animals,earth humans or anything
with disrespect. We are all equal.
Animals and pets don't choose thier owners, we
choose them.
Animals don't know if thier owner is mean, nice, neglctive, they get good owners out of luck.
with disrespect. We are all equal.
Animals and pets don't choose thier owners, we
choose them.
Animals don't know if thier owner is mean, nice, neglctive, they get good owners out of luck.
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Feb 07, 2011
Lindsay
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Excellent! I liked it more the further into it I got!
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Jan 23, 2009
Nathan
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Perhaps the best characterization I've ever seen of a London fan is in the first few pages of "Into the Wild": "crackpots from the lower forty-eight who come north to live out ill-considered Jack London fantasies." Reading London makes you want to go to Alaska - plain and simple.
"White Fang" goes against London's typical "nature vs. nurture" model (set forth in "To Build a Fire" and "The Call of the Wild"), and instead puts redem More...
"White Fang" goes against London's typical "nature vs. nurture" model (set forth in "To Build a Fire" and "The Call of the Wild"), and instead puts redem More...
Dec 07, 2008
Liam
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The book White Fang was about a wolf dog. It is broken into sections. It’s starts off with the unborn dog’s family and their pursuit of two men transporting a body across the Great North West. The two character where short lived and unimportant in the rest of the story. The next section was about White Fang growing up during a famine (famines occurred many time in this books). Then White Fang’s mother is reunited with her old Indian owner’s brother. White Fang is now left with his mom i
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Jan 24, 2012
Vanessa
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White Fang By Vanessa Ortiz
I was first introduced to this book by my nerdy friend the librarian, she would love shoving books in my face, always recommending what she called "The best, of the best." I found the cover interesting, and the back of the book was very catchy, but little did I know I was about to open up the door to the worlds' most adventures, back-chilling, and heart warming world yet. :)
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I was first introduced to this book by my nerdy friend the librarian, she would love shoving books in my face, always recommending what she called "The best, of the best." I found the cover interesting, and the back of the book was very catchy, but little did I know I was about to open up the door to the worlds' most adventures, back-chilling, and heart warming world yet. :)
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Dec 30, 2011
Stefani
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Jack London books are not for the uninitiated into the world of non-superfluous writing about man's infinite struggle with nature. Several months earlier, I made a vain attempt to read "Call of the Wild," but was unable to get beyond the first few pages of tedious prose that seemed to only worsen with each turn of the page.
Despite my initial bad experience, I took a road trip to Canada earlier this week and felt that reading Jack London in preparation would be entirely aprop More...
Despite my initial bad experience, I took a road trip to Canada earlier this week and felt that reading Jack London in preparation would be entirely aprop More...
Dec 04, 2011
Sebastien
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Premier roman que j'ai commencé et lu en entier. On avait un projet scolaire de lire des romans en classe, mais le 3/4 du temps je prennait n'importe quoi, je passais des page et finalement je ne finissait jamais mes livres. Je ne pensais jamais commencer à lire des romans quand finalement j'ai vu le film croc blanc par Walt Disney et ma mère qui faisait partie de Québec et Loisir, m'a alors proposé de faire venir le livre.
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À ça réception je trouvais le livre épais mais de toute façon More...
Oct 02, 2011
Cheryl
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This is the first book I read on my brand new Kobo Touch.
It’s an amazing book, highly addictive. I just couldn’t put it down. Jack London writes with detail and emotion!
The story’s about a wolf named White Fang and its life through the hands of many masters. This is one of those books that transports you to another place and time while you’re reading it - a real time machine. And since it’s always told from the wolf’s point of view, sometimes it made me remember the National Geogra More...
It’s an amazing book, highly addictive. I just couldn’t put it down. Jack London writes with detail and emotion!
The story’s about a wolf named White Fang and its life through the hands of many masters. This is one of those books that transports you to another place and time while you’re reading it - a real time machine. And since it’s always told from the wolf’s point of view, sometimes it made me remember the National Geogra More...
Jul 05, 2011
Stephanie
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This review originally appeared at <a href="http://www.readinasinglesitting.com/2011/07/05/book-review-white-fang-by-jack-london/>www.readinasinglesitting.com</a>
When I was in Grade 6, my teacher decided to embark on a classics reading campaign, and White Fang was one of the choices on offer. Being your typical twelve-year-old, I gravitated straight towards the book with the dog on the cover, but was asked instead to read (a heavily abridged edition of) The Count of Mo More...
When I was in Grade 6, my teacher decided to embark on a classics reading campaign, and White Fang was one of the choices on offer. Being your typical twelve-year-old, I gravitated straight towards the book with the dog on the cover, but was asked instead to read (a heavily abridged edition of) The Count of Mo More...
Apr 07, 2011
Benjamin
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White Fang by Jack London is about a dog named white fang. As a young wolf he was captured by an native american and soon learned not to mess with other dogs bigger than him. as he grows bigger and stronger he starts winning fights against the other dogs. When he and his owner leave to a trading village across the river he is taken be a man and forced to fight other dogs. this goes on for a very long time until one day while he is about to lose a fight another man comes in and rescues him from t
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Feb 28, 2011
Loneh
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I read White Fang during my middle school years-- it wasn't mandatory to read it nor was I hinted on reading it (I later heard teachers actually assign this book during middle school), but I read it for personal satisfaction. I love animals in general, and by the time I had an obsession with felines and wolves. So I looked at its cover (so much for never judge a book by its cover huh?) and fell in love with it; plus its a classic, so why not try it?
Just in the beginning I got immersed More...
Just in the beginning I got immersed More...
Feb 11, 2011
Manatee
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This was a skillfully written book that follows the evolution of a Canid from a wolf to a tame dog. The opening scenes of two gold prospectors being stalked by a fierce and wily wolf-pack are especially gripping and written with intensity and verve.
The plot is fantastic and the characters of the wolf/dogs perfectly drawn. I disagree that the dogs come off as men in fur-clothing. If taken in the spirit that it was written, it is almost a perfect book. Still,if the book is seen throu More...
The plot is fantastic and the characters of the wolf/dogs perfectly drawn. I disagree that the dogs come off as men in fur-clothing. If taken in the spirit that it was written, it is almost a perfect book. Still,if the book is seen throu More...
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Feb 03, 2011
Eniko
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I liked this book a lot. It wasn't a crazy, can't-put-it-down kind of story, but it was very interesting nonetheless. I was surprised by the number of different experiences and transitions White Fang went through. I also liked the ending. It wasn't the tear-jerker I was afraid of having to read at the end. No heroic death, no sappy melodrama. The story just ended, leaving the reader to understand (assume) that there would be no more transitions in White Fang's life. The book left him in a good e
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Nov 23, 2010
Tony
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Jun 24, 2010
Lindsay
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I love books with animals as main characters, and this is definitely a great one. White Fang is part dog, part wolf, and the book covers the periods of great change in his young life as he leaves the wilderness he was born into and enters the dominion of man. It is divided into five parts, the first of which establishes the harshness of the cold northern setting, and introduces White Fang's mother. Part two covers White Fang's birth and discovery of the world around him in his young puppyhood, a
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May 09, 2010
Margaryta
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Knowing how much I loved books I decided to pick this one up, especially because one of my old teachers had been telling me about how great Jack London's work's are. I had begun to read it, and found it one of my favourite classics of all time.
I don't think I should go into all the details of this book because there are just too many good things about it, but I want to mention a few things about the book that may have been brought up by other people or if anyone in the future wants t More...
I don't think I should go into all the details of this book because there are just too many good things about it, but I want to mention a few things about the book that may have been brought up by other people or if anyone in the future wants t More...
Dec 16, 2011
Patrick
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Obviously this is an interesting counter-point to The Call of the Wild. But while The Call of the Wild was focused, meditative, and clear, White Fang is disjointed, thematically fragmented, and uneven. I think London was a little more ambitious with White Fang, but it ends up not nearly as neat and focused. I think the narrative got away from London a little bit.
This is not to say that the writing is not top-notch. The opening chapters are some of the best writing in English. Th More...
This is not to say that the writing is not top-notch. The opening chapters are some of the best writing in English. Th More...
Nov 12, 2011
Anastasia
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Okay, non me lo aspettavo.
Per impulso ho sempre visto Zanna Bianca come uno di quei libri che non fanno per me. Non è una sensazione ben definita, è la stessa sensazione che si può avere quando in libreria ci allontaniamo da un libro per il semplice fatto che non ci attira. Così, a istinto.
Sarà stato per il fatto che è Jack London, sarà stato per il fatto che è in casa mia e io voglio leggere tutto il leggibile nel mio poco tempo, la curiosità è subentrata e ho lasciato perdere l More...
Per impulso ho sempre visto Zanna Bianca come uno di quei libri che non fanno per me. Non è una sensazione ben definita, è la stessa sensazione che si può avere quando in libreria ci allontaniamo da un libro per il semplice fatto che non ci attira. Così, a istinto.
Sarà stato per il fatto che è Jack London, sarà stato per il fatto che è in casa mia e io voglio leggere tutto il leggibile nel mio poco tempo, la curiosità è subentrata e ho lasciato perdere l More...
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Oct 25, 2011
03TannerG
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Two guys are in Northern Canada. They have a sled and some dogs. One night there dog is lured out of the camp by a she-wolf (Kiche). This happens several times and they lose almost all the their dogs. The story then focuses on the She-Wolf. The She-Wolf splits up with the pack and goes with a wolf named one eye. The she wolf has a litter of puppies and they all die except for one, which is White Fang. White Fang runs into an Indian tribe. the men laugh at him. White Fang's mom shows up and the I
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Oct 09, 2011
Brandon
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Imagine being beaten tormented and mistreated for years and then forced to fight. This was White Fang's life. Jack London wrote this book because he had many jobs and life experiences he wanted to share. He tried digging for gold, but ended up taking a liking to writing. He had also grown up in a place where dogs were very necessary and that is where he got the theme. White Fang was a dog that hates it when humans touch his head, or anything touches his body for that matter. This book taught me
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Oct 13, 2011
Robert
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White Fang Critique
By Robert Walker
Imagine lying under the stars in a circle of light created by your dimming fire, and being surrounded by pairs of dark eyes. Jack London was one of the greatest writers of his time but came from a poor family. The main character White Fang was a gray wolf that would become a great leader. The theme is that the weak perish to the strongest and that a dog or wolf can be man’s best friend. I recommend this book to all people who like adventure and can ge More...
By Robert Walker
Imagine lying under the stars in a circle of light created by your dimming fire, and being surrounded by pairs of dark eyes. Jack London was one of the greatest writers of his time but came from a poor family. The main character White Fang was a gray wolf that would become a great leader. The theme is that the weak perish to the strongest and that a dog or wolf can be man’s best friend. I recommend this book to all people who like adventure and can ge More...
May 02, 2010
Rose
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I took this book as metaphor as to what happens with nature versus nurture.
White Fang is a half-wolf, half-dog born in the wild. He learns all the harsh realities and survival through his mother's teachings. All the instincts of the wolf is alive in him until he comes under the hand of man. He finds that the dog portion of him longs to be with man and ruled by him and it's better to beaten and under man than to deal with the loneliness of the wild. Later, White Fang falls under t More...
White Fang is a half-wolf, half-dog born in the wild. He learns all the harsh realities and survival through his mother's teachings. All the instincts of the wolf is alive in him until he comes under the hand of man. He finds that the dog portion of him longs to be with man and ruled by him and it's better to beaten and under man than to deal with the loneliness of the wild. Later, White Fang falls under t More...
Oct 03, 2009
Consuelo
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Antes de que yo aprendiera a leer, mi padre nos leia a mi y a mi hermana un monton de libros. Bueno, en verdad solo eran El Principito (MUY de papá), Rubén Darío (aburridooo...aunque obvio que me gustaban las princesas), Oscar Wilde (para templar el carácter), Rebelión en la granja (freak) y chan, Colmillo Blanco. Por alguna razón, que aún no comprendo, siempre empezaba desde la parte en que Colmillo Blanco es un perro de pelea, que es la parte mas terrible (tenia muchas ganas de que el lobo se
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Jan 03, 2012
Mario
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Since we had an option to read any book of our liking, I wanted something adventurous. When I want to read something adventurous, I always go straight to Gary Paulsen(my favorite author). I felt like it was a good idea to change things up a bit and try a different author. Jack London's writing was very similar to Gary's. They both added that "show not tell" type of suspense that I love, and their way of describing the setting was very identical.They're writing styles are very closely
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Jun 06, 2011
Philip
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This book was pretty good. It's told in 3rd person narrative from the point of view of a wolf/dog, which makes it somewhat different. I think Jack London did an interesting job narrating how a dog might view something of significantly higher intelligence, as White Fang did while interacting with humans, which was much of the story. It made me think of Planet of the Apes (which I never saw) and other stories where humans are held by either a more intelligent or more powerful species, but I was th
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Jan 01, 2011
Nandan
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Full of some really nice quotes. A perspective of OUR WORLD from animal viewpoint. How they view the world and most importantly humans. Human treatment toward animal and it's reflection in animal behavior thinking. The story is about a wolfdog which was born wild but tamed later by eskimo/hunting people and finally bought in city. Throughout it's lifespan it had gone through all possible kind of situation got all kind of treatment. Lived his life in guidance of all kind of owners. Although most
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Jul 30, 2011
Kurt
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My expectations of this book were low going in. I liked Call of the Wild, but I wasn't all that interested in the story of the domestication of a wolf. I knew that this is one of the classic American novels that everyone should read, and the weather had just gotten snowy, and I was about to start doggy-sitting for a German Shepherd, though, so it seemed like a good time to pick this one up. And I loved it.
The book has five distinct parts, each with a different focus/perspective, althou More...
The book has five distinct parts, each with a different focus/perspective, althou More...
