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| Author: | roxyteacher [ 15 Jun 2012 13:20 ] |
| Post subject: | White Fang - human laws |
How does White Fang face the human laws during the process of civilizing? |
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| Author: | achim_diana [ 16 Jun 2012 13:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: White Fang - human laws |
Firstly, with fear. All that he knew was that... They were creatures of mastery, possessing all manner of unknown and impossible potencies, overlords of the alive and the not alive. They were firemakers! They were gods!"(Part 3, Chapter 1) With obedience and inferiority: "In dim ways he recognized in man the animal that had fought itself to primacy over the other animals of the Wild. Not alone out of his own eyes, but out of the eyes of all his ancestors was the cub now looking upon man." (Part 3, Chapter 1) He struggled to fight them back, didn't want to lose himself in this battle: "But it did not all happen in a day, this giving over of himself, body and soul, to the man-animals. He could not immediately forego his wild heritage and his memories of the Wild." (part 3, chapter 2) The transformation: becoming a beast and hate the man, for he was a bigger beast than Fang: "He was a ferocious man. He had been ill-made in the making. He had not been born right, and he had not been helped any by the moulding he had received at the hands of society. The hands of society are harsh, and this man was a striking sample of its handiwork. He was a beast." (Part 5, Chapter 5) And to close the circle, he felt the man's hand soothing, rather than beating. He finally felt loved and protected, respected. He never believed that he would soon feel the warmth in the man. [the moment when Waren Scott caresses him] "The hand descended. Nearer and nearer it came. It touched the ends of his upstanding hair. He shrank down under it. It followed down after him, pressing more closely against him. Shrinking, almost shivering. He still managed to hold himself together. It was a torment, this hand that touched him and violated his instinct. He could not forget in a day all the evil that had been wrought him at the hands of men." (Part 4, Chapter 6) |
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