White Fang by Jack London

This classic tells the colorful and touching adventure of a wolf pup born in the wild that was later raised by humans. He was named White Fang by the first human who took him. An outcast by both dogs/wolves and a well-known fighter, White Fang has the qualities of both wolf and dog inherited from his mother who had previous contact with humans and from his wild, half-blind father. White Fang experienced love and cruelty from humans, mostly cruelty, and he came to see the world of the two-leggeds as hateful and full of competition. In response, he became as cruel as his masters but unlike them he was also smart, adaptive, and strong. Everything changed however when he was adopted by a human who showed him kindness for the first time.

Although the descriptions are not vivid, an otherwise boring look into a life of an animal has become a story of adventure and suspense. At first I was skeptic because I knew there will be very few conversations from the humans and an animal's point of view wouldn't be so easy to write. The author's point of view is inconsistent in some instances and he managed to turn the animal into a thinking being with almost human-like characteristics, but I guess that's what made this book into a classic. The story might seem predictable to readers who have watched movies or read books about dogs or wolf-dog hybrids stories and there are some inconsistencies about the wolf-dog behavior, but this is still a good read.

Rating: 8 out of 10