A Powerpoint by Charlie Urban-Mead
White Fang
(protagonist)
White Fang is a mixed-blood canine. He is three
quarters Alaskan sled dog and one quarter wolf. He
is, according to the book, more gifted by nature than
most dogs, with better reflexes. When he runs into a
group of Native Alaskans and is defended by his
mother, Kiche , both are claimed and adopted by
Grey Beaver, the leader of the group, since Kiche
was Grey Beaver’s brother’s. Grey Beaver names him
White Fang because he was snarling at the Indians
with his tiny white fangs. At the camp, he has a
rough childhood and is eventually sold to a dog
fighter, which he excels at because of his reflexes.
Beauty Smith (Antagonist)
Beauty Smith’s real name is unknown by everyone,
according to the book. When he was young, he was called
“Pinhead.” He was nicknamed “Beauty” by the people
living with him because he is so ugly. He is racist, and
hates anything to do with foreigners. Therefore, he loves
to watch White Fang fight with and hurt foreign dogs. One
day, he approaches Grey Beaver and tries to buy White
Fang, but Grey Beaver will not sell him. Eventually, Grey
Beaver becomes a drunkard and, in return for several
bottles of beer gives White Fang to Beauty. Beauty is a
coward, according to the book, and lashes out at anything
weaker than himself. Therefore, he is cruel to White Fang.
Beauty Changes White Fang
As a dog fight coordinator,
Beauty “toughens up” White
Fang by keeping him in a small
cage all the time on low
rations. This enrages White
Fang, and he would try to
attack the cage in his anger
and Beauty would laugh. This
always enraged White Fang
further, until he ignored all of
his instincts. Eventually, that
came to be how he lived:
enraged to the point where
anything he saw, he attacked
and, if it were killable, killed.
This is how White Fang
changed to be a fighting dog.
Conflict
One day, out in the woods to avoid the police, White Fang is set against a bulldog
named Cherokee. Cherokee is somewhat slow and easy for White Fang to slash, but he
seems not to feel the pain, and after many large slashes against his throat, keeps trying
to get White Fang into his huge jaws. Eventually, White Fang goes for Cherokee’s
throat, and gets it. However, in the process, Cherokee gets his jaws around White
Fang’s throat. They scratch at each other, but Cherokee is winning, and the only one
still betting on White Fang is Beauty Smith. Finally, the police come as White Fang is
dying, and they break up the fight.
Resolution
When the police discover a series of dogfights, they come to break it up, just in
time to save White Fang. A man who came along with the police to help,
Weedon Scott, decided to adopt the half-dead White Fang. He teaches White
Fang to live well again and he teaches White Fang to love mankind, rather than
hate and worship it at the same time. White Fang thinks of him as the “lovemaster.” One day, Scott must return to his family in California, and so he locks
White Fang in the house, but White Fang breaks a window to get to Scott, so
Scott decides to bring him to California.
Other Characters
(Major)
Cherokee-A fighting bulldog: the
fist bulldog in the Klondike: stocky
with a large jaw and fair reflexes:
belongs to Tim Keenan
Tim Keenan-Owner of Cherokee:
a faro dealer (dealer for a card
game)
Weedon Scott-Gold miner in the
Klondike: breaks up the fight
between White Fang and
Cherokee and decides to adopt
White Fang and becomes his
owner: Matt’s friend
Matt-Weedon Scott’s friend, a
dog-musher: considers himself
White Fang’s owner after he is
adopted
Kiche-White Fang’s mother: half
dog, half wolf who ran away from
her owner to live with the wolves
and mated with One Eye until she
was readopted by Grey Beaver
then given away
Grey Beaver-Brief, first owner of
White Fang: a harsh Native
Alaskan: Believes in beating
lessons into dogs
Other Characters (Major)
(contd.)
Lip-Lip-Rival of White Fang as he
was growing up: larger and more
experienced, he always fought
White Fang and won: When White
Fang grew up to be a better fighter
than him, led the hunting pack
Jim Hall-Criminal who escaped
prison for a crime he had not
committed swearing to take his
revenge on Judge Scott who
sentenced him to jail
Collie-Dog of Weedon Scott in
California, hated White Fang at
first, becomes his mate
One Eye-Alaskan sled dog,
owned by Bill and Henry:
father of White Fang: mate of
Kiche: dies in a fight with the
she-lynx
Other Characters (Minor)
Kloo-Kooch-Mate of Grey Beaver:
Kind Native Alaskan squaw
Mit-Sah-Son of Grey Beaver:
Native Alaskan
Bill-Alaskan who goes on a hunting
trip with Lord Alfred and Henry:
eaten by wolves
Henry-Alaskan who goes on a
hunting trip with Lord Alfred and
Bill: survives fighting a wolf pack
Lord Alfred-Alaskan who goes on a
hunting trip with Bill and Henry:
dead at beginning of story
Unnamed Rival Wolves-Fight each
other/One Eye for Kiche
Dick-Dog of Weedon Scott: hates
White Fang at first, grows to like
him
Unnamed She-Lynx-female lynx:
lives near White Fang’s den: Kills
One Eye: Killed by Kiche and
White Fang: mother of Unnamed
Lynx Cub
Unnamed Lynx Cub-Lynx cub
eaten by One Eye: Death angers
mother into killing One Eye: Son
of Unnamed She-Lynx
Judge Scott- Father of Weedon
Scott: Judge who sent Jim Hall to
jail
Other Characters (Minor)
(contd.)
Alice Scott-Wife of Weedon Scott:
Lets White Fang into the house
every night
Unnamed Annoying Trio of DogsThree dogs who daily attack
White Fang to annoy him:
Eventually killed by White Fang at
Weedon Scott’s urging
Unnamed Doctor-Doctor who,
when White Fang is attacked by
Jim Hall, says White Fang has less
than one chance in 10,000 of
surviving
Unnamed Children-Weedon
Scott’s children: pet White Fang
Unnamed Groom-Groom who
attacks White Fang with a whip
when finding him eating
chickens: gets his arm torn to the
bone by White Fang
Unnamed Native Alaskan BoyBullies Mit-Sah and White Fang,
White Fang attacks and maims
Unnamed Native Alaskan ManDemands White Fang’s death at
the aiming of his son: request is
denied by Grey Beaver
Unnamed Groups
Alaskan Men-Come to save Lord
Albert: Save Henry instead
Wolves-Hunt Bill, Henry, and their
dogs, includes Kiche, eventually
One Eye, Unnamed rivals, many
others
Native Alaskans-Adopt White
Fang and Kiche, includes Grey
Beaver, Kloo-Kooch, Unnamed
Native Alaskan Boy and Man, and
Mit-Sah and many others
Fighting Dogs-One by one set
against White Fang and are killed
for the entertainment of village
men: includes Cherokee, and
many others
Village Men-Men who weekly go out
into the woods to watch dogfights
away from the police: includes
Beauty Smith, Tim Keenan,
Sourdoughs, and many others
Sourdoughs-Village men who have
lived in Alaska for a long time, call
outsiders whitebreads, since they
don’t use baking-powder: includes
Beauty Smith
Californians-People who live in
California: includes Judge Scott,
Weedon Scott, Unnamed Children,
Unnamed Doctor, Alice Scott,
Unnamed Groom, Annoying Trio of
Dogs, Collie, Dick, and many others