Zanna Bianca (White Fang) - riassunto, Sintesi del corso di Inglese

Scarica Zanna Bianca (White Fang) - riassunto e più Sintesi del corso in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! WHITE FANG (summary) PART ONE: CHAPTER 1: The novel opens with a group of sled dogs who are pulling a coffin in an icy landscape in the Northland. There are two drivers with the sled, Bill and Henry. Men are carrying Lord Alfred, the man in the coffin, back to civilization. As the night falls, the men listen a howl and realize that they are hunted by a group of wolves. They build a fire, to keep the wolves at bay. Sitting around the fire, Bill tells Henry that he noticed another dog when he was feeding the dogs. They argue about the seventh dog, and the fact that it's clearly part of the wolf pack. They also talk about the fact that their provisions are decreasing. When they fall asleep, the wolves begin to approach. The dogs wake up the men, and Bill feeds the fire, which helps keep the wolves away. However, Bill notices that the seventh dog is back. The next morning, there are only five dogs. The men understand that one of the dogs escaped and then was eaten by the pack of wolves. Men fail to understand why the dog, called Fatty, would have to run away to be then eaten by wolves. CHAPTER 2: Chapter two opens at the end of the next day. Bill takes the dog in more and takes it away, but doesn't get a good look on his part. The next morning, they discover that another dog, Frog, is missing. Frog was the strongest of their dogs, and they were both surprised that he had gone from the pack of wolves. However, they fear losing other of their dogs, so that night, when they do camp, bind them. They hear the dogs trying to break free that night, and they spot the wolf moving between them. Noting how comfortable the wolf is near the field and the fire, the men realize that she must be a dog. Even though they have tied the dogs, a dog named Spank has melted. The wolves eat it. The situation with men is increasingly threatening, as their original number of dogs has shrunk to half, but Wolves are continuing to follow them. Bill leaves Henry that afternoon to see better the pack of wolves. He sees how hungry they are, and tells Henry that he feels that the wolves are continuing to chase them. That night the wolf doesn't even try to hide. Kiche looks like a wolf, but has a different colour, reaffirming the suspicion of men that she is half dog. When Bill pulls out his gun to shoot her, she hides. Lowered at night, Bill binds the dogs again, making sure that they cannot approach each other. At this point, it seems clear that one of the men is going to become prey to the wolves. The wolves are following them, and they were able to take the dogs away from the men, despite the men's attempts to put their dogs safe. The atmosphere is always threatening, and the attempts of the men to protect themselves are beginning to seem unnecessary. CHAPTER 3: The third chapter opens with the morning, which actually seems to bring positive news for men. All of their dogs survived at night, and they are able to start as planned. However, the day quickly becomes ugly. Their sled runs on the runway, and men have to free the dogs from their harness to the right of the sled. When they do, one of the remaining dogs, one Ear, runs to meet Kiche. The pack of wolves attacks him, and One Ear tries to escape. Bill comes out to help One Ear, but he's exhausted the bullets, and the wolves eat the dog and the man. Henry is alone with only two dogs, he has no other human beings, and he is without provisions. He is overwhelmed, but takes the remaining dogs to the sled and continues the journey. That night, when he builds the camp, he creates a big fire, hoping to keep the wolves at bay. However, when he goes to bed, the wolves are visible, and they move closer during the night. All night long, Henry must take firewood to scare the wolves. The next morning, Henry realizes that he is not going to take back the body with the wolves that follow him. She carries the coffin on a tree to keep the body safe from predators and then continues on her journey. That night, he makes camp early, hoping to get enough firewood to keep the wolves away that night. However, in the morning, the wolves are close rather than retreating, which is what they normally do. When Henry tries to get back on the trail, the Wolves try to attack him, forcing Henry to stay by the fire. When night falls, Henry begins to fall asleep. He wakes up shooting and finds Kiche who has approached him, and he uses firewood to drive his way. Henry realizes that he is in tremendous danger if he falls asleep, so he binds a knot of fiery pine to his hand to keep him awake. However, he falls asleep again, and is awakened by a wolf who is literally trying to eat it. They killed and ate his last two dogs. Henry spreads the fire in a circle around him, which keeps the wolves away. The next morning, Henry is almost without firewood, but when he tries to get out of his ring of fire to catch more firewood, the wolves are there to attack him. Henry sleeps intermittently. This time, when he wakes up, he finds a group of men around him and tells him to put Lord Alfred's coffin in the tree. PART TWO: CHAPTER 1: At this point, the novel changes from the human perspective to the canine perspective. It is shared by the wolf and the other wolves, which surround Henry asleep. He hears the approach of other men, and brings the herd away from the men. When they leave, Kiche is courted by three males in the herd. As the parcel divides, his three suitors remain with them. Guercio, an older wolf, is one of the suitors, and is challenged by one of the youngest Wolves who tries to mate with Kiche. Guercio and another wolf kill the Challenger, and when the other wolf watches her for approval, Guercio kills him and having won, has the right to become his partner. They travel together, approaching an Indian village. Kiche plans to enter the village, but decides to stay with Guercio. However, his response to a rabbit in a trap makes it clear that this wolf has spent time around humans. CHAPTER 2: In the second chapter, Kiche and Guercio remain near the outskirts of the Indian village, but are frightened by the sound of weapons. Kiche then begins to search for a cave, resisting the attempts of Guercio to persuade her to hunt with him. He goes hunting alone, and comes back discovering that he has given birth. She growls to keep him away from the puppies, an instinctive response, driven by the fact that some wolves eat their little ones. Guercio is not one of those; He goes hunting for food for them. He tries unsuccessfully to hunt a hedgehog, then moves to hunt for other prey. Then he finds a lynx, and decides to hunt the porcupine. The lynx is wounded and leaves its prey, but it manages to injure the hedgehog, making it possible for Guercio to bring it back to feed the puppies. Kiche takes the prey of Guercio, but still does not leave it near the puppies. CHAPTER 3: In This chapter, London describes the new litter; All of them have red fur, like their mother, except for a puppy that is as grey as her father. This puppy will then be called White Fang. Puppies sleep for most of the first month of their lives. Kiche keeps the cubs inside the cave, so that their whole world seems to consist of the cave; In fact she punishes them when they try to leave the cave, and so they learn that her love is "expressed" with punishments and pain. This explains the will of white tusk and the ability to reconcile pain with mastery when he meets human beings. Despite his mother's punishments, White Fang and his brothers continue to try to get to the light. White Fang is a very active puppy, and his game with his brothers is rude and fierce. Even knowing that he will be punished by going into the light at the opening of the cave, he is attracted by her. Guercio continues to provide food for the litter, and he enters and leaves the cavern through what White Fang perceives as a wall of light; In fact he gets to believe that his father can go through the walls. When the famine and the lack of food cause critical conditions for the puppies, both Guercio and Kiche leave the cave to hunt for food. Despite their efforts, the puppies die between hunger and cold, and in the end the only survivor is white tusk. Guercio eventually dies during his hunt, fallen prey to the lynx, but Kiche is unable to explain to white tusk why his father is not coming back. Meanwhile Kiche avoids the lair of the Lynx, but the death of his father foreshadows that the lynx will threaten the life of white tusk. CHAPTER 4: After what had happened, even if it is the only remaining puppy, a white tusk is not allowed to leave the cave to go hunting with his mother. One day, while Kiche is on the hunt, White Fang hears a hunter out of the cave; He doesn't know what sound is, but he fears it. In the end they win his curiosity and his fear and he ventures out of the cave. Falls and rushes to the bottom of the slope of the cave, it hurts, but ignores the pain, wanting to explore further. He sees a large variety of small animals and tries to hunt them down. His attempt to hunt a chick brings him to the attention of a hawk; White Fang is afraid and remains hidden. When he ventures again, he falls into a brook, which takes him away from the cavern. White Fang wants to go back to the cave, so start looking for her. During his search, he finds a young weasel and decides to hunt her, but the mother saves the puppy and then attacks White Fang. He is in grave danger, when his mother suddenly appears, killing the weasel, saving him, and getting himself a meal. CHAPTER 5: White Fang spends the next day in the cave, but the next day he ventures out again, driven by the instinct of hunting and hunger. The growing need for food pushes Kiche to take the