One way to explain and interpret the quote from "White Fang," by Jack London, is the following:
- In the passage, London uses imagery and simile to describe this cold, lonely atmosphere in the wilderness.
- By describing the place as ominous and comparing its sounds to the laughter of a Sphinx, a creature that kills men, London is conveying the idea that nature is powerful and ruthless.
- According to London, nature is eternal while men are mortal. Therefore, nature does not care about our lives. We are nothing compared to it.
The power and ruthlessness of nature is a common theme in Jack London's literary works.
He based his writing in his own experiences as an adventurer, especially when it comes to his time in freezing Yukon, in Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush.
As we can see in the quote from "White Fang," London describes the Northland Wild as a place where human life is nothing.
Nature is <u>cold, cruel, powerful</u>. It does not care whether men live or die.
London compares the place to a Sphinx, a mythological creature that presents a riddle to be solved. If one cannot solve it, one is eaten by the Sphinx.
The same happens when it comes to nature. If one does not learn to respect it and to survive in it, one dies.
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