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White FangJack London

Characters in White Fang

8 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • White Fang

    A wolf-dog cub born in the Yukon wild, three-quarters wolf and one-quarter dog, shaped by the law of club and fang before he is finally gentled.

Antagonists

  • Beauty Smith

    A cowardly, sadistic dog-fighter who buys White Fang from Grey Beaver with whisky and makes him a pit fighter.

  • Lip-lip

    The pup in Grey Beaver's camp who torments White Fang relentlessly, driving him into ferocity and isolation.

Supporting characters

  • Grey Beaver

    The Native American man who claims White Fang as a cub and becomes his first master, ruling by the club until drink leads him to trade the dog away.

  • Weedon Scott

    The mining engineer who rescues White Fang from the fighting pits and patiently earns his loyalty, then takes him to California.

  • Kiche

    White Fang's mother, a she-wolf who is part dog, once Grey Beaver's brother's sled animal.

  • One Eye

    White Fang's father, an old one-eyed wolf who mates with Kiche and is killed by a lynx while hunting for the litter.