Read this excerpt from White Fang. For a moment [White Fang] was paralysed. The unknown, lurking in the midst of the sticks and moss, was savagely clutching him by the nose. He scrambled backward, bursting out in an astonished explosion of ki-yi's. At the sound, Kiche leaped snarling to the end of her stick, and there raged terribly because she could not come to his aid. But Grey Beaver laughed loudly, and slapped his thighs, and told the happening to all the rest of the camp, till everybody was laughing uproariously. But White Fang sat on his haunches and ki-yi'd and ki-yi'd, a forlorn and pitiable little figure in the midst of the man-animals. What is revealed about White Fang through his interaction with the fire?

1. his lack of understanding of human tools

2. his cleverness at gaining the humans' affection

3. his insensitivity to Kiche's feelings

4. his desire to protect Kiche from danger

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Brenden Barnes

6 October, 12:40

Read this excerpt from White Fang. For a moment [White Fang] was paralysed. The unknown, lurking in the midst of the sticks and moss, was savagely clutching him by the nose. He scrambled backward, bursting out in an astonished explosion of ki-yi's. At the sound, Kiche leaped snarling to the end of her stick, and there raged terribly because she could not come to his aid. But Grey Beaver laughed loudly, and slapped his thighs, and told the happening to all the rest of the camp, till everybody was laughing uproariously. But White Fang sat on his haunches and ki-yi'd and ki-yi'd, a forlorn and pitiable little figure in the midst of the man-animals. What is revealed about White Fang through his interaction with the fire?

1. his lack of understanding of human tools

2. his cleverness at gaining the humans' affection

3. his insensitivity to Kiche's feelings

4. his desire to protect Kiche from danger

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Moshe Haney · Answer 1

The excerpt shows the White Fang's lack of understanding of human tools.

Explanation:

White Fang is a wild wolf-dog, known to be a powerful and dangerous animal but in this situation he is seen out of depth among the most characteristic of human inventions: fire. The ability to light a fire at will is what differentiated humans from other animals and that divide is evident in this incident.

so when the human's laugh at White Fang being afraid of the fire and not understanding what it is they are in a way acknowledging the animal to be lower than them because he cannot comprehend a human invention.