SPAN 3302
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Dance with the Wolves
The fascination and the fear of wolves are central in this book. The book begins with the same ongoing life: pasture, traps, cows, and wolves. But the wolves are what make Billy’s life unusual. They are the salt and the danger that makes the Billy’s life relevant. Wolves in this story are a constant challenge and myth to deal with. Myth exaggerates or idealizes the truth. Actually, men and wolves are complementary and different (p45). Men believe that the blood of the slain is innocent and with no consequences when wolves believe the opposite. The wolf knows what men do know. They are like supernatural creatures. Snow in the story tends to magnify everything. There is no scenery, just wolves, that Billy makes part of his world. Billy knows that trapping this wolf will make him become a man. But he knows also that in order to capture a wolf you also need to become, in some way, one of them. That is what creates the bond between the two.
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