“He did not take his eyes from her” (78)

Billy’s quest for capturing a wolf is a quest of identity through somebody else (a she wolf). He needs to foreknow the wolves’ instincts in order to trap them. Hunting a wolf is thinking like a wolf. It is also becoming as savage as the one who’s being tracked. The savagery of the wolf being trapped in his trap is horrible, especially the details of his leg. That’s the turning point that makes Billy as savage as the wolf itself by starring at the scene.
This story does not depict good, but how evil needs to be a part of good. The evil and savagery of trapping a wolf is required in order to prevent them from killing cows. It’s like the ancient yin and yang concept. You need to internalize in someway the evil in order to makes good coming out of it. Billy does not want to kill the wolf and he knows he must make her believe that he wants to (81). That interaction is interesting. He needs to adopt and maintain violence and coercion in order to maintain his relationship with her.