Writing Styles: White Fang

Writing styles are pretty simple. A writing style is the way in which an author writes, which is extremely vague but that really is what it is. The writing style of an author includes how much detail and energy they put into describing things and writing. Every authors writing style is unique, although there are normally common errors and can be sorted. Sometimes the author might be extremely matter of fact and not include the main characters thoughts of the subject even though they’re supposed to be narrating the story, and this makes the story feel colder and less readable (for me at least). Jack London, the author of White Fang, is well known for his writing from the dog’s point of view, and in White Fang he does this, yet he remains extremely matter of fact and explains what the dog is feeling and how the dogs mental process, which is different from humans, is working out problems in the story. He manages to do this very well, despite the fact that this is normally an unendearing trait because, I think, the dogs mind is already so logistical that the matter of fact narrator doesn’t clash with the canine narrator. White Fang is one of my favorite books.