Survival of the Fittest “Eat or be eaten” (92). This is said to be the law of nature as stated in Jack London’s novel, White Fang. It is a law, which is very simple, both in words and in meaning. If every living thing abided by this rule, then obviously only the strongest would survive. This is a theory proposed by English philosopher Herbert Spencer and is also a theory in which Jack London had …showed first 75 words of 1194 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1194 total…what is absolutely necessary to survive. By reading Jack London’s work it is very apparent that he had a great fascination with such things as strong men, wolves, dogs and the wilderness, etc. It is also very clear that London used nature, animals, and mankind to illustrate one of his main focuses in his writing. That focus is the survival of the strongest beings, when they are driven by the primitive desire to live.