The light-hearted, self-deprecating narrator of Never Cry Wolf. Mowat is a biologist who works for the Dominion Wildlife Service in Canada. He receives an assignment in which he is to travel to the arctic to study the habits of wolves. Initially very wary of the mythical killers, Mowat learns to appreciate and eventually respect the wolves. Throughout the book, Farley is internally conflicted by the pull of society and the instinctual draw of Nature. In the beginning of the book, Mowat is fearful of wolves, in the middle he is trying to understand and even become one and by the end, Mowat, despite his best efforts, returns to his initial, fearful view of wolves. Although it may seem that he has not been changed by the experience, Mowat is a round, dynamic character who.....
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