White Fang Courage Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph) Shmoop has numbered the chapters continuously, but the book renumbers them in each Part.

Quote #10

Because of this new feeling within him, he ofttimes elected discomfort and pain for the sake of his god. (20.29)

You don't get braver than that—suffering for someone else's sake. Wild animals don't usually do that, or at least, not without getting something in the bargain (protection from the pack, a free piece of gristle, a comfy spot in the cave, what have you). White Fang is being completely selfless here, and London is using courage to show us that.