Based on the passage, the forces battling inside of White Fang are primarily his freedom vs. relying on the men. The text describes his struggle with the idea of belonging and the command that others have over him, suggesting an internal conflict between his inherent desire for independence and the acceptance of his reality under human control. While he dislikes the learning process of submission, he is also unknowingly adapting to it, illustrating this tension between his instinct for freedom and his growing reliance on others for guidance and survival.
He belonged to them as all dogs belonged to them. His actions were theirs to command. His body was theirs to maul, to stamp upon, to tolerate. Such was the lesson that was quickly borne in upon him. It came hard, going as it did, counter to much that was strong and dominant in his own nature; and, while he disliked it in the learning of it, unknown to himself he was learning to like it. It was a placing of his destiny in another's hands, a shifting of the responsibilities of existence.
—White Fang,
Jack London
Based on the passage, what forces are battling inside of White Fang?
his love for Kiche vs. his desire to leave the camp
his freedom vs. relying on the men
his loneliness vs. his dislike of Lip-lip
the hardships of camp vs. the hardships of life in the woods
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