# Beauty Smith — White Fang character guide

> Beauty Smith in White Fang by Jack London.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Beauty

**First appearance:** 0014-part-iv-i-the-enemy-of-his-kind

## Snapshot

A cowardly, sadistic dogfighter who buys White Fang and cages him as 'the Fighting Wolf,' feeding the wolf's fury with clubs, crowds, and staged bloodsport.

## Who they are

Beauty Smith owns White Fang during the novel's darkest stretch, exhibiting him in a Dawson cage and hauling him into the woods at night for fights to the death. Where other men might break an animal's spirit, Smith meets a hatred that matches his own, and the two rage against each other without pause. He matters because he is the environment that nearly finishes what cruelty began — the human pressure that tests whether White Fang's clay can still be molded toward anything gentler.

## Relationships

### [White Fang](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/white_fang_se/characters/white_fang)

_psychological_

Beauty Smith is a cruel, sadistic man who tortures and exploits White Fang as a fighting dog.

### [Weedon Scott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/white_fang_se/characters/weedon_scott)

_rivalry_

Beauty Smith is a villainous dog fighter who opposes Weedon Scott's rescue of White Fang.

### [Grey Beaver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/white_fang_se/characters/grey_beaver)

_professional_

Beauty Smith trades whiskey with Grey Beaver to acquire White Fang for his fighting ring.

### [Weedon Scott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/white_fang_se/characters/weedon_scott)

_rivalry_

Beauty Smith is a villainous dog fighter who opposes Weedon Scott's rescue of White Fang.

### [Grey Beaver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/white_fang_se/characters/grey_beaver)

_professional_

Beauty Smith trades whiskey with Grey Beaver to acquire White Fang for his fighting ring.

## In the story

### [II: The Mad God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/white_fang_se/chapters/part-iv-ii-the-mad-god)

A twisted and cruel man who desires White Fang for his ferocity. Uses whisky to manipulate Grey Beaver, and beats White Fang savagely to enforce submission.

### [III: The Reign of Hate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/white_fang_se/chapters/part-iv-iii-the-reign-of-hate)

The mad god who torments White Fang, uses him for dogfighting, and profits from his victories.

### [IV: The Clinging Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/white_fang_se/chapters/part-iv-iv-the-clinging-death)

White Fang's owner who arranges the fight and taunts White Fang to provoke him.

## Links

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