Question

competing motivations: setting and instinct highlight examples of influences on white fangs motivation in this passage. when dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat - snarlings and bristlings and stiff - legged struttings. but white fang learned to omit these preliminaries. delay meant the coming against him of all the young dogs. he must do his work quickly and get away. so he learned to give no warning of his intention. - white fang, jack london use the drop - down menus to complete these statements. an example of how setting influences white fang in this passage is how he must adapt to an atmosphere of fighting. an example of how white fangs instincts affect his motivations is how he stays out of combat how he responds to a new environment how he learns not to show his intentions how he approaches the other dogs slowly

Explanation:

In the passage, White Fang's survival - based instinct leads him to forgo the typical fighting preliminaries and hide his intentions to avoid being overwhelmed by other dogs.

Answer:

An example of how White Fang's instincts affect his motivations is how he learns not to show his intentions.