"The Child by Tiger" In "The Child by Tiger", Wolfe does a superb job of making the story reveal a truth about human experience. Dick's killing rampage in the short story showed how the human sole has a tendency to become violent. Characterization and excellent choice of tone and mood used in the story display how the Dick becomes violent. Wolfe carefully develops Dick's character in the short story. At the beginning of the short …showed first 75 words of 460 total…

…showed last 75 words of 460 total…innocent Dick. Altogether, the choice of tone and mood help show the significance of Dick's actions. Characterization and the superb tone and mood of the short story help display how significant Dick's action was. In addition, it showed how the human sole, no matter how strong, has the tendency to become violent or evil. In "The Child by Tiger" Wolfe uses those three elements of fiction to masterful show the truth about a human experience.