Fun and interesting view of gender roles and dynamics. A man who doesn’t stand on his own feet may as well be a woman, but his tenderness and philosophical soul is what captures Maud Brewster’s heart (as well as protecting her. Interesting view of masculinity) The character of Wolf Larson was tragic and terrifying, a force of nature worse than the storms in the book. I found his dynamic with Hump punishing and abusive while mutually intellectually stimulating. Hump’s view point often characterizes ppl’s appearance by manlike or woman like, regardless of their actual gesture. He himself is woman like, and his allies on Ghost are similarly referred to as such. Wolf Larson is the epitome of manhood, good and bad. But beneath his disdain for Hump’s softness is envy for his education, and the privilege that allowed him it. In the end, the end he faces isn’t a brutal one he understands and admires, but a result of unlucky fate, same as everything in his life. 

Wolf Larsen may be the peak of male attractiveness, but since it's written from Humphrey van Weyden's point of view the gay vibes just go through the roof and I'm living for it.