The Lone Wolf

I never do understand the concept of a lone wolf. It’s so weird. Wolf is not supposed to be “lone”, it is a pack animal. It hunts with the pack and stays with the pack. As is profoundly stated in the jungle book: “The strength of the pack is the wolf and the strength of the wolf is the pack.” The concept of ‘lone wolf’, in pop culture, is usually associated with badass, cool, mysterious, and brave characters. But that is completely stupid. Surviving alone is not one of the fortes of a wolf and thus he/she shouldn’t attempt it. Being the part of a pack gives you support and a better survival chance in the cruel world (not to mention drinking buddies). A “lone” wolf is either a coward who is scared by the ways of the pack (or the real world) or an extremely aloof “cool” personality that is snobbish to the core. Well, either way, he is dead.

The English language and pop culture are damn funny and weird. They gave the attributes of solitude, mystery, aloofness, and heroism to a “lone wolf”; a wolf that cannot survive; even when the likes of panthers and leopards exist in this world. The cats are much more adept at independent survival and thus better suited to be “lone wolves”. And don’t get me wrong, I mean ‘all’ cats. The lion may live in a large group but this group is not essential for his survival, it’s his “pride”.