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The animal and the Man in Black had a long moment of connection in the premiere, and while Dolores and the Man in Black have a lot of history, this could indicate that there's something else going on here. That being said, following Dolores' massacre at the beginning of season 2, we see that this wolf is not solely tied to the rancher's daughter. She's not fully her own person yet-she's still acting under Arnold's programming-but she's getting there. In fact, that specific massacre is the result of Dolores being on the path to discovering her own self-awareness, thanks to her merge with the Wyatt character.
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Sentience is, of course, the core theme of the series so far-its cornerstone, if you will. Wolves also mate for life, so there is a possible link to the Teddy/Dolores connection-I have a running theory that those two are linked on more than a romantic level that they share an operational duality as a function of their existence. Does that last sound familiar? Sentience? Operating from that perspective, Wolf symbolizes strength, truth, loyalty, intelligence, leadership, and awareness of self. One popular Reddit theory explained the wolf as a symbol for self-awareness, or even sentience: The show draws heavily on Native American symbolism and mythology.
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Throughout season 1, the wolf appeared in Teddy (James Marsden) and Dolores' (Evan Rachel Wood) flashbacks to the original host massacre. A wolf amongst the carnage of Teddy and Dolores’ host massacre in season 1 HBO