The summary
Tarzan
of the Apes es una novela de
1912 del norteamericano Edgar Rice
Burroughs. Fue publicada en la revista The
All-Story antes de ser lanzada como libro en 1914. Tarzán narra la historia del niño que se
cría con gorilas y con el tiempo encuentra el amor entre otros navegantes que
son abandonados en las costas de África.
En vocabulario: primer, raiding,
unwitting, castaways, ensuing
Para saber: maroon
As he grows up,
Tarzan becomes a skilled hunter, exciting the jealousy of Kerchak, the ape
leader, who finally attacks him…
Summary
John and Alice Clayton, from England,
are marooned in the western
coastal jungles of Africa in 1888.
Sometime later, their son John Clayton II
is born. When he is one year old his mother dies, and soon thereafter his
father is killed by the savage king ape Kerchak.
The infant is then adopted by the she-ape Kala.
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| The All-Story, 1912 |
Clayton is named "Tarzan"
("White Skin" in the ape language) and raised in ignorance of his
human heritage.
As a boy,
feeling alienated from his peers due to their physical differences, he
discovers his true parents' cabin, where he first learns of others like himself
in their books. Using basic primers
with pictures, over many years he teaches himself to read English, but having never heard it, cannot speak it.
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| Tarzan and the Golden Lion, 1922 |
Upon his return
from one visit to the cabin, he is attacked by a huge gorilla which he manages
to kill with his father's knife, although he is terribly wounded in the
struggle. As he grows up, Tarzan
becomes a skilled hunter, exciting the jealousy of Kerchak, the ape leader, who finally attacks him. Tarzan kills Kerchak and takes his place as "king" of the apes.
Later, a tribe
of black Africans settle in the area,
and Tarzan's adopted mother, Kala, is killed by one of its hunters.
Avenging himself on the killer, Tarzan
begins an antagonistic relationship with the tribe, raiding its village for weapons and practicing cruel pranks
on them. They, in turn, regard him as an evil spirit and attempt to placate
him.
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| The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes |
A few years
later when Tarzan is 21 years of age,
a new party is marooned on the coast, including 19 year old Jane Porter, the first white woman Tarzan has ever seen. Tarzan's cousin, William Cecil Clayton, unwitting
usurper of the ape man's ancestral English
estate, is also among the party. Tarzan
spies on the newcomers, aids them in secret, and saves Jane from the perils of the jungle.
Among the party
was French naval officer Paul D'Arnot. While rescuing D'Arnot from the natives, a rescue ship
recovers the castaways. D'Arnot teaches Tarzan to speak French
and offers to take Tarzan to the land
of white men where he might connect with Jane
again. On their journey, D'Arnot
teaches him how to behave among white men. In the ensuing months, Tarzan
eventually learns to speak English,
as well.
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| Johnny Weismuller at a swim meet, 1922 |
Ultimately, Tarzan travels to find Jane in Wisconsin, USA where he
rescues her from a fire. Tarzan
learns the bitter news that she has become engaged to William Clayton. Meanwhile, clues from his parents' cabin have
enabled D'Arnot to prove Tarzan's true identity as John Clayton II, the Earl of Greystoke. Instead of reclaiming his
inheritance from William, Tarzan
chooses rather to conceal and renounce his heritage for the sake of Jane's happiness.
Resumen
John y Alice son abandonados en las costas de África
en 1888. Un tiempo después el hijo de ambos, John Clayton II, nace. La madre
muere cuando el niño tiene un año y su padre es asesinado por Kerchak, un mono
salvaje. El niño es adoptado por Kala, una mona de la misma manada.
Clayton es nombrado Tarzán (en el lenguaje de los
monos) y criado en la ignorancia de su herencia humana.
De niño, sintiéndose diferente de sus pares, se
aísla, y descubre la choza de sus verdaderos padres; donde aprende de otros
como él en los libros. Aprende a leer en inglés observando los libros que hay
allí.
Al retornar de una visita a la choza es atacado por
un enorme gorila pero consigue matarlo con el cuchillo de su padre, aunque es
herido de gravedad. Al crecer Tarzán se convierte en un diestro cazador, provocando
los celos de Kerchak, que finalmente lo ataca. Tarzán mata a Kerchak y toma su
lugar como rey de los monos.
Más adelante una tribu de africanos se asienta en la
zona y la madre adoptiva de Tarzán, Kala, es asesinada por unos cazadores.
Después de su venganza, Tarzán comienza una relación antagónica con la tribu,
saqueando el lugar de armas y practicando crueles bromas sobre ellos. Los
nativos lo ven como un espíritu malo.
Cuando Tarzán tiene 21 años otro grupo de personas
es abandonado en la costa, incluyendo a Jane Porter, una joven de 19 años. Jane
es la primera mujer blanca que Tarzán ve. William Cecil Clayton, el primo usurpador
de los bienes de Tarzán, también está en el grupo. Tarzán los espía, los ayuda
secretamente y salva a Jane de los peligros de la jungla.
Entre los miembros del grupo está el francés Paul
D'Arnot. Mientras salva a D'Arnot de los nativos, un barco llega a rescatar a
los abandonados. D'Arnot le enseña a Tarzán a hablar francés y se ofrece a
llevarlo donde podría conectarse con Jane nuevamente. En el viaje D'Arnot le
enseña cómo comportarse entre los blancos. En los siguientes meses Tarzán
aprende a hablar inglés.
Tarzán viaja a Wisconsin para buscar a Jane, donde
la rescata de un fuego. Allí se entera que ella se ha comprometido con William
Clayton. Algunas pistas descubiertas en la choza de sus padres permiten a
D'Arnot probar la verdadera identidad de Tarzán. En lugar de reclamar su
herencia de William, Tarzán elige ocultarse y renunciar a su herencia por la
felicidad de Jane.
Para saber
Marooning is the intentional act of abandoning someone in an
uninhabited area, such as a desert island. The word first appears in writing in
approximately 1709, and is derived from the term maroon, a word for a
fugitive slave, which could be a corruption of Spanish cimarrón, meaning a household animal (or slave) who has run
"wild".
The most famous
literary reference to marooning probably occurs in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island in
which Ben Gunn is left marooned
on the island for three years.
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| Marooned by Howard Pyle |
A famous
real-life marooning, only partly for punishment, was leaving the sailor Alexander Selkirk on Juan Fernández Island off the coast of Chile, in the Pacific Ocean. Selkirk, a sailor with the Dampier expedition, was worried about the unseaworthy condition of
his ship, the Cinque Ports, and had
argued with the captain until he left him ashore on the island where they had
briefly stopped for water and food supplies. The Cinque Ports later sank with the loss of most of her crew. Selkirk was not rescued until four years
later, by Woodes Rogers.
Vocabulario
Primer: manual, guidebook.
Raiding: quickly and illicitly take something from (a place).
She crept downstairs to raid
the larder
Unwitting: (of a person) not aware of the full facts.
Castaway: a person who has been shipwrecked and stranded in an
isolated place.
Ensuing: occurring afterwards or as a result.
There were repeated clashes in the ensuing
days
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