But honestly Tarzan the Ape Man is one of the greatest stories ever told. It captures the essence of a country, a people, a time, a moment in history in this simple elegant tale of a boy raised in the primeval world. Burroughs dispenses with the lessons of the day, whatever philosophic axe some others sought to grind with similar tales, he sets aside and sees the primeval world for what it is: breathtaking in its beauty, astounding in its brutality. Tarzan kills without thought or mercy, any who threaten his hunting, his tribe, his person, his mate. Never in cruelty, but never with a second thought to a moral quandary of what might be good or evil.
He is the primeval side of us all . . .
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I really get annoyed when origins are changed to be more modern and/or edgey... dude was raised by apes and lives by the law of the jungle "Only the Strong Survive" seriously...doesn;t get much edgier than that :)
I agree, and this is one fantastic story, no reason to muck around with it.
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