
After sampling all the versions currently available I ended up choosing this version, narrated by Simon Prebble, and I am so glad I did. GradeSaver, 26 November 2018 Web.I truly enjoyed listening to Tarzan of the Apes. Next Section Character List Previous Section About Tarzan of the Apes How To Cite in MLA Format Anonymous "Tarzan of the Apes Summary". Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. However, for the sake of Jane’s happiness, Tarzan decides to leave them be and not claim his heritage. Tarzan then begins to miss Jane so he travels to the USA to find her, where he learns that she has become engaged to his cousin by birth, William Clayton. Tarzan also makes friends with D'Arnot, a naval officer, who teaches him to behave like a normal man and also teaches him how to speak French and later English. When Jane falls in danger, Tarzan manages to save her. Tarzan is excited at seeing a white woman, as he has never before seen someone like her. When Tarzan is 20 years old, Jane Porter and her group of people are stranded on the same island. Tarzan manages to kill him and becomes crowned king of the jungle. Kerchak becomes jealous of Tarzan’s notoriety and challenges him. Tarzan becomes angry and gets revenge on them by stealing their weapons.

Afterwards, a new tribe of Africans move into the territory and kill Kala. Tarzan's skill as a hunter becomes apparent when he is attacked by an ape and he manages to kill it in defense. When he comes across his parent's cabin he realizes that there are more people that exist elsewhere and learns of them through the books left behind. He always sees his human differences as being a limitation to being fully accepted. Growing up, Tarzan finds it difficult to be the same as his animal peers, as they are from two different species. She raises him as her son and renames him Tarzan. John is then taken in by Kala, his ape mother. John’s mother dies and his father is killed by Kerchak, the king ape. John and Alice Rutherford Clayton II are abandoned on the West Coast of Africa, with their infant son John. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous

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