The Call of the Wild Charles Darwin once suggested a theory he called “Survival of the Fittest” or in Jack London’s words “The Law of Fang”, claiming that species evolved from a more primitive species through the process of evolution or adaption and species that gained an edge would rule, while those without would die. This theory remains as of one of the most debatable and talked about theories in the world today. Though, in the novel The Call of the Wild by Jack London the theory of “Survival
Many sacrifices were made on this island, such as the innocence of a boy named Jack Merridew. While on this floating prison two of these poor boys were lost and now their parents are blaming Jack for their childrens untimely deaths. Though he is a savage and a horrible person, Jack Merridew can not be held responsible for the murders of Piggy and Simon due to psychosis and other mental illness. The conditions these boys were in were the breeding grounds for insanity. The choir was trapped on a rock
grabs with nothing to add, the novel Grendel is a perfect example of a spinoff done correctly. In the original novel Beowulf, Grendel is depicted as a savage beast with no complexity. John Gardner, however, saw an opportunity to create a brilliant commentary of 1970’s society. Gardner decided to paint Gendel not as evil, but as a tragic misunderstood figure. In his self titled novel, Grendel is not evil, as from only one perspective is he viewed as evil in the book, and if fate determines all action
Looking at South Africa today, it is rather difficult to dilute the current demographics into indigenous people and non-indigenous people. Although the Khoisan are unquestionably the most indigenous people to Southern Africa, does this fact deny the positive indigenous status of many black people in Southern Africa? In order to solve this dilemma, the concept of ‘indigenous people’ must be defined. Currently there is only one definition that is legitimized and is presented by the International Labour
For the monotheistic and Abrahamic Puritans, the Native Americans must have seemed like an entirely different species. The Europeans’ sense of cultural superiority and lack of understanding led them to regard the Natives as being savages whose beliefs were infinitely inferior to their own and, consequently, needed to be suppressed. Conversion was one of the ways the Puritans suppressed Indian religions. Though the Puritans weren’t as zealous as the conquistadores, some of them still
Futile Endeavors: The Rise and fall of the Middle Ground Since the dawn of history, mankind have been persistently in relationship with each other. Individuals, families, communities and even cultures have been in consistent alliance with each other. The saying “No man is an island” is true of humanity. In the search for food, land and safety, history is rich with the stories of people “wandering” across the face of the earth in order to gain respite to their craving. There have been chronicles of
Normal society today consists of a job for money, a house for shelter, friends for comfort, and a family for pleasure. However, people in today’s culture are overlooked or misunderstood by how they dress, their lifestyle, and by whom they spend time with. Mary Shelley and Charles Dickens display the issue of humans fitting into society using their novels Frankenstein as well as Hard Times. Shelley uses Frankenstein to display how people’s differences distance them away from society. Charles Dickens
Over the course of the semester, we read many books where both men and women were both portrayed as insane. While some of these were not the main characters in every book, instability and craziness did not discriminate against gender or race. In The Bell Jar, Save Me the Waltz, and Wide Sargasso Sea, Esther Greenwood, Alabama Beggs, and Antoinette are all main characters who are mostly privileged and insane female figures in society. However, in Frankenstein, Edgar Huntly, and Hamlet, the main
Monsters are abstract, sinister looking creatures bringing horror and insecurity in movies, and fictional stories. “Monsters", can be defined to be a reality or merely fragments of one's imagination. A monster can be subjective, always depending on what society deems to be monstrous. However, a monster does share a common characteristic, that they are the essence that bring fear and immorality to the innocent and unprepared victims of reality. They can be very real. Serial killers, rapists, and
critics have decried male readings as sinful of – to deny the sanity of a woman figure in order to emerge victorious. In writing a prequel that accords Bertha a voice which Brontë has denied, Rhys posits Ber-tha Mason as alienated, neglected and misunderstood by Bronte and other critics of the book. Her reading of Jane Eyre arguably becomes even more feministic than Jane Eyre itself, when she recognises how Brontë upholds the same phallocentric assumptions that characterises the ‘male readings’ described