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Originally Posted by Calenorn
In fairness, ONE of the indigenous tribes was portrayed as cannibalistic. Tarzan eventually allies himself with other, rather noble indigenous tribes.
A repeated theme in these stories is Tarzan, the supposed savage, revealing the ruthlessness and heartless cruelty of 'civilization'.
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I don't know if that comes through in this first book. There's the line about Leopold, but I'm not remembering anything in particular that indicates the evil of supposedly civilized people, especially the people that Tarzan interacts with.
Okay, there's the mutineer who shoots another mutineer in the back--Tarzan sees that, I think--but are there other examples that could be called really ruthless and heartless--worse than the savagery of the jungle, which is pretty darn savage!