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Book Review By Joseph Layne Black Bear
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

This is the Origin of the legendary hero known as Tarzan. The novel tells the events of his birth, teenage years and how he came to learn who he really was.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book -
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - great warrior
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - - - love among disparate social classes
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - hand to hand -
Kind of series -
Adversaries are… -
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen

Main Adversary
Identity: - natural phenomena
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - 20th century - general past
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a moderate amount of scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - -
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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