Tarzan the Terrible · Chapter
By Jad-bal-lul explained
Mo-sar carries Jane Clayton away from A-lur, transporting her by canoe across lakes and rivers.
What happens
Mo-sar carries Jane Clayton away from A-lur, transporting her by canoe across lakes and rivers. Jane reflects on her captivity under the Germans and her escape with Obergatz, eventually finding herself alone in the jungle. She adapts to her surroundings, finds obsidian fragments to fashion tools and weapons, and rekindles hope of being reunited with Tarzan.
Themes in this chapter
Survival and Adaptation
Jane adapts to the jungle, using obsidian to fashion tools and weapons, and finds shelter in trees, demonstrating her resourcefulness and resilience.
Gender and Agency
Jane actively resists Mo-sar's captivity, escapes from Obergatz, and takes control of her own survival in the wilderness, defying the passive role often assigned to women.
Characters to notice
- Jane Clayton
Captured by Mo-sar, she is carried to a canoe and transported across the lake. She reflects on her past captivity under the Germans and her escape with Obergatz, then finds herself alone in the jungle, where she gathers obsidian to make tools and weapons.
- Mo-sar
Abducts Jane from Ko-tan's palace, has her carried by his warriors, and transports her by canoe across the lake.
- Erich Obergatz
Mentioned as the German officer who escorted Jane into the interior; his cruelty led to a mutiny among native soldiers, forcing him and Jane to flee.
- Tarzan
Referenced in Jane's thoughts as her mate who outgeneraled the Germans; she hopes he will come for her.
Key passages
“As Mo-sar carried Jane Clayton from the palace of Ko-tan, the king, the woman struggled incessantly to regain her freedom.”
Jane fought constantly to escape while Mo-sar carried her away from Ko-tan's palace.
Highlights Jane's immediate resistance to captivity.
“The cunning trick that they had played upon him in destroying his home, murdering his retainers, and covering the abduction of his wife in such a way as to lead him to believe that she had been killed, they had regretted a thousand times, for a thousandfold had they paid the price for their senseless ruthlessness.”
The Germans regretted their deception of Tarzan, as he made them pay dearly for destroying his home and abducting Jane.
Reflects on Tarzan's vengeance against the Germans.
“Here, God-given to her hands, was the first beginning with which she might eventually arrive at both weapons and tools—a cutting edge.”
Jane realized that the sharp obsidian fragments were the key to making weapons and tools.
Marks a turning point in Jane's survival strategy.