Chapter 28 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In the conclusion of "Tarzan of the Apes" Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about when Tarzan and Jane finally caught up with her father and the others of the group. They had gone into a room and soon Canler had come in the room with a man to marry him and Jane. Jane refused to get out her seat so Canler took her arm but before he forced her to get out Tarzan choked Canler. Jane asked Tarzan to release Canler but before he did he made Canler promise he would not marry Jane. He dropped Canler and Canler left the room. Jane's father said that he would now have to pay Canler and that it would take many days to do so but Tarzan had checked the treasure in and put the money in an envelope and threw it to him. Clayton had came back into the room and said that they must leave due to the fire coming to where they were. They drove off to another room and Tarzan asked Jane's father if he knew anything about the bodies they had buried and if all were human. Her father said that the smallest one was an ape. Jane had been by herself and Tarzan noticed her. He asked her if she would marry him but she had already told Clayton she would marry him. She told Tarzan the whole story and Tarzan knew he must let her marry Clayton.  When the others came into the room they gave Tarzan a letter which was from D'Arnot saying that he was a Greystoke. Clayton had come in after Tarzan read the letter and asked him how he had been in the jungle. To let Clayton be able to marry Jane he said his mother was an ape and he never knew his real father. 

Chapter 27 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about when a man named Robert Canler came to the Porter's house in America wanting to talk to Jane's father. They talked about him wanting to marry Jane how he didn't know that she was leaving for Wisconsin at the end of the week. Then Jane came in and her father left. Jane said that she would marry him but they have to understand each other because he was going to buy her. Jane and everyone had left for Wisconsin that week and she had not been married yet. When they got their Clayton had changed everything about the little house they were to live in. The next week Canler came to the house saying that he was going to get the marriage license tomorrow and get married tomorrow. There had been a fire going on for the past week and hadn't come close to the little house, but that day the wind had blown it straight for the house. Before it engulfed the house a man came and made everyone leave the area. He asked where Jane was and Esmeralda said she went on a walk where the fire had been coming from. The man ran for Jane towards the fire while everyone left. This man finally found Jane and she knew that it was the ape-man she had known in the African jungle. This man was Tarzan; he told that the man she met in the jungle was himself, which he just learned how to speak after they had left. He wanted to know is she loved him but she said that he would be better off with only knowing each other not being married. They finally made it to the car and they caught up to Jane's father and the others of the group.

Chapter 26 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs continues to write about the journey that Tarzan and D'Arnot were going to the city with boats. They went to eat at a restaurant when a black man with a knife came in and charged Tarzan. Tarzan had broken the black man's arm and made him scream and agony and pain. Also a conversation came at the table that Tarzan and D'Arnot had been sitting at. It was about lions and hunting them. All of the men stated their mind about lions except Tarzan, Tarzan had to keep his past secret so he had to make up a lie to tell the men at his table about his experiences with lions. After he had said this a lion roared out in the jungle and one of the men at the table said there is your chance to show that you only need a knife and a rope to kill a lion. He said he was not going to because he was not hungry but the men at the table thought he was a coward. One of the men bet that Tarzan could not kill the lion for five thousand francs but D'Arnot increased it to ten thousand and it was deal. After a while swinging he caught the scent of Numa and went for the kill. He had killed Numa and started back for the village so he could finally go to find Jane in America. The men back at the village got tired of waiting and started for the jungle to find Tarzan. Right when they came to the edge of the jungle Tarzan came laughing with the carcass of Numa. They pondered of how he killed Numa so easy. They gave him the ten thousand francs and Tarzan wondered of what he could do with it. The next day they were on a boat heading back to get the chest with the treasure. After that they were on several boats and got to Paris. At Paris D'Arnot made Tarzan get his finger prints checked to see if they matched the ones that were in John Clayton's journal. They did not find out that day because the police officer wanted to get the experts position on them.

Chapter 25 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about when D'Arnot shot the thing behind the door of the cabin after he had read the note that was to Tarzan from Jane. He had looked at what he had shot and sadly he had shot Tarzan. The bullet only scraped his skull with only a flesh wound. Tarzan laughed at the size of the wound because he had fought many things that have done worse things than the bullet. D'Arnot gave a letter that had been left for Tarzan from Jane. He read and became very sad. He asked D'Arnot where America was and where the nearest city was. He demanded that they go to the nearest city and then sail to America to find Jane. As they walk to the city Tarzan and D'Arnot talk about Tarzan's past which he doesn't really know all about it. There had been one book that Tarzan had not been able to read so he asked D'Arnot to read and tell him about it. They finally reached a clearing and noticed that blacks lived there. Tarzan wanted to shot but D'Arnot stopped him. They were welcome after they had greeted the man named Father Constantine.

Chapter 24 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about when Jane, Clayton and the others of the group were looking for the village to find D'Arnot. They did not find him or any of the warriors just lieutenant D'Arnot clothes and remains. The entire group thinks that D'Arnot is dead but Jane believes that Tarzan saved him and they are both alive. Clayton assumes that Tarzan is a bad person and the he should not be followed but everyone else in the group believes that Tarzan should be followed and that he is a helpful and generous person. Clayton and Jane get in an argument about Tarzan with occasional chimes by the others in the group. They had discussed of leaving the coast forever but before they did they looked the the treasure that the mutineers had buried with the body of Snipes'. They came back emptied handed. They blamed the blacks for taking the treasure. The captain of the ship said that they would leave the next morning. Before they left Jane left a letter to Tarzan.

Chapter 23 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about when the lieutenant named D'Arnot woke up from being unconscious when he had been tortured by the warrior in the village. D'Arnot saw Tarzan ad he thought that he was the handsomest man he had ever seen in his life. He tried to talk to Tarzan but Tarzan did not understand. Tarzan got bark and wrote on it. They had a conversation writing their replies. After their conversation D'Arnot went to sleep and became unconscious. When he awoke he was very weak but the illness he had went away. D'Arnot wanted to repay Tarzan and asked him how he could. Tarzan wanted to know how to speak the way of men. D'Arnot agreed to do so. Unknowingly D'Arnot taught Tarzan the way to speak French instead of English. Tarzan asked if D'Arnot was strong enough to go back to the cabin because he missed Jane. When they got back to the cabin they noticed it was deserted. Tarzan fled the cabin and went back to his tribe leaving D'Arnot all by himself. Tarzan stopped and asked himself is he was an ape or man. He said he was a man and went back to the cabin. D'Arnot had locked the door and kept the rifle right beside him. Something had opened the door and D'Arnot had pulled the trigger at whatever was behind the door.

Chapter 22 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about how the Frenchmen had started their day looking for the  trail to go back to the cabin to get reinforcements. It took them half the day to finally get the wounded back to the cabin. Jane greeted them when they got back to the cabin. Clayton went with the Frenchmen and left Jane and her father back with the cabin. Clayton went back to the cabin to get Jane but when he said his usual greeting she was unusual not hugging him or kissing him. She asked where the man that helped them both was but he did not know. Clayton came to wonder why Jane wanted to know about this. Clayton became jealous and started to make up lies about Tarzan trying to make him sound like he is a bad person, like he is one of the black warriors who attacked them earlier. Jane got upset and did not want to be around Clayton anymore because she believes Tarzan is the greatest of them all and that Clayton is trying to make her think that he is a bad person. The next day Clayton went with the search party to find the lieutenant. The search party went all the way to the village with few black warriors to try to stop them. Night came and they set up camp in the village. They did not find the lieutenant. They receded back to the cabin with the failure. Jane and Clayton got in an argument about Tarzan again and Jane stormed back into the cabin. Clayton wrote a letter to Jane and slides it under the dividing cloth that goes through the middle of the cabin. She eventually read it and she thought that it was not true and she became depressed. They went to bed after he had talked to Esmeralda for a few minutes.

Chapter 21 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about how Clayton and the sailors that had come before were wandering through the jungle. Clayton became very upset and thought that Jane had been killed and eaten by giant apes. As they were walking through the jungle they encountered the black warriors from Mbonga. The Frenchmen won the battle making the black warriors flee the area back into the Jungle but one of their leaders had been lost with several people wounded. They set up camp for the night trying to heal the wounded. The lieutenant that had been captured was taken back to the village where the people are cannibals. They tortured him by stoning, punching. They had the ceremony being stabbed in the arm blood trickling out of him. He did not scream he took it in as if he was being poked by a dull pencil. Tarzan had gone straight to the village knowing that this battle would be there. Tarzan knew that he only had a small time frame to help the lieutenant. He whipped his whip and scared all of the black warriors to make them run away. Tarzan helped the lieutenant off of the cruel poll that he was hanging from.

Chapter 20 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about how Jane had started to fight Tarzan to get free but she quit after a while. She had looked at Tarzan thinking that he is beautiful and amazing. As she was held in his arms she felt that she was the safest she had ever been that he could never harm her ever. Tarzan took her to the amphitheater where the ceremony of the Dum-Dum is held. She looked at him with a special look enjoying his beauty and appearance. Tarzan had left Jane and she felt that he was just leaving her. He came back with fruit but accidentally sacred her. She fell back but Tarzan caught her stroking her hair as if she was Kala. He kissed her and she did not move away or reject it. There was a certain great intimacy between them. Tarzan started to build a soft bed with tree branches and grasses. As the day went by Tarzan went on and he motioned Jane to go to bed. When Jane had woke up she noticed Tarzan's body imprint right beside her to make sure she was safe. Tarzan gave her fruit for breakfast and then he took her to her people. As they glided through the trees she cuddled him and kissed him, she also said that she loves him. Tarzan let Jane go back to her people but they thought she was a lion but when she got closer they realized it was Jane.

Chapter 19 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs write about how Tarzan's ape tribe had been since he left. The tribe had been corrupt because Terkoz had been the leader and he treated all of the apes badly. Most of the apes left but some stayed and faced Terkoz. One of the apes that stayed remembered that Tarzan said stand up to anyone that harms you. That ape told the tribe that they needed to fight Terkoz. They eventually made Terkoz leave the tribe and as he was looking for food he spotted Jane and Esmeralda. Terkoz had taken Jane back to his tribe so he could rebuild his tribe. When Tarzan found Esmeralda he noticed the trail that Terkoz had left when he climbed through the trees. Tarzan had caught up with Terkoz and Jane. Terkoz notices Tarzan and he had an urge to fight him to the death. Tarzan stabbed Terkoz several times in the heart and killed him. Jane ran to Tarzan and gave him a grateful hug. Tarzan kissed Jane several times to show his love to her. Jane shoved Tarzan off of her and Tarzan took her back into the jungle. Back at the cabin Clayton realized that two boats had been out in the ocean and he had tried to signal the boats to come. One boat had come to the shore and it had been military from England. The commander made his men go help look for Jane out in the jungle. As they were in the jungle the Arrow which had been Jane and Clayton's boat had sailed back and the military boat went to inspect it. They saw that men of the boats bodies had been dismantled and ate by the other crew members.

Chapter 18 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about how Tarzan reads Jane's diary type book. He realizes that he isn't aware of the way she writes and gets delirious but finally gets to a part where he can read. After he read the entry he wrote "I AM TARZAN." That day he had put the diary back where it was when he had took it, but he had taken it for two days making Jane ponder about Tarzan. Clayton had calmed her down and told her that Tarzan is friendly because he has hunted many animals for them and gave the carcasses to them. One day the entire group had scattered the jungle to find food. As Tarzan became impatient of Jane not coming back he went into the cabin and wrote a letter telling her of his love for her. Right when he finished the letter he heard a loud shriek and instantly he ran as fast as a cheetah to the area where the scream was at. Clayton and the other men had heard the scream to and they ran back to the cabin to see if they two women were in there. As their fears where true they ran into the jungle and found Esmeralda. They went back to the cabin to get sleep and then the next day they Clayton and Jane's dad went to go find Jane.

Chapter 17 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about the habitation of the cabin. Since the entire group had been reunited they had first wanted to clean the cabin and make it habitable. They went through the man's items first and noticed that it was John Clayton and uncle of the Clayton living now. They buried John and Alice Clayton's body with Kala's baby beside the cabin. Tarzan had watched the sad ceremony but most of all Jane's face. The boat that had been Jane and Clayton's had started to leave the harbor. Tarzan had went to the tip of the harbor to watch it go, but it had turned around and dropped the treasure that had been  on the boat and dug a hole to bury it there until they come back. The crew that was digging had killed Snipes' who was the captain of the boat and buried him in the hole. They left and Tarzan dug the treasure back up and pulled inwards to the amphitheater where the dum-dum might be held. Tarzan went back to the cabin and peered in the window with Jane in it and he looked at her in awe at her beauty and took the manuscript that she had been writing in before she went to sleep.

Chapter 16 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about how the two old men that had ran off into the jungle when Clayton had first arrived with Jane are talking about where they are. Suddenly a lion had started to stalk them. Soon after they had noticed the lion Tarzan had came upon them without them noticing him. Tarzan noticed that the lion was already full but he was following the two men till he was hungry again. Tarzan swooped down and grabbed both of the men and put them high in a tree.

As they stayed in the tree Tarzan noticed that the lion had stayed loitering around the tree. As the two men got scared one of them pushed the other making them both hurtle towards the ground. Tarzan had jumped down and waited for them to follow him. The men argued about whether they should follow Tarzan or not. Tarzan tied a rope around both of them because he got impatient and they followed. Tarzan let the men go after they had gotten close enough to the cabin. They told their adventure's when they got back to the cabin.

Chapter 15 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs continues to write about how Tarzan and Clayton heard the firearm go off and they were racing towards it to save Jane Porter. Clayton got very scared when he realized that he was 100 feet in the air with nothing to cushion his fall. They could hear Sabor's voice and as soon as they saw a near clearing thy dropped through it and hit the sand and ran towards the window to pull Sabor out of the window.

As Sabor was about to crawl through the window Jane had woken up since she had fainted. Tarzan and Clayton were pulling as hard as they possibly could to try to get the lion out of the window. Jane had shot Sabor and did not shoot again because she saw that the lion was being pulled out. Tarzan was trying to tell Clayton to take out some the arrows and stab Sabor but Clayton could not understand. As Sabor was pulled out of the window Tarzan thought of what he had done to Tarkoz, the Full-Nelson. Tarzan pulled as far back on Sabor's limbs and broke his back. Tarzan did his roar of victory again and then raced into the jungle. Jane had asked what the shriek was but Clayton didn't know where Tarzan had gone so he told her that he had been saved by some ape-man.

Chapter 14 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs continues to write about how Tarzan is following Clayton. Right before he left he thought of the white woman and how beautiful she had looked. Then Tarzan raced off towards Clayton and finally reached him. As he was following Clayton he noticed Sheeta the leopard. He couldn't believe that the English man did not notice her.

Sheeta did not attack because Clayton hadn't noticed her cry of attack and he didn't cry back. Later on Tarzan notices that Clayton is going towards the village of Mbonga. While Clayton is walking Tarzan notices that Numa the lion was even stalking him now. Then Numa sprang at Clayton but Tarzan had jumped out of the tree and onto the lion's back. He stabbed Numa several times. Tarzan did his terrible cry of victory and Clayton tried to talk to him but Tarzan could not speak, therefore Clayton thought that this was not Tarzan because Tarzan knew English. Tarzan points back towards the cabin and Clayton thinks that he is being held as a prisoner. As they were walking back they heard a firearm go off and he knew that it was the white woman.

Back at the cabin Miss Jane Porter was in the cabin when a lion came to the cabin wanting in. She had shot at Sabor but had not killed him. It took him several tries to get his head in the very old wood where the window is. Tarzan thought of leaving Clayton and going to the cabin to rescue Jane but he grabbed Clayton and swooped through the trees, getting to the cabin as fast as he possibly could.

Chapter 13 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs continues to write about after Tarzan 'quits' being the king of the apes. Tarzan had tried to find as much clothing and jewelry he could find to show that he was a man not an ape. As Tarzan was coming back from collecting clothes from the men of Mbonga he heard a gun shot. He started back towards the coast where the gunshot came from. He noticed a ship out in the ocean so he ran into the cabin to see what had happened.

When he went into the cabin he noticed that it had been ransacked but the people did not take the picture that is his prized possession. He heard a sound and found that the people were coming back with their whole army. He quickly wrote a note to the men that were coming and climbed back into a tree. As the people went to the cabin they saw noticed the note and read it. Two of the men got in an argument and one said that the other wouldn't shot him. Tarzan was listening in closely and he threw a spear right at the man with the revolver hitting him in the shoulder making him release the gun. The man that was about to be shot ran off into the jungle and Clayton had to go for him. There was this woman named Miss Porter that Tarzan was deeply attracted to. He decided that he would follow the man to keep him safe.

Chapter 12 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about how one of his tribesmen questions Tarzan's authority as being the king named Tarkoz. Tarzan takes his tribe to the village of Mbonga. He ended up taking them back to the coast and the cabin. He spent even more time in the cabin making the tribe suffer because he isn't there to solve the problems. He believes that the apes of his tribe cannot understand his high intellect; he gets tired of being the king of the apes. He thinks that if Kala had lived then he would care more of the tribe but since she has died no ape likes him. Thus causing Tarkoz to want to fight him even more.

Tarkoz had deviated a plan which he thought would be able to get Tarzan to come to him. Tarkoz had grabbed an old female ape by the hair. She shrieked a thunderous shriek and the tribe glided through the trees towards the sound. They fought with only their hands; Tarzan's knife had been on the other side of the area they were fighting at. Tarzan believes this is as hard as the battle he had had with the king gorilla. As they fought Tarzan put Tarkoz in the half nelson and the full nelson. He asked if Tarkoz ka-goda which means do you surrender? Tarkoz gave up and Tarzan says that he is the strongest of them all but he is not an ape and that he is not their king anymore. Tarzan takes his first step towards the cabin to devote his life to studying.

Chapter 11 summary of "Tarzan Of The Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs continues to write about the archer's death but Tarzan had finally reached his tribe from his journey to Mbonga. He shows off his bows and arrows to the tribe but Kerchak doesn't care about his discovery. Tarzan practices his shooting and lost most of his arrows. As the days go on he goes back into the cabin and reads the dictionary to learn. The next day he sets out on his journey to go back to the town of Mbonga.

When he got there he waited for hours upon hours to finally get his chance to take his precious arrows. He finally got his chance to jump down from his tree without being noticed. There had been men that came back from a hunt in the woods. The city held a ceremony just like that of the Dum-Dum ceremony for the apes. He quickly jumped down from his tree. As he bundled up his arrows he thought of a plan to play a trick on the village again. He went into the same hut that he had already played a trick on.

As he looked around the room a woman had came inside. Tarzan snuggled against the wall trying to not be noticed. The woman searched around the room for something special getting ever so closer to Tarzan. Right before she touched Tarzan she had found what she needed. As he left he had taken an item that he had wanted. He climbed up a tree to see what they women were doing. After the ceremony a women had came near to the tree Tarzan had been on. Tarzan dropped the item near the woman and she told all of the people of the village. After this he left the village.

As he journeyed back to his tribe he spotted Sabor the lioness and demanded war. He used his bow and arrows to kill Sabor. It took several shots at the Sabor kill her. He had cut her hide off and ate as much as he could; also he took a very long nap. When he got back all of the tribe looked with amazement at Tarzan with Sabor's hide. Kerchak did not like this and wanted to fight Tarzan.

As they fought Tarzan pulled out his hunting knife and jabbed Kerchak many times. Kerchak tried to punch Tarzan many times. Tarzan made the last blow and killed Kerchak Tarzan declared that he is the King of the apes.

Chapter 10 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs continues to write about how Tarzan has followed the archer to the city of Mbonga. Tarzan had gotten even closer to the village by gliding through the trees to a part of the jungle that touches the village. As Tarzan looks out into the village he thinks about killing and how he doesn't kill for laughter or pleasure but yet he is a human so he does kill for pleasure. He looks at the people of the village and notices that they are similar to him. He also sees a woman putting the poison on the arrow and has the urge to take the arrows.

As he looked in amazement a man of the village notices the archer's body and screams for help. The woman had ran off to help the screaming man. Tarzan swoops down and swiftly takes the poisonous arrows. He believes he will be able to look into the village. He looks in to one of the huts which happen to be the archer's living place.


He looks at all of the items in the room which are swords, knifes, arrows, and also skulls. He decides to get creative and puts every item he could under a pot that was in the middle of the room. While he was doing so the warriors had started to come back with the dead body. Tarzan notices this and jumps out of the hut and runs towards the jungle. He looks back and sees the warriors running towards the hut. He notices the prestigious man in the village telling the warriors to look for anybody that is not welcome. Tarzan runs away as fast as he can going back to the tribe.

Chapter 9 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about when Tarzan meets an ebony ape. The chapter starts off with how Tarzan's life has been. After the author tells about Tarzan's life he starts the adventure of the ebony man. Tarzan is in the cabin as usual studying the books when he hears the loud shrill of Kala. Kala dies very quickly after she is hit by the poisonous arrow that had hit her. What he doesn't know is that Kala has been killed by a black man but his tribe tells him it was a black ape. He declares revenge on this ebony warrior.

As he glides through the trees following the elephant trails he makes sure he has his hunting knife and his long rope. He finally reaches the ebony warrior and notices he is an archer. Tarzan sees the archer pull back the arrow and shoot it at Horta the boar. He doesn't kill the boar with the first shoot but does kill it with the second. The archer cooks the boar right after he kills it. Tarzan eats the reminisce of the boar after the archer had went away. He followed the archer all day long till he went to bed.

After the archer had went to bed Tarzan swoops in and takes his bows and arrows. After the archer wakes up he notices his things have been taken. He looks all around the vicinity of the tree that he had slept around. As he looks around he becomes scared and runs towards the huts that he had originally came from called Mbonga. Tarzan follows him all the way to the Mbonga and finally throws his rope around the archer's neck. Tarzan hangs the archer and thinks about if he should eat him or not. Tarzan thinks that he would be a cannibal and decides not to eat him.  

Chapter 8 summary of "Tarzan of the Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about the day after Tarzan kills Tublat. On this day the tribe is going back towards the coast. As they go through the trees Tarzan spots the lioness Sabor trotting through the same area and throws a pineapple at her. Sabor stops and looks up at Tarzan and looks at him with hatred and anger, Tarzan does the same back and Sabor runs back into the thick jungle. As the tribe continues going to the coast Tarzan can only think of how he will slay Sabor and wear her amazing fur as clothes for him.

The following few days the jungle was peaceful but at midnight there was a fierce storm approaching the coast where the tribe lives at. The tribe huddles together as the trees are whipped around by the tornado. The storm stays at the coast for hours not getting weaker. But when the storm ends the jungle becomes peaceful and beautiful. The tribe stays near the cabin for awhile and Tarzan stays in the cabin most of the time studying. But when they do journey out beyond the vicinity of the cabin Tarzan keeps his rope with him at all times.

He had spotted a boar and quickly threw the rope at it. As Tarzan tried to tighten the rope the boar pulled the rope and made Tarzan fall but Tarzan was very quick and jumped back to a low hanging branch but he had lost his rope. It took Tarzan many days to make a new rope but when he made it he hid in the trees waiting for Sabor. He finally spots her and throws his rope at her. He snatches her, his first try but she runs away. Tarzan makes sure he doesn't lose his rope this time. He had securely tied the end of the rope to the tree he was one but he realizes that it was going to be hard to pull the lioness to him. She sees that Tarzan was at the end of the rope so she charged but missed him. She chewed at the rope and broke it and was free. Tarzan glides through the trees back to his tribe and tells them about his experiences.

Vocabulary 16-20 for "Tarzan Of The Apes"

1) WORD: Bestir, DEFINITION: to stir up; rouse to action, IN A SENTENCE: His brother bestirred him so much that they got in many fights.

2) WORD: Periphery, DEFINITION: the external boundary of any surface or area, IN A SENTENCE: The sledge hammer penetrated through the periphery of the box and ruined the item inside the box.

3) WORD: Betokened, DEFINITION: to give evidence of; indicate, IN A SENTENCE: The guide betokened that President Lincoln was killed at this theater. 

4) WORD: Bludgeon, DEFINITION: a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other, IN A SENTENCE: The massive prisoner used a bludgeon to kill his way through the huge prison to escape.

5) WORD: Monotonous, DEFINITION: lacking in variety; tediously unvarying, IN A SENTENCE: Nobody took interest in the monotonous city because it had no attractions.

Chapter 7 summary of "Tazan Of The Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs continues to write about the healing of Tarzan. He explains that it was a very horrid and very long time for Tarzan to really feel like he used to. Tarzan remembers to go get his hunting knife that he had used to kill the gorilla. After he retrieved his knife he swiftly went to the cabin and tried to lock it after him. He finally learned how to lock the mechanism and went to go look in the picture books to learn.


He studied the books very intensely and found out how to write the letters of the alphabet. As he learned how to write he also learned numbers. His favorite book to learn from was a dictionary because it had so many words and they were in alphabetical order too. As the tribe moves around the jungle Tarzan sometimes isn't able to read but he writes on pieces of bark from trees with his hunting knife. As the tribe moves around they have ceremonial killings.


These ceremonial killings are a very horrid thing to see but to the apes it is a great deed. All the man apes hit and punch the dead gorilla making it into a bloody pulp. After Kerchak roars they all ran to eat of the gorilla. Tarzan sneaks in between all of the great apes and cuts himself a forearm of the gorilla. Tublat his ape father sees Tarzan with this and charges after Tarzan but Tarzan is to quick and jumps into a tall tree where Tublat cannot reach him.

Tublat gets angry with this and retaliates by going to the females and their children sinking his teeth in their flesh and muscle. Kala, Tarzan's mother runs to protect Tarzan from Tublat but Tublat sees her running and chases after her. Tarzan jumps from his stand in the tree and attacks Tublat because he dislikes his ape father very much and he loves Kala. Tarzan strikes Tublat with his hunting knife with several blows to his body Tublat tumbles to the ground dead. Tarzan screams out "I am Tarzan, I am a great killer. Let all respect Tarzan of the Apes and Kala his mother. There be none among you as mighty as Tarzan. Let his enemies beware." He beats on his chest showing signs of strength and great dignity and shrills one last time.

Vocabulary 11-15 for "Tarzan Of The Apes"

1)      WORD:  convalescence, DEFINITION: the gradual recovery of health and strength after illness, IN A SENTENCE: The child was convalescence after he broke his femur.

2)      WORD: Hitherto, DEFINITION: up to this time; until now, IN A SENTENCE: The reminisce of the ship wreckage hitherto today even though we did not know it was there.

3)      WORD: Assiduously, DEFINITION: constant; unremitting, IN A SENTENCE: The child was assiduously talking and the teacher had to sit him outside.

4)      WORD: Erudition, DEFINITION: knowledge acquired by study, research, etc. ; learning; scholarship, IN A SENTENCE: The students are erudition when they pay attention in class.

5)      WORD: Avocation, DEFINITION: something a person does in addition to a principal occupation, especially for pleasure, hobby, IN A SENTENCE: The man does his avocation after he finishes his job.

Chapter 6 summary of "Tarzan Of The Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about how the tribe takes patrol around their area in the jungle. They usually end up near the cabin of John Clayton; Tarzan always sneaks into the cabin and observes all the things within it. He notices a knife in the cabin and plays with it for awhile but quickly looks at other things. He finds a alphabetical book and studies it. As he leaves the cabin he notices the knife and takes it with him.

When he walks out of the cabin he encounters a gorilla and fights it to the death. He strikes the gorilla with the knife several times and finally kills it but he doesn't come out unscathed. He is severely wounded but his tribe hears the wails from the gorilla. Only Kala comes to save Tarzan because Tublat and Kerchak don't wont to allow Tarzan in the tribe. She takes him back to tribe area and takes care of him for many weeks.

Chapter 5 summary of "Tarzan Of The Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about how Tarzan adapts to the apes. He talks about how Tarzan's ape father Tublat believes Tarzan will not become a great ape. As the chapter progresses Tarzan develops stronger muscles even greater then that of a fully grown man. One day Tarzan was with his friend when they go down to the pond to get water when Tarzan really notices how different he looks from his friends and other apes. As he looks down in amazement a lioness attacks his friend; Tarzan screams for the tribe to come help his friend but they come to late.

As the chapter ends the author tells about how Tublat and Tarzan's relationship is and how it is not a very polite one. He gives examples of how Tarzan uses every opportunity to make his father look bad. He also says that Tarzan created a rope to catch his fellow ape with it. Tublat always feels like he is about to get thrown into the rope and die. Tarzan believes he should use it to kill the lioness.

Vocabulary 6-10 for "Tarzan Of The Apes"

1)WORD: Stuccoing, DEFINITION: an exterior finish for masonry or frame walk, usually composed of cement, sand and hydrated lime mixed with water and laid wet, IN A SENTENCE: The stuccoing made the table look very attractive.
2) WORD: Guttural, DEFINITION: Articulated in the throat: being or marked by utterance that is strange, unpleasant, or disagreeable, IN A SENTENCE: The dog made a guttural sound to scare off the attackers of his food.
3)WORD: Pathos, DEFINITION: the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion, IN A SENTENCE: When Bob drove by the homeless man he felt pathos by not helping him.
4) WORD: Simian, DEFINITION: of or pertaining to and ape or monkey, IN A SENTENCE: The hunter found a simian while hunting and shot and killed it.
5) WORD: Countenance, DEFINITION: appearance, especially the look or expression of the face, IN A SENTENCE: The boy went to the pond to get the dirt off of his face and looked at his countenance to see the dirt.

Chapter 4 summary of "Tarzan Of The Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs writes about the apes and how one of the great apes named Kerchak is on a massive rampage; he is killing his own apes in the tribe. While he is on this rampage a young female ape named Kala drops accidentally drops her baby from the tops of the trees. Kerchak notices this and jumps to get the baby but Kala is to quick and she takes it from him. Kala climbs up into the tree tops with her dead baby ape and stays there.

After a while Kerchak calms down and orders the tribe to go to the ocean where John Clayton is living with his baby boy. They creep up to the cabin and they stealthily look inside of it because the door is open. John Clayton is asleep while the apes are looking inside his cabin. Kerchak gets close enough to John Clayton but then Clayton wakes up and tries to fight off Kerchak to get to his gun but he is killed easily by Kerchak. They look around the cabin and find Alice's body and also Clayton's baby. Kala snatches up the baby and runs off leaving her own dead baby in the bed.

After Kala leaves Kerchak notices the rifle and tries to gain his courage to touch it. After several attempts he finally grabs it and fires it off. After firing it every ape including him runs away from the rifle.

Chapter 3 summary of "Tarzan Of The Apes"

In this chapter Edgar Rice Burroughs continues telling the story of Lord and Lady Greystoke in the island. This chapter starts off when they wake up after their first night at the island. That day John built a cabin out of the resources he could find at the island or by what they already had. As the book progresses John is adding to the cabin; as he looks for materials he hears a shriek in the forest. Soon he sees animals fleeing from something further in the woods. That thing is an ape and it is coming fast right between the cabin and John. John runs to the cabin to warn Alice to get the cabin closed but she comes out with a gun and shots the ape. The ape regains his feet for a few more steps but as John nears the ape, the ape falls down to the sand and dies. With this happening it overwhelms Alice and makes her unstable but she is able to have her baby boy. A year goes by and Alice is very ill and she dies on her babies birthday. John becomes depressed after her death but over comes it.

Vocabulary 1-5 for "Tarzan Of The Apes"

1) WORD: Hon, DEFINITION: Abbreviation for honorable, IN A SENTENCE:The man went to the Hon and expressed his lovely emotions for him.
2)WORD: Folly,DEFINITION: The state of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense, IN A SENTENCE: The folly student made the teacher excuse him from all activities.
3)WORD: Uncouth, DEFINITION:awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly, IN A SENTENCE: The uncouth man fell after one step of using crutches.
4)WORD: Heterogeneous, DEFINITION: Different in kind; unlike, incongruous, IN A SENTENCE: Children that are heterogeneous can be bullied to a point of acting out with violence.
5)WORD: Barkantine, DEFINITION: A sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the masts, IN A SENTENCE: As the barkantine arrived in the bay many people gathered around in amazement due to its enormousness.